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The Party's Over as US Government Seizes Control of Citigroup Expenses (James Doran)
Thursday 1 January 2009 20.52 GMT-- The US government has seized control of Citigroup's staff Christmas party budget and set tight restrictions on the use of its corporate jet in exchange for its ...
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HSBC and Credit Suisse drawn into US tax probe (Katherine Griffiths)
HSBC and Credit Suisse have been pulled into a US investigation into whether banks helped customers illegally avoid paying tax, according to a report
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Goldman’s 10-Q raises questions about its transfer pricing (Ronald Fink)
Lawmaker claims bank is ‘hiding’ TARP money offshore
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AIG’s offshore strategies hide a scam (Lucy Komisar)
NEW YORK—The company getting the biggest US bailout operated a scam to help clients cheat on US taxes, regulators say. It is AIG, American International Group, the world’s largest insurance ...
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Mickey Z.: My Personal Trainer and Yours (Susie Day)
Dec. 31, 2008 (Monthly Review) -- "Edupunk," one of 2008's official buzzwords, means someone who is self-educated, "without concern for schools, corporations, or governments." I shall now describe ...
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The 'Bush Effect' -- Hopefully for a Third and LAST Time (Mary Lyon)
Dec. 31, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Third time’s a charm, maybe?
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Forecast for 2009 (James Kunstler)
The big theme for 2009 economically will be contraction
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'Class Is A Dirty Word' -- Jason Miller Interviews Michael Parenti
"Class is a dirty word in that it gets close to the truth about who governs and for whose benefit.” --Michael Parenti
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An Auto Bailout That Would Work (Dale Allen Pfeiffer)
Dec. 24, 2008 (www.mountainsentinel.com) -- After much bickering and sensational threats, the auto industry got their bailout. Of course this bailout is limited in scope and there is still a chance ...
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Global Systemic Crisis --.New Tipping-Point In March 2009 (LEAP/E2020)
'When the world becomes aware that this crisis is worse than the 1930s crisis'
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If I'm Not A Consumer, Who Am I? (Carolyn Baker)
WINTER SOLSTICE, DEC. 21, 2008 (Truth To Power) -- On Dec. 17, a Reuters story Downturn Spurs Survival Panic reported that, "A paralegal, recently laid off, wanted to get back at the ‘establishment' ...
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