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Things worth reading: 30th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read: Bank of New York Melon Computer Tech Indicted for Identity Theft (New York Criminal Lawyer Blog) "The Manhattan District Attorney's Office issued a press release involving the arrest and indictment of Adeniyi Adeyemi, a computer technician employed by the Bank of New York Melon. The 138…

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Things worth reading: 29th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Today's must read Just to cheer you up, it is exactly eighty years ago today that 'Black Tuesday' hit Wall Street and the stock market crash started what became the Great Depression: October 29th 1929. Thank goodness that will never happen again! Jamie Dimon on the financial crisis (Business Week)Geithner…

Great Depression

Things worth reading: 28th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … Budenberg set to be named as UKFI head (Financial Times) ‘Too big to fail’ is too dumb an idea to keep (Financial Times) Santander maintains strong profit (BBC) Santander shares tumble amid flat profits (Times) EU 'to back Northern Rock split' (BBC) Brussels to split up Britain's high street…

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Things worth reading: 27th October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read: A two part report from the Seattle Times on the fall of Washington Mutual. Part one | Reckless strategies doomed WaMu Execs say WaMu fell victim to the economy &emp; but WaMu caused its demise by embracing risky loans and dismantling safeguards. Part two | WaMu:…

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Things worth reading: 26th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … q Today's must read: Wall Street's Naked Swindle by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone (he of the Goldman Vampire Squid fame) “The nation's largest financial players are able to write the rules for own their businesses and brazenly steal billions under the noses of regulators, and nothing is…

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Things worth reading: 26th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … q Today's must read: Wall Street's Naked Swindle by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone (he of the Goldman Vampire Squid fame) “The nation's largest financial players are able to write the rules for own their businesses and brazenly steal billions under the noses of regulators, and nothing is…

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Things worth reading: 26th October 2009

Things we're reading today include … q Today's must read: Wall Street's Naked Swindle by Matt Taibbi in the Rolling Stone (he of the Goldman Vampire Squid fame) “The nation's largest financial players are able to write the rules for own their businesses and brazenly steal billions under the noses of regulators, and nothing is…

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The Finanser’s Week: 19th October 2009 – 25th October 2009

The biggest news stories of the week include: Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf)Risk Management Lessons from the Global Banking Crisis of 2008 (New York Federal Reserve, 36 page pdf)King and Brown in rift over whether to split the banks (Independent)Obama's pay tsar to cut executive salaries by up to 90pc (Telegraph)City…

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Things worth reading: 23rd October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf) UK Banks’ Plans to Pay Back Britain Pose a Dilemma (New York Times) Bank of England will not target asset bubbles, say deputy governor Paul Tucker (Telegraph) FSA: Force banks to hold more capital (Guardian) FSA to…

Deutsche Bank

Things worth reading: 23rd October 2009

Things we’re reading today include … Today’s must read Global economic outlook 2009/10 (Deutsche Bank, 71 page pdf) UK Banks’ Plans to Pay Back Britain Pose a Dilemma (New York Times) Bank of England will not target asset bubbles, say deputy governor Paul Tucker (Telegraph) FSA: Force banks to hold more capital (Guardian) FSA to…

Deutsche Bank

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