Brexit Talks Stall, Making Hard Brexit Even More Likely
The Brexit talks went from bad to worse in August.
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CalPERS Runs Unconstitutional, Tamper-Friendly Election With Non-Secret Ballots
CalPERS’ new board election procedures make a mockery of the California Constitution’s requirement that voting be secret.
Read more...From Credit Risk to Pipeline Risk: Why Loan Syndication is a Risky Business
How pipeline risk poses a danger to banks even in an “originate to distribute” business like loan syndication.
Read more...How US Regulators Created the Equifax Mess
How regulators made credit bureaus like Equifax powerful, and why banks could live without them if they needed to.
Read more...Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls Provisions Forecast Accounting Fraud
Study shows weak SOX internal controls disclosures can forecast fraud as companies and captive regulators press to roll back of these regs.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Worst US Consumer Data Hack Ever? Equifax Confesses
What you can do to safeguard your identity in the wake of the Equifax data breach– the worst ever.
Read more...Where Have All the Workers Gone: Opioids and US Labor Force Participation
Increase in opioids prescriptions in the US possibly has significant impact on labor force participation rates for both men and women.
Read more...Hookworm Persists as US Public Health Problem
Hookworm, thought to be largely eradicated in the US, persists in Lowndes, County, Alabama, due to poor sanitation and inadequate regulation.
Read more...Don Quijones: ECB Tightens Noose Around Bank Accounts
ECB moves to lock up the money of unsuspecting depositors to prop up collapsing banks.
Read more...Why Trump Opponents Should Be Thrilled That Many Political Appointments Remain Unfilled
Failure to confirm Trump political appointees to run agencies will leave career civil servants to carry on.
Read more...Global Banks Sabotage Uruguay’s Efforts to Legalize Marijuana
A state-owned bank of a sovereign nation just decided to put draconian US legislation before a law adopted by the Uruguayan parliament.
Read more...India’s Demonetization: No Impact on Black Money Despite Huge Costs It Imposed
India’s demonetization exercise was for naught, with the RBI reporting last week a scant 1% of banned notes not converted into new currency.
Read more...Flood Protection: The US Should Go Dutch to Avoid Building Another Houston
Houston and US more generally should embrace a Dutch model of flood protection rather than focusing flood control efforts on post hoc clean-up.
Read more...New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest
Google henchwoman Anne-Marie Slaughter has shown far too openly how Google is throwing its money and weight around in DC.
Read more...Could a Foreign Corrupt Practices Investigation Become a Serious Problem for Uber?
An FCPA case against Uber would be extremely damaging, and there are good reasons why the DoJ would be game to pursue one.
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