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Wachovia Possibilities Rewards Scam? Strange Program Activity Reported

Posted 12.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Wachovia Possibilities Rewards, Wachovia Possibilities Rewards Scam, Internet Scams, Wachovia Possibilities Scam, Money, Wachovia Possibilities, Scam, Wachovia Rewards, Banking, Banks, Wachovia, Business News

The Wachovia Possibilities Rewards Web site is experiencing slow load time this afternoon. The reason for the high volume of server requests and in...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bank-Friendly Dems Extract Big Win For Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Occ, Preemption, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, National Banks, Csbs, Preempt, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Banking, Banks, Financial Crisis, Comptroller of the Currency, New Democrat Coalition, State Banks, Melissa Bean, Business News

The compromise reached late Wednesday between pro-reform House Democrats and the banker-friendly wing of the party could significantly weaken consumer...

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Millions In U.S. Do Their Banking Without Banks, According To FDIC Survey

NPR | Sam Sanders | Posted 12.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Pawn Shops, Fdic, Americans Banks, Bank Fees, ACE Fees, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Banking, Al Walker, Payday Loans, ACE Cash Express, Check-Cashing Services, American Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Banks, Business News

About 60 million adults do their banking at places other than banks, according to a new survey by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation....

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2009 Holiday Movie: It's Not A Wonderful Life

Dave Johnson | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banking, Banks, Financial Reform, Bailouts, Politics News
Dave Johnson

I am working with BanksterUSA and the Real Economy Project to help get financial regulations passed. Please take a minute to watch this video.

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Dubai Completes 110 Story Middle Finger!

Tom Gregory | Posted 11.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Dubai, Bad Loans, Banks, Madoff, Default, Economy, Banking, Banking Crisis, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke, Burg Dubai, Comedy News
Tom Gregory

Visible from space, Dubai has completed construction of the World's largest structure, the 110 story "Burj Dubai Middle Finger Tower."

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The Trojan Horse In The Financial Reform Bill

Edward Harrison | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Banking, Regulatory Capitalism, Politics, Crony Capitalism, Politics News
Edward Harrison

Two weeks ago as the Financial Reform Bill was wending its way through Congress, Paul Kanjorski emerged as the champion of breaking up too-big-to-fail...

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Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim

Dodd's Banking Bill Takes The Fed Down A Notch Or Two: HELP US DIG THROUGH IT

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Senator Chris Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Reform, Senate Banking Committee, Banking, Banks, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Chris Dodd, Financial Regulation, Business News

Scroll down to see how you can help HuffPost dig through Dodd's new bill. "This is not a time for timidity," Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris ...

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Succession Planning 101: Lessons for the Bank of America

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, Banking, Leadership, Succession Planning, Corporate Governance, Ken Lewis, Business News
Alicia Whitaker

Succession planning has moved from being a largely academic exercise to an element of corporate governance that regulators and investors demand.

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Krugman: The Banks Are Not Alright

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Banking, Bank Profits, Banks, Bank Lending, Economy, Business News

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. O.K., maybe not literally the worst, but definitely bad. And the contrast between the immense goo...

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Goldman Sachs' Black Magic, Here's How They Did It

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Goldman Sachs, Finance, Banking, Financial Crisis, Corporate Communism, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

The question is not why did we bail out the banks. The question is why did we give the banks billions so they could buy assets by the trillions and keep the profits?

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Turn Goldman Anger Into Government Action

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Financial Crisis, Finance, Recession, Corporate Communism, Great Depression, Goldman Sachs, Government, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

We don't want a government commandeered by those in our banking system who have failed and been passed over by technological advancements, innovation and flat-out smarts. But right now, that's what we've got.

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Thanks, Mr. Banker, for My Overdraft Protection!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Bankers, Overdraft Protection, Debit Cards, Scams, Credit Cards, Banking, Overdraft Fees, Banks, Consumer Protection, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I wonder what new things the bankers will think of next to help and protect us. One thing's for sure. I know they're thinking of something.

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Paul Krugman: Fed, Banks Returning To "Status Quo Circa 2007"

nytimes.com | Paul Krugman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Securitization, Debt, Banking, Banks, Paul Krugman, Talkf, Shadow Banking, Business News

This article on the continued troubles in credit markets was informative. But it raised a puzzle. Call me naive, but why does Fed policy seem to assum...

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The Cost of Corporate Communism

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Finance, Corporate Communism, Financial Crisis, Recession, Great Depression, Business News
Dylan Ratigan

The spike in unemployment, the destruction of retirement wealth, the collapse in the value of our homes, the worst recession since the Depression have all resulted directly from the abdication of proper government.

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Why B-Schools Don't Change

Pablo Triana | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business School Reform, Goldman Sachs, Business School, Mbas, Banking, Business School Jobs, Credit Crisis, Business Ethics, B-School, B-School Professors, Business News
Pablo Triana

The dirty little secret of B-schools is that, even if they wanted to, they may not be able to unshackle themselves from practical irrelevance.

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Want Less Risk? Hire More Women!

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Earnings, Fed, Women, Pay, Testosterone, Risk Aversion, Banking, Federal Reserve, Compensation, Occupational Sex Segregation, Gender, Risk, Gender Inequalities, Women in Finance, Women CEOs, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

The higher the amount of testosterone, the more willing people are to take risks. Women, with considerably less of the male hormone coursing through their bodies, are more risk averse.

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Like Lottery Winners, Pro Athletes Also Blow Big Money

Don McNay | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: National Basketball Association, Small Business, National Football League, Aerosmith, Yogi Berra, Tom Leach, Jack Whitaker, Carlito's Way, Strip Clubs, Investment Advisors, Weight Loss Counselor, Cnbc, Richmond Ky, Sports Agents, Nba, Financial Crisis, Substance Abuse, Financial Planning, Entourage, Lottery Winners, Personal Finance, McNay Settlement Group, Bankruptcy, Lotteries, Powerball, Players Unions, Kentucky, Don McNay, Nfl, Fox Business News, Clu, Structured Settlements, Dave Ramsey, Sports Illustrated, Cnn, Espn, Vanderbilt University, The American College, Major League Baseball, Banking, Million Dollar Round Table, Eastern Kentucky University, Attraction to Celebrities, University of Kentucky, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, University of Kentucky Wildcats, Posse, Business News
Don McNay

Even as a structured settlement consultant, I was stunned to learn that within two years of retirement, 78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt or under financial stress.

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There's High Finance, Then There's Slow Finance

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Relations, Courtesy, Waiting in Line, Drive-Thru, Cash Machines, Road Rage, Banking, Atm, Automated Banking, Waiting on Line, Automatic Teller Machines, Living News
Rick Horowitz

So there I am, last Saturday afternoon, pulling up to the drive-thru ATM. It's a perfect late-summer day. There's only one car ahead of me -- and one pedestrian.

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Reinventing The Compensation Wheel: Frustrated That Some People Make More Than You?

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: U.S. Navy, Open Pay, Open Year, Julia Moulden, g20, Banking, Warren Buffett, New Radicals, Ibm, Purple Haze, Salary, Compensation, Resentment, Jealousy, Jimi Hendrix, Living News
Julia Moulden

It's no secret that some people earn more than others, but the gap is huge, and getting bigger every year. There have been some cool innovations designed to try to address this imbalance, but none have caught on in a big way. And now a couple of clever guys from Silicon Valley may just have reinvented the compensation wheel.

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The Financial Identity Crisis

Schuyler Brown | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Branding, Banking Crisis, JPMorgan Chase, Banks, Money, Finance, Business News
Schuyler Brown

People are just not loyal to banks anymore, and why should they be? Banks leveled the first blow to the relationship by becoming estranged, unfamiliar and impersonal.

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Sheila Bair Goes on the Attack, Again

Robert Teitelman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Super-Regulator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Tim Geithner, Economy, Banking, Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Wouldn't you have wanted to be at Treasury on Tuesday when Geithner read FDIC head Sheila Bair's Times op-ed, in which she continues to wage war against the Treasury's plan for a super-regulator?

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Small Good News: PayPal Helps Cut College Costs, One Bank Fee At A Time

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Paypal, Banking, Overdraft Fees, Debt, Credit Cards, College, Debit Cards, The Balanced Life, Living News
Karen Stabiner

It's that time of year again. All over the country, people are loading up the family car, paying airline overage for heavy suitcases, or shi...

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Islamic Finance and Mobile Banking: Could, Would, Should

Matt Herbert | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Banking, Mobile Financial Services, Banking Industry, Islamic Banks, Business News
Matt Herbert

Would the adoption of mobile financial service technology benefit Islamic Banks?

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Quick on the Draw -- and the Overdraw

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Checking Accounts, Banking, Banks, Overdraft Fees, Personal Finance, Overdrawn, Online Bill Paying, Overdrafts, Online Banking, Bill Paying, Living News
Rick Horowitz

I've tiptoed only so far into Techno-Dollar World. I finally started paying some of my bills online. Which was more than enough to get me into hot water.

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A Conspiracy So Vast

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Politics, Goldman Sachs, Conspiracy Theories, Rolling Stone, Banking, Media, Business, Felix Salmon, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Among conspiracy theories, the one about Goldman Sachs controlling the world, is as hackneyed as they come. But it was only a matter of time before somebody didn't think it was silly at all.

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