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Absolute Corruption Is the Rule in America

David A. Love | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Capitalism, Wall Street, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Bernard Madoff, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Corruption, Citibank, Bank Bailout, Stock Market, Corporations, Banking Crisis, Sec, Corporate Greed, Citigroup, Regulation, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Ponzi Scheme, Deregulation, New York, Criminal Justice System, Glass-Steagall, Politics News

Often, people will look at a high-profile example of corruption, and conclude that the egregious act is an exception to the rule. In reality, it might be the tip of the iceberg.

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Let Us Now Praise Uppity Women

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Rubin, Wall Street, Commodities Futures Trading Commission Brooksley Born, Citibank, Banks, Financial Crisis, Larry Summers, Alan Greenspan, Brooksley Born, Citigroup, Regulation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Regulation, Business News

Women like Brooksley Born have a long history of being whistle-blowers in systems dominated by men. Perhaps this time Congress -- and the American people -- will listen.

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Happy Halloween: Pay Curbs are a Trick on the Taxpayer, Not a Treat

Marshall Auerback | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Halloween, Tbtf, Chrysler, Derivatives, Fed, Treasury, Citibank, Aig, Obama, Ben Bernanke, Happy Halloween, Politics News

The new pay regulations are ostensibly designed to try to align the financial incentives of managers with the longer-term performance of their firms. This measure reeks of bogus populism.

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Credit Cards or Credit Crash? The Assault on Consumers Continues

Georges Ugeux | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones, Bank of America, Citibank, Obama Administration, Credit Limits, Comptroller of the Currency, Economic Recovery, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Business News

Banks' behavior demonstrates that their refusal to act responsibly is endless and that they certainly have not learned their lesson. We need a consumer finance agency to protect credit card holders.

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Former Citigroup CEO Says Banks Shouldn't Mix With Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: John S. Reed, John Reed Citi, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, Too Big to Fail, Paul Volcker, Barack Obama, Paul A. Volcker, Sanford Weill, Bailout Bandits, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Glass-Steagall Act, Sandy Weill, Glass-Steagall, Citigroup, Business News

A former CEO of Citigroup says there should be "some kind of separation" between commercial banking and investment activities, joining a growing list ...

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'Breaking Free: The Really Good News That's Not in the News'

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbara Marx Hubbard, HP Readers, Author, Featured Contributor, Balloon Boy, Lynne McTaggart, Jungian Analyst, BofA Bonuses, Ted Kennedy, The Red Book, The Intention Experiment, The Field, Citibank, True Compass, Women on the Edge of Evolution, Carl Jung, The Balanced Life, Living News

Many know how natural it is to go ballistic when we realize we've been duped. When we lose our way, it is all too easy to place hopes for happiness onto the outer world, for fame, money, things.

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Senate Bill Would Restrict Banks Overdraft Charges

New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Chase, New Law, Legislation, Wells Fargo, Christopher Dodd, Bill, Bank of America, Bofa, Citibank, Banks, Dodd, Overdraft Charge, Overdraft Fee, Senate, Politics News

In the latest attack on overdraft fees charged by banks, Christopher J. Dodd, the Connecticut Democrat who heads the Senate Banking Committee, introdu...

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Will Obama Save America From Capitalism?

David A. Love | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, Capitalism: A Love Story, Wall Street Crisis, Capitalism, Michael Moore, Economic Stimulus Package, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Tarp, Elizabeth Warren, Joseph Stiglitz, Citibank, Paul Krugman, Simon Johnson, Plutonomy, Bill Moyers, Citigroup, Income Inequality, Larry Summers, Wealth, Consumer Protection, Banking Crisis, Banks, Bank Bailout, Foreclosure, Health Care, Mortgage Crisis, Politics News

American-style capitalism is the system that gives you pilots buying groceries with food stamps and sheriffs throwing families out of their homes. President Obama, it's time for a "new" New Deal.

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Citigroup's Phibro Unit To Be Sold To Occidental

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Andrew J. Hall, Citigroup, Phibro, Bailout, Andrew Hall, Citibank, Business News

NEW YORK — Occidental Petroleum will buy Citigroup's oil and gas trading unit Phibro for $250 million, the companies said Friday Citigroup Inc....

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Citigroup's Positive Management Review Questioned By FDIC

Reuters | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Citigroup, Sheila Bair, Vikram Pandit, Citibank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Business News

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is questioning the positive conclusions given to Citigroup Inc's management team in a government-m...

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Alert The TV News Media: Obamanomics Isn't Working

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Media

Read More: John Cassidy, Job Losses, The New Yorker, Ronald Reagan, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Fdr-New-Deal, Jobs, News Media, Media, Franklin Roosevelt, Diane Tucker, Barack Obama, Recession, Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Cnn, Unemployed, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Fox News, Unemployment Benefits, Work Projects Administration, Charles Gibson, Banks, NBC News, Layoffs, Msnbc, Bank of America, Aig, Cnbc, Citibank, Bankruptcy, Timothy Geithner, Financial Crisis, The Recession, The Bailouts, Careers, Labor, CBS Evening News, ABC News, Small Business, Economy, Michelle Obama, Capitalism: A Love Story, Media News

Ronald Reagan governed over high unemployment numbers, and he was covered by a hyper-critical media. Yet today, most TV news outlets are giving President Obama a free pass on equally bleak statistics.

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Bob Dylan And Citigroup? New Album Released Early To Citibank Customers

Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Citibank, Bob Dylan New Album Release Date, Bob Dylan, Christmas in the Heart, Bob Dylan Christmas Album, Citigroup, Business News

First it was an eerie and disturbing commercial with Victoria's Secret, now it's an album tie-in with a bailed-out mega-bank. Reuters reports that Bob...

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Citigroup Locations To Be Cut, Most Lending Will Limited To Wealthy Customers

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Citi Retail Locations, Citibank, Citigroup Lending, Banks, Tarp, Citigroup, Business News

Citigroup, which has received $45 billion in TARP funds -- in addition to billions in government asset guarantees -- has come up with a brash tax-paye...

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Hassan Nemazee, Democratic Fundraiser, Indicted For $292 Million Ponzi Scheme

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Christine Quinn, Bill Clinton, Hassan Nemazee, Citibank, Thomas DiNapoli, New York Democrats, Clinton Foundation, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Rep. Scott Murphy, Kirsten Gillibrand, New York, Charles Schumer, New York News, New York News

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million P...

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The Verizon-Citi Visa Scam

Charles Warner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Citibank, Blackberry, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Rebate, Citigroup, Rebate Card, Business News

How is Citi going to pay the government back? One way is to find new, underhanded ways to get Visa cards into people's wallets.

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Citi Park Crumbles, Just Like The Mets

New York Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerry Seinfeld, New York Citi Field, Citi Field Problems, Shea Stadium, Tax Dollars, Mets, Citibank, Citi Field, New York Mets, New York News

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This Is It! World Premiere of Capitalism: A Love Story Tonight

Michael Moore | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Citizens Arrest, Goldman Sachs, Elizabeth Warren, Economy, Chase, Meltdown, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Movie, Unemployment, Bailout, Credit Default Swap, Michael Moore, Jpmorgan, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Stock Market, Wall Street, Bankruptcy, Bank of America, Aig, Sicko, Venice Film Festival, Recommended, Derivative, Merrill Lynch, Baron Hill, Henry Paulson, George W Bush, Marcy Kaptur, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News

Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see this year.

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Hassan Nemazee Faces New Fraud Allegations In NY

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Citibank, New York Democrats, Citibank Loan, New York Democratic Fundraising, Democratic Fundraising, New York Democrat Fundraising, New York City Democrats, Hassan Nemazee, New York News

NEW YORK — Prosecutors have leveled new allegations against a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats, claiming he paid b...

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Has Obama's Handling of the Bank Bailout Undermined Health Care Reform?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Health Care, Bank of America, Chase, Bailout, Wells Fargo, Citibank, Big Banks Profits, Obama Bailout, Obama Health Care, Big Banks, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy Death, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

If we don't learn from the botched bank bailout, we are in danger of getting the same patchwork, reform-in-name-only outcome on health care.

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Citibank Really Needs to Rethink This Poster

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Citibank, Banks, Bad Bank, Advertising, Investment Banks, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Unicycles, Business News

A new banner unfurled across Citibank's window depicts a man with a bowl cut. He is grinning manically. And he's perched atop a unicycle.

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Hassan Nemazee: Schumer, Gillibrand Among New York Democrats Who Received Money From Alleged Fraudster

AP | Valerie Bauman | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Christine Quinn, Bill Clinton, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Hassan Nemazee, New York Democrats, Thomas DiNapoli, Citibank, Clinton Foundation, Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Scott Murphy, Charles Schumer, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, freshman U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are among t...

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TRAILER: My New Movie Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Citizens Arrest, Goldman Sachs, Elizabeth Warren, Meltdown, Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Movie, Housing Crisis, Trailer, Unemployment, Bailout, Michael Moore, JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Stock Market, Wall Street, Bankruptcy, Bank of America, Credit Defaiult Swap, Aig, Sicko, Capitalism, Derivative, Merrill Lynch, Baron Hill, Henry Paulson, George W Bush, Marcy Kaptur, Capitalism: A Love Story, Business News

It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship.

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Obama White House Doesn't Understand American Interest vs. Corporate Interest

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Corporate Real Estate, Small Business Administration, Bank Recapitalization, George Soros, Citibank, Timothy Geithner, US Economy, Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obama administration's approach to trying to move the economy forward demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about how corporate behavior works.

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Citigroup Proposed Reverse Stock Split: Didn't They Learn Any Lessons from AIG?

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Met Life, Bob Benmosche, Abc, Citigroup, Russnow, Nbc, Twitter, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Wall Street Journal, Facebook, Metropolitan Life Insurance, Msnbc, Aig, Cnbc, Cnn, Michael Russnow, Fox News, Ram Productions, Citibank, Reverse Stock Split, Business News

For God's sake, let the company continue to mend and slowly work its way back to financial health without methods that are historically unhelpful to the stock value.

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