German Finance Minister Peer Steinbruck ridicules UK/Keynesian policies to rescue world from recession
In an interview with Newsweek magazine, the German finance minister, Peer Steinbruck, has launched an outspoken attack on the UK...
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Learn Oyster Speak or risk being a Code 11
It was when txt spk started to become cool that I realised there was money and moved into mobile content...
Notes on the House hearing held yesterday re: Fannie, Freddie, and the mortgage meltdown
Notes: House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Hearing 12/9/2008: Committee Chairman - Henry Waxman D - CA, Edolphus Towns D-NY...
In the Wilderness with Sheila Bair
In Sheila Bair's world, loan modification is the panacea that will solve our nation's mortgage problems. "Panacea" is certainly the...
Vodafone to partner Western Union to allow M Pesa payments from UK to Kenya
Source: Amol Sharma, Total Telecom & WSJ U.K. pilot scheme will enable consumers to send money via handsets to Safaricom...
Wish Upon a Bank: My Ode to Umpqua
If I were a bank, I’d want to be Umpqua Bank. That’s a bank with class. Consider its “Wish Upon...
ABA Gives Thumbs Up to Subprime Lending — Really
Quietly, the American Bankers Association, that stalwart of conservative American banking, has blessed a new "subprime" commercial loan product. The...
Not Every Bank Is in the Dumps
Not every bank is a Plaxico Burress. There is a misconception that "all banks are in trouble." Dozens of banks...
Charity Case: How TD Bank Gets Local Do-Good Organizations to ‘Sell’ Its Products
For TD Bank, a higher calling means greater deposits. That appears to be the case with its affinity program, which...
Dour Labor Numbers
In recent months bankers have been looking to the labor market to gauge the depths of the recession. The depths...
