Catch Us on Harry Shearer’s Le Show Today!
We appear on Harry Shearer’s Le Show, discussing private equity and CalPERS. Be sure to tune in!
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Catch Us Discussing the New McCarthyism with Josh Scheer of KPFA/TruthDig Today, Dec.1 at Noon PST
We’ll speak with Josh Scheer about the how the Washington Post’s smear against 199 independent news sites is more serious than it might seem.
Read more...Stumpf is Still Faking It – Claims 75% Couldn’t Resist Wells Fargo Credit Cards
In a not-exactly-shocking development of the ongoing Wells Fargo account faking scandal (see our previous coverage here, here and here if you’re late to the party and need a quick catch-up) CEO John Stumpf, fighting a rear-guard action, is making outlandish claims about how, having begun the process of contacting customers who it has cause to […]
Read more...Stream and Podcast for Our Chat with Harry Shearer on Le Show are Up!
Listen to the stream or download the podcast from our interview with Harry Shearer last weekend. It’s gotten high marks.
Read more...The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (I)
The Billion Dollar Moldova Bank Scam: gateway to the UK’s money laundering mess
Read more...The Billion-Dollar Moldovan Bank Scam, Scottish Limited Partnerships, and the UK’s Anti-Money-Laundering Mess
The BBC follows up on the billion-dollar Moldovan bank scam, and Naked Capitalism kicks off a new series on money laundering in the UK
Read more...Grexit: Your Humble Guest Writer Talks to YSI INET
Nathan Tankus talks to YSI INET about a Grexit and Greece
Read more...Groundhog Day for NZ FSPs: Bryan Cook of Asia Finance Corporation is a Crook, but Does NZ’s FMA Care?
Why is it Groundhog Day? Back in 2011, I wrote a seriously messy blog post about dodgy New Zealand FSPs (Financial Services Providers), their dodgy web sites and people and addresses, and the evidently nonexistent oversight of all of this by the NZ Ministry of Economic Development and the NZ Companies Office. To my surprise, […]
Read more...Our Op-Ed at CNN on BNP Paribas Settlement
CNN approached us about writing an op-ed on the $8.9 billion BNP Paribas settlement and you can see the article here. This is the first time we’ve written for them and they seemed happy with the outcome.
I’ve been remiss in not making an observation about the settlement.
Read more...We Speak About Private Equity Rental Housing and SEC Problems on RT
Hope you enjoy this chat about private equity on the RT show Boom/Bust from Friday.
Read more...Mirable Dictu! Americans Diss Obama’s Ukraine Adventurism, Want US to Play More Modest Global Role
Wow, Obama is really losing it. He can’t even manage a good war scare any more.
Read more...Your Humble Blogger Speaks on BBC Radio About Why Bankers Make So Much Money
I very much enjoyed this chat on why banker are able to extract such extortionate pay so much and hope you do as well (as in the talk, not the underlying fact set).
Read more...Your Humble Blogger Speaks on RT: “Banks Are Still Getting Away With a Lot”
I had fun on this interview…
Read more...Your Humble Blogger and Dean Baker Speak with Bill Moyers About the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Budget Brinkmanship
I hope you’ll enjoy this chat. Moyers gave Dean Baker and me over a half-hour on his show, so we were able to give a decent treatment of the issues surrounding the mislabeled trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as the ongoing budget battle
Read more...Your Humble Blogger Appears on RT’s “Truthseeker”
I’ve been violating the Gore Vidal rule of media (“never turn down the opportunity to have sex or be on TV”) but in Vidal’s day, TV was broadcast, with mass audiences and major impact. Trust me, if you blink, you’ll miss the bit where I make a couple of observations in this new RT show.
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