Full Text of TPP, Including Annexes, and Boy is it Nasty
Yes, sports fans, the TPP is as bad as you feared it might be….
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The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (II): HM Treasury Weighs in (and so Does Russia, With a $46Bn Money Laundering Allegation)
Even HM Treasury thinks the UK’s anti money laundering framework is a mess
Read more...Why Has Carbon Capture And Storage Not Taken Off Yet?
How the economics of carbon capture are impeding widespread adoption.
Read more...Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Read more...How Repo Works
A primer on repo, which due to its critical role in funding major dealer banks, is an important component of bank reform efforts.
Read more...Why is Helane Morrison, General Counsel for Hall Capital, Fund Manager for the Super-Rich, Attacking SEC Investor Protection?
Earlier this month, we excerpted a section of a panel discussion from an SEC securities enforcement conference. It showed the degree to which former senior SEC officials who’ve gone into private practice openly ridicule the idea that the SEC should do its job, for instance, by deriding enforcement as “gotcha”. Today, we’ll look at the […]
Read more...What the Steve Jobs Movie Won’t Tell You About Apple’s Success
How Steve Jobs’ successes were government sponsored enterprises.
Read more...Mathew D. Rose: Hubris and Nemesis In Germany – Volkswagen, Refugees, and Football
Finding the common threads of Germany’s latest scandals.
Read more...Reformers Stymie Obama a Second Time on Wall Street Cronies: Progressive Pick Lisa Fairfax Nominated for SEC
The Wall Street wing of the Democratic party has taken a visible defeat with the nomination of Lisa Fairfax to the SEC.
Read more...How Monsanto Solicited Academics to Bolster Their Pro-GMO Propaganda — Using Taxpayer Dollars
Contrary to what most consumers believe, the pro-GMO research that was presented as independent was paid for by Monsanto.
Read more...Exclusive: Are the SEC’s Mary Jo White and Her Husband Teaming Up to Gut Corporate Disclosure and Make It Harder to Fight Fraud?
The heart of the SEC’s mission is disclosure, providing enough information to investors so they can make reasonable choices about stock and bond offerings. Without disclosure you don’t really have an SEC, and you put investors – and potentially the whole economy – at risk. But the commission is striving to hit that self-destruct button, by allowing new rules that would make it much easier for companies to hide their activities. And it’s highly likely that this reaches all the way to the office of SEC Chair Mary Jo White.
Read more...Jeff Connaughton: On to Iowa and New Hampshire
Former lobbyist, White House and Senate staffer Jeff Connaughton explains how Naked Capitalism had an impact after the crisis and continues to do so today.
Read more...Occupy the SEC Condemns Securities Lawyers for Bullying the SEC, Demanding Preferential Treatment for Clients
A video shows how the very premise of the SEC’s role, and that of regulations generally, is under intense assault by the private bar.
Read more...Michael Hoexter: Should the US Federal Government Invest $4-$6 Trillion Per Year on Climate Protection? (Part 2 of 2)
Further discussion of why the excuses to do nothing or too little on the climate change front don’t hold up to serious scrutiny.
Read more...Former Chief Investment Officer Slams CalPERS, CalSTRS, Other Funds for Doing Nothing When Told Blackstone Was Cheating Them
More on the appalling dereliction of duty of pension fund officials when they failed to act after Blackstone told them it was cheating them.
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