Calling Bankers’ Bluff, Merkel Got Europe A Debt Plan

In the end, it was Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France against the European banking establishment — and the bankers blinked.

Calling Bankers’ Bluff, Merkel Got Europe a Debt Plan

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Three Hedge Funds Got Data From Consultant, U.S. Says

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A former Primary Global Research LLC expert-networking consultant was charged by U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan with selling inside information to portfolio managers at three unidentified hedge funds.

Three Hedge Funds Got Data From Consultant, U.S. Says

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Video: How we got extinct and Popcorn

Johannes from Vienna's Monochrom collective sez, "Our little electronica video animation 'The Earth Has Been Destroyed' (created together with Christoph Marek) about the future of mankind, how we got extinct and Popcorn. Enjoy."

Video: How we got extinct and Popcorn

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G.E. and JPMorgan Got Lots of Fed Help in ’08

The two companies received help even as Jeffrey Immelt of G.E. and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan sat on the nine-member board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

G.E. and JPMorgan Got Lots of Fed Help in ’08

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