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William Alden

Bank of America Job Cuts Won't Help Where It Counts, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 11.13.2011

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NEW YORK -- Bank of America's announcement that it plans to shed 30,000 jobs doesn't address the bank's most pressing concerns, experts said Monday. ...

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JPMorgan: Technical Default Would Have 'Large Systemic Effects'

Business Insider | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 06.20.2011

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A new report from JPMorgan explodes the myth that a technical default by the US Treasury -- a couple of missed coupon payments -- would be no big deal...

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Economists, Analysts Predict How The Average American Will Fare In 2011

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy and Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all remember the worst of 2010: high unemployment, an ongoing foreclosure crisis and megabanks, whose legally dubious practices in foreclosing on m...

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La-La Land Gets Feisty

Dennis Santiago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dennis Santiago

L.A. City Councilman Richard Alarcon is hopping mad about the way his city and his people are being treated by the banking and finance industry and he's building a template for how to respond to it.

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Shahien Nasiripour

In Crazy New Landscape For Banks, Taxpayers Are The Big Losers

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story has been updated Fifty banks collapsed during the third quarter of 2009, while more than one in 15 are on the verge of failure -- the high...

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