How do we know Banks are lying about its Financial Position

The Dow fell 1.71% and the S&P fell 2.01%, followed by the Nikkei down 1.1% and European bourses down by a smaller amount this morning. The leader was the financial sector, the very thing that had inspired rallyettes earlier. The WSJ names JPMorgan, among others. To be...

Sri Lanka faces Deutsche Bank claim in oil derivatives dispute

The Deutsche Bank claims that the Sri Lankan government violated the bilateral investment treaty between German and Sri Lanka. The bank has filed arbitration proceedings against the government of Sri Lanka over non-payment in oil derivatives deals with state refiner Ceylon...

Anarchists attack 4 banks in Greece

Police say that four banks and a local branch of the ruling New Democracy party have been attacked in an "Athens suburb." A few hours before this attack, another New Democracy office was "firebombed." No arrests have been made yet. There were between 25-30 "protestors"...

POLITICS TRIUMPH OVER ECONOMICS: US Congress to Tax Bonuses

US Congress of morons wants to enact a law to tax Bonuses AKA Retention Awards rather than enacting the law there can not be any Bonuses or Awards as long as Companies are in loss. If this Law would have been there...

President Obama Holds Economic Town Hall in Costa Mesa, CA.

President Obama begins his visit to Southern California, where he plans to use a backdrop of job losses and home foreclosures to discuss  a budget proposal, which will begin building a new...

Bomb attack on Citibank Greece

Greece's anti - terrorism unit is investigating last night's bomb attack on a branch of Citibank in the Athens suburbs of Nea Ionia. The homemade device, which exploded at 3am resulted in no casualties but did...

Citigroup Preferred Stock Conversion Key to New US Treasury Deal

The Treasury Department has reached a tentative deal with Citigroup that may help the struggling financial company stay in business.  The US Treasury has agreed to substantially increase its ownership in...

Citibank Sends Nigerian Scammer $27 Million

37-year-old Nigerian scammer Paul Gabriel Amos convinced Citibank officials to wire him $27 million belonging to Ethiopia. Rather than go with the usual Nigerian nom de plumes like prince or will executor, Famous Amos pretended to be an official with the National Bank of...

the public is in no mood to bail out Citibank and its rich shareh

the public is in no mood to bail out Citibank and its rich shareholders. Foreign Exchange - Currency OutlookThe financial crisis is made worse - prolonged - by the talk of US bank nationalization if nationalization is not a real possibility today, and we say it's not....

Machine gun attack and car bomb in Athens

Athens witnessed two more attacks by armed groups in the last 24 hours. In the first incident the car park of the Greek TV station, Alter was sprayed by machine gun fire and and an improvised explosive device was...

Ten signs of insolvency

The warning signs were all there, first identified by the partner in a firm that cleaned up after the corporate excesses of the '80s, and dusted off today in Australia's Sunday Mail. " 1. A company Mercedes-Benz...

Atlanta Homeowners Get Help on Foreclosures

There is no doubt that the crisis in foreclosures is worsening. Recent surveys have all been proofs of the rising number of foreclosure properties in the country. With this situation in mind, some states did what...

Citigroup to Receive a New Rescue Package From the US Government

Federal regulators have approved of a new plan to further bail out Citigroup and protect billions of dollars worth of assets belonging to the ailing banking giant. According to a report on CNN, the US government...

Citibank Sweepstakes Gives Away 5 Million ThankYou(R) Points

Citibank is thanking customers -- a million times over -- for opening America's most rewarding checking account and today launches its Thanks-A-Million sweepstakes to give away a total of 5 million points to 16...

Argentina renegotiates foreign debt

Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela. As the world witnesses financial turmoil, the Argentinean government pushes for the re-scheduling and swapping of its foreign debt of US$150,000 million dollars....

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