Validating Wikileaks Emails [Just The Facts]
Why the claim that Wikileaks e-mails were doctored looks to be false, and journalists are falling down on the job in not checking themselves
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Perfect Hindsight: on Breder Suasso of NZ and elsewhere, Global Transaction Services, of Hong Kong, Georgia (US) and London, mBank and Pekao Bank SA of Poland, and Ceska Sporitelna AS of the Czech Republic
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Read more...Hoisted From E-mail: “Shock Doctrine Against CalPERS”
Why CalPERS is becoming the target of sustained media attacks.
Read more...Wells Fargo’s Management by Magical Thinking Comes Up Short in the Cover-Up Category
The more the press digs into the the sordid details of the Wells Fargo fake account scandal, the more rancid the stench.
Read more...Deutsche Bank and a $10Bn Money Laundering Nightmare: More Context Than You Can Shake a Stick at
Deutsche Bank’s $10Bn: the shell company back story
Read more...The Newspaper Ad Collapse: Bad News for Readers
A look at the data on the decline of newspapers.
Read more...Big Banks’ Blockchain: Boondoggle?
Ethereum’s Big Bank Blockchain consortium: trying to look behind the hype
Read more...What Can We Do to End the Isolation of Whistleblowers?
It would be sad if the answer turned out to be “nothing”!
Read more...Bill Black: Thomas Friedman’s Big Idea for Hillary – Embrace Wall Street and Deregulation
Help us, Tom Friedman is at it again…
Read more...Instant Payment Services – Payer Beware
How the New York Times does its readers a huge disservice by not telling them that so-called “instant payment services” are anything but that.
Read more...CalPERS Admits to Guilt in Misleading Beneficiaries and Taxpayers About Its Returns by Changing Report After Being Called Out
CalPERS tries to pull a fast one in its claims about its long-term return, and only digs its hole deeper when caught out.
Read more...A New Low: The New York Times’ Children’s Bedtime Story of Private Equity
The New York Times wraps up a feeble yet costly series on private equity with a cringe-maknig slide show.
Read more...NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
Read more...California Treasurer John Chiang’s Peculiar Letter to the New York Times on His Sham Private Equity Transparency Bill
Treasurer John Chiang tries to defend his bill, AB 2833, against an article by Gretchen Morgenson, but only digs his hole deeper.
Read more...TaxCast on Panama Papers and Brexit
The latest Tax Justice network podcast covers some hot topics, including key journalist accounts on the Panama Papers.
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