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Four Short Years After AIG, Wall Street Is Back To Its Old Tricks - The Washington Post
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 4:14 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Last week, the once-future Treasury secretary and current JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon revealed a $2 billion loss. This previously undisclosed derivative trade should be a wake-up call for those claiming that finance has been “reined in” and no longer presents a t …
JPMorgan's Derivatives Blow-up May Benefit Taxpayers | Market Integrity Insights
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 3:52 PM EDT ()
It was bound to happen, a bank getting caught red-handed trading derivatives like it was a reunion of 2007 risk traders. But that it was JPMorgan Chase that found itself under the bare light bulb of significant “risk-on” derivatives losses is a true surprise. Lumin …
G-8 Leaders Watch Champions League Final
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 9:39 AM EDT (Flickr)
Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, President Barack Obama, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and others watch the overtime shootout of the Chelsea vs. Bayern Munich Champions League final, in …
Geithner to Dimon: Resign From The Board Of the New York Fed | The Baseline Scenario
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:52 PM EDT ()
In the diplomatic language of Treasury communications, Mr. Geithner just told Jamie Dimon to resign from the New York Fed board (here is the current board composition). It looks bad – and it is bad – to have him on the board of this key part of the Federal Reserve S …
Blind Chinese activist leaves Beijing for U.S.| Reuters
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 10:20 AM EDT (Reuters)
China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing on Saturday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries.
JPMorgan: Isn't life strange? | McClatchy
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 9:11 PM EDT (McClatchy)
By BART CHILTON By now, folks have heard much about the announcement that JPMorgan Chase had somehow lost $2 billion over a six-week period. In an irony of ironies, here's what one JPMorgan risk officer had to say about the behemoth bank just a few months ago: "Our metric of s …
Apocalypse Fairly Soon
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:55 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams. We’re not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, …
Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:55 PM EDT (Working In These Times)
The United States isn't unique when it comes to political and social crises related to immigration. Migrants in other parts of the world face similar, sometimes much harsher struggles. Even those who are "legal" are often extremely vulnerable to economic exploitation, ra …
Barack Obama: The Composite Kenyan
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 11:33 AM EDT (Redstate)
One last point — a friend raised this on email. Could this be why the campaign screams bloody murder about racists and birthers every time someone asks about Barack Obama’s college transcripts? This would explain why Obama is so squirrely about the issue and waited un …
Our Very Own Greece
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:19 AM EDT (The American Spectator)
The major difference is that California has an even bigger budget deficit than its Balkan cousin.
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