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Jon OggIf you have been watching the period of low interest rates, ergo a zero-rate policy, for very long there…
thinkstockWe have warned over and over that the downgrade cycle has not ended for the PIIGS and in Europe. While that…
courtesy of Morgan StanleyThe commonwealth of Massachusetts has fined investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) $5 million for “improper influence”…
ThinkstockJeffrey M. Lacker, President of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, was speaking today to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce’s Annual…
ThinkstockThere continue to be reports that Credit Suisse Group A.G. (NYSE: CS) CEO Brady Dougan will lose his job early…
ThinkstockEurope finally has a central banking authority, a move that many politicians and economists believe will help pull the region…
ThinkstockLess than five years ago, economic Armageddon appeared at the door. Lehman Brothers failed. Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank…
Jon OggAmerican International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is just about entirely about to be outside of the government’s direct oversight.…
ThinkstockAnother hefty settlement is apparently due to be announced related to charges of money laundering that have hit some of…
ThinkstockThinkstockBritain’s Standard Chartered plc has agreed to pay $327 million in fines related to charges that the bank hid some…
ThinkstockThe flow of funds report published today by the Federal Reserve Bank shows that U.S. household debt fell at an…
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank has kept its interest rates unchanged. Its statement is as follows: At today’s meeting the Governing…
ThinkstockThe Financial Times reports that former staff members from Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) say the company hid $12 billion…
An IPO scheduled on Nasdaq today was accidentally killed when an employee of The NASDAQ QMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ)…
If you have been trading or investing in stocks for more than a decade, one of the greatest changes that…
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