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We’re Past the Point of No Return for Climate Change
On why the case for combatting climate change is more urgent than ever, and what can be done about it.
Read more...Don Quijones: Rescue of Italy’s Monte dei Paschi Gets ‘Dark’ & ‘Complicated’
As Monte dei Paschi flounders, details of past chicanery emerge, implicating Deutsche Bank, Normura, the Bank of Italy, and Maro Draghi.
Read more...Blackstone Presents New Fee Scheme: Tricky Fees are Dead, Long Live Tricky Fees!
Blackstone’s new, improved fee scheme confirms that any supposed concession to investors need to be viewed with great skepticism.
Read more...When Bank Boards Get Too Cozy, Expect Misconduct
Why regulators and investors need better measures of the connections between bank executives and their boards.
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...Wells Fargo CEO Stumpf Tries to Brazen Out Fraud as Congressmen Call Wells a “Criminal Enterprise,” Demand Breakup
Stumpf has another deservedly bad day in the Congressional hot seat.
Read more...Self-Driving Cars: Will the Dogs Eat the Dog Food?
Ethical problems inherent in programming self-driving cars could make them hard to market.
Read more...CalPERS General Counsel Matt Jacobs Lies to Board, and Staff Abuses Authority, to Stymie Public Input
Why general counsel Matt Jacobs’ record of misrepresentations, omissions, and slipshod advice makes him a danger to CalPERS.
Read more...Wells Fargo CEO Stumpf, Head of Community Bank Hit With Multi-Million in Clawbacks: Labor Department Opens
Wells Fargo’s board acts against CEO John Stumpf right before a House hearing. Is this to blunt the interrogation or to save his hide?
Read more...Why a Banking Crisis in China Seems Unavoidable
Another alarm about the danger that China’s rapid increase in private debt poses to its banks.
Read more...Deutsche Bank Unlikely to Get Much of a Break From the DoJ’s $14 Billion Mortgage Fine Target
Deutsche Bank isn’t likely to have much luck in trying to get a big break on a pending Department of Justice fine.
Read more...Class Action Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo Seeking $2.6 Billion for Wrongful Terminations Unlikely to Go Very Far
A case arguing that Wells Fargo fired and demoted employees who didn’t commit fraud to meet sales targets, does not deliver the goods.
Read more...Backlash Against Trade Deals: The End of U.S.-Led Economic Globalisation?
Why the backlash against the overreach of US trade deals, as embodied by the TPP and TTIP, is well warranted.
Read more...The Private Debt Crisis
Why private debt is so dangerous, and why that risk looms large, particularly in China.
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