Google, the tech giant supposedly guided by its “don’t be evil” motto, has been funding a growing list of groups advancing the agenda of the Koch brothers.
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When they aren't combatting unionization and underpaying workers, big box retailers like Walmart keep busy by desecrating American holidays.
Anonymous Hades's insight:
The backstabbers of Corporate personhood don't pray, don't have kids to feed and care nothing for the life of our great nation, or our traditions. They love no one, hence they find value in nothing but their profit margins and their greed makes them as repugnant as the plague. 
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(Reuters) - UBS AG has reached an immunity deal with European Union authorities that will protect the Swiss bank from further penalties for alleged manipulation of key interest rates,...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bank of America Corp urged a U.S. federal judge to impose no penalty even after a jury found it liable for fraud over the sale of defective mortgages by its Countrywide Financial unit.
Anonymous Hades's insight:
Bank of America gets busted for fraud, and is found guilty by a jury, but it doesn't want to pay the price for committing the crime. The guilty are without remorse, so give the banksters mandatory jail time.
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Yet another dark cloud is looming over global banks as regulators examine their behavior in the $5.3 trillion currency market - threatening to deal a fresh blow to battered balance sheets and reputations.
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The Washington Post's investigation on fraud in nonprofit organizations revealed that incidents are either not reported at all or reported but not directed to authorities...
Anonymous Hades's insight:
Stay tuned. This conversation is just beginning.
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This month, food stamps were slashed by $5 billion, and more cuts will be coming soon.
Anonymous Hades's insight:
Only the agents of Greed Over People would abandon those who have served our nation loyally and with honor.
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Bernie Madoff says J.P. Morgan knew all along about his Ponzi scheme
Anonymous Hades's insight:
For once, I believe Madoff's word over anything Jamie Dimon & the other backstabbers at JPMorgan have to say. JPMorgan: If their lips are moving, they're probably lying.
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Current and former executives at Barclays Plc knew that the bank submitted lower-than-accurate Libor rates as early as 2007, according to transcripts of conversations between executives cited in a U.K.
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JPM has reached a preliminary agreement to admit that the trading blowup itself represented reckless behavior, the NYT reports.
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The huge settlement includes a £137.6 million fine from the UK watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority, the second biggest penalty ever levied by British financial authorities.
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The law, which bars members of Congress from trading stocks based on information they get for work purposes and requires them to register any stock transactions over $1,000 within 45 days, was signed into effect in April, and was praised at the time for being a bipartisan effort.
But Cantor had drawn criticism for introducing a House version of the bill that stripped provisions requiring political intelligence consultants to register as lobbyists and stripping pension benefits from members found to be corrupt. Via Operation Deja Vu
Anonymous Hades's insight:
Eric Cantor was so craven in effort to retain insider trading privileges, that he smiled through his shame as the world found out about his treachery. No ideologies or isms were involved, only naked greed, bold-faced lies & a willingness to cheat.
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"It's 24 hours a day raising money. It's not fair," says outgoing Rep. Rodney Alexander of Louisiana. Via Operation Deja Vu
Anonymous Hades's insight:
The freeloaders in Congress make so much money on the side, they don't need people anymore. That's why they've abandoned us over and over again. Enough already. It's time for something new.
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He's surprised the world with his comments on homosexuality, abortion and birth control, and now Pope Francis has taken on another hot-button political...
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The Destroyers
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Andrew Rawnsley: There are alarming signs that people are behaving as if there were nothing really to learn from the bubble years
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Such an admission and such a large fine, being the biggest in US corporate history, would seem to draw a line under the whole sordid...
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JPMorgan has had it's moments in the ugly lights of public scrutiny. It's time for the mavens of finance at JPM to decide: Clean up their act, or face more unwelcome scrutiny from law enforcement officials.
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The owner of a Castle Shannon freight corporation was charged today with wire fraud and mail fraud in federal court, accused of diverting money from trust accounts...
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Rabobank Groep, the Dutch lender fined 774 million euros ($1.04 billion) by U.S., U.K. and Netherlands regulators for rigging interbank lending rates, will escape a European Union antitrust fine this year, two people familiar with the probe said.
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It would be largest penalty paid by a single company but would leave the bank open to criminal prosecution.
Anonymous Hades's insight:
This case bears watching. Someone at JPMorgan will surely go to jail for their involvement in the bank's latest criminal enterprise.
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Cruz's ownership of a firm with a tax haven-based unit does not augur well for him to oppose tax havens.
Anonymous Hades's insight:
This is an editorial, but one has to wonder how true it is. Let's see where Senator Knucklehead's loyalties lie: With his portfolio, or with our nation.
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The individuals were notified last week by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office that they were being investigated.
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British prosecutors obtained a court order prohibiting The Wall Street Journal from publishing in England, Wales or online names of individuals the government planned to implicate in an alleged scheme to manipulate interest rates.
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Economic Times HSBC Is Fined $2.46 Billion in Securities Fraud Case New York Times The judgment, by Judge Ronald Guzman of Federal District Court, was the largest in a securities fraud class-action suit that went to a trial,...
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MUMBAI: It may seem like a drop in a bucket compared to the billions of dollars poured back into Indian enterprises. However,the growing friction between private equity (PE) funds and entrepreneurs...
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OpenSecrets.org has fundraising profiles for all 535 members of Congress (and more). Via Operation Deja Vu
Anonymous Hades's insight:
We The People see that Speaker Boehner's fundraising skills are remarkable. Too bad he doesn't give a damn about anyone else but himself and the corporate parasites that pay his bills.
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Google will soon find that, no matter how big it gets, it's "corporate reputation" is jeopardized by it's support of the repressive, cookie-cutter policies of ALEC.