Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Taibbi: The Vampire Squid Strikes Again – With Mega Banks' Most Devious Scam Yet
Banks are no longer just financing heavy industry. They are actually buying it up and inventing bigger, bolder and scarier scams than ever.
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Volcker Rule Approved By All 5 Regulators Signals Crackdown on Wall Street Banks
The 953-page edict, part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, codifies and restricts the way banks trade securities, setting in motion a broad new government rule to limit risk-taking by Wall Street and scale back trading activities.
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Revealed: Blackstone Group Exploited Foreclosure Crisis And Seized Homes Cheap
The world's largest private equity firm has amassed an unprecedented rental empire by buying foreclosed homes at knock-off prices —from Queen Anne Victorians in Atlanta to brick-faced bungalows in Chicago to Spanish revivals in Phoenix.
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Will Hawaii’s Big Island Ban GMO Farming?
The Big Island of Hawaii County Council will consider a bill that would prohibit open-air growing of genetically modified organisms and end biotech experiments on the island.
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We’re All Still Hostages to the Big Banks
Five years after the Lehman Brothers collapse, banking lobbyists have blocked essential reforms at every turn.
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Glass-Steagall Now: Because the Banks Own Washington
The original Glass Steagall created two distinct types of banks: standard commercial banks where people held checking and savings accounts, and investment banks that were free to engage in whatever risky behavior they liked.
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Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
The bank that has committed a raft of fraud, illegal foreclosures, energy price fixings and food market speculations took in more than $107 billion of U.S. taxpayer funds in the bailouts.
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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
JPMorgan Chase's criminal, "systemic cover-up" in its manipulation of energy markets reveals a sea change, as banks have gone from simply financing the dirty energy sector to becoming producers and distributors in those markets.
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Three Demands to Congress: Student Loans, Glass-Steagall & a Financial Transaction Tax
People rule in a democracy. Not Wall Street, not banks, not money. This is something apparently forgotten by Congress.
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Sacramento CA, Sues Big Banks Over LIBOR Rate Manipulation
Sacramento County has sued Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and 15 others, saying they cost the city untold sums by manipulating LIBOR.
