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December 8, 2014 2:59 AM
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Wall Street to Workers: Give Us Your Retirement Savings and Stop Asking Questions

Wall Street to Workers: Give Us Your Retirement Savings and Stop Asking Questions | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it

States are trying to hide information about how public employees’ retirement money is invested.


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December 8, 2014 12:52 AM
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​Russia to crack down on over-the-counter ‘Forex clubs’ at banks

​Russia to crack down on over-the-counter ‘Forex clubs’ at banks | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
The Central Bank of Russia intends to stop banks from operating in-house foreign exchange (Forex) markets or offering the service to Russian customers, according to the First Deputy Governor Sergey Shvetsov.
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December 7, 2014 5:31 AM
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How the forex trading scandal came to light - Telegraph

How the forex trading scandal came to light - Telegraph | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
New documents reveal years of growing worries about currency markets before the regulators struck
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November 29, 2014 3:34 PM
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14 greedy companies making their employees work on Thanksgiving

14 greedy companies making their employees work on Thanksgiving | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Shame on you, Starbucks!
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November 28, 2014 1:43 AM
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Swedish icon Ikea is really a Dutch ‘charity’ | Al Jazeera America

Swedish icon Ikea is really a Dutch ‘charity’ | Al Jazeera America | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
The blue and gold megastore is based in Holland and Luxembourg to avoid taxes
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November 27, 2014 1:51 AM
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Bailouts, bail-ins and the banks: why we can’t afford another financial crisis

Bailouts, bail-ins and the banks: why we can’t afford another financial crisis | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Governments are not flush enough to contemplate a second wave of bailouts, which leaves the problem of too ‘big to fail’ unsolved, writes Larry ElliottA look into the future: David Cameron’s nightmare has come true; the slowdown in the global...
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November 26, 2014 3:12 AM
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Jean-Claude Juncker's Luxembourg tax haven problem - The Independent

Jean-Claude Juncker's Luxembourg tax haven problem - The Independent | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
They seem unlikely bedfellows, but as Jean-Claude Juncker comes under increasing pressure over his generous approach to corporate tax when he was prime minister of Luxembourg, the new president of the European Commission may be able to count on a...
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November 25, 2014 1:19 AM
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Bank of England investigates staff over possible auction rigging

Bank of England investigates staff over possible auction rigging | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Investigation by lawyer looks into possible manipulation of money market auctions in 2007 and 2008The Bank of England is investigating whether staff knew or even aided possible manipulation of auctions it held at the onset of the financial crisis...
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November 19, 2014 8:19 AM
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Forex scandal 'shows need to shake up banks' - Telegraph

Forex scandal 'shows need to shake up banks' - Telegraph | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Treasury Select Committee chairman warns that a reforms programme must not be watered down
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November 17, 2014 5:03 PM
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Banking culture needs fundamental overhaul not fines, Mark Carney says

Banking culture needs fundamental overhaul not fines, Mark Carney says | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Bank of England governor’s proposals to curb excessive risk-taking include putting non-bonuses or fixed pay on the line Mark Carney has warned bankers that they could lose more of their pay – in addition to forefeiting their bonuses – after a...
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November 16, 2014 1:54 PM
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Companies using Luxembourg tax avoidance scheme to save billions

Companies using Luxembourg tax avoidance scheme to save billions | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
The arrangements - used by top companies including vacuum cleaner company Dyson and drugs group Shire - were signed off by the European Union state and are all legal.
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November 13, 2014 4:13 PM
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This reporter has officially had it with the international banking system. Watch him issue a brutal takedown

This reporter has officially had it with the international banking system. Watch him issue a brutal takedown | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it

"If the banks had the same scrutiny over the traders and their own managers as they have over the camera crews standing outside it, we might not have this situation."

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November 12, 2014 11:42 AM
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Foreign exchange fines: banks handed £2bn in penalties for market rigging

Foreign exchange fines: banks handed £2bn in penalties for market rigging | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it

Regulators in US and UK mete out record fines after finding a free for all culture on currency trading floors at RBS, HSBC, Citibank, JP Morgan and UBS.  The corruption of the worlds biggest currency dealers was laid bare on Wednesday when regulators...

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December 8, 2014 12:52 AM
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Five ex-Madoff aides face up to 20 years in prison

Five ex-Madoff aides face up to 20 years in prison | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five former employees of Bernard Madoff, convicted in March of helping the fund manager bilk investors of billions of dollars in his massive Ponzi scheme, will be sentenced this week,
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December 7, 2014 5:32 AM
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Three Former ICAP Brokers Plead Not Guilty in Libor Case

Three Former ICAP Brokers Plead Not Guilty in Libor Case | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Danny Martin Wilkinson, Colin John Goodman and Darrell Paul Read are expected to face trial in September, along with three former traders from two British brokerage firms.
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November 29, 2014 4:04 PM
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Facebook’s Lobbying Outlays Befit a Corporate Behemoth

Facebook’s Lobbying Outlays Befit a Corporate Behemoth | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
During Facebook s early years, the company barely noticed Washington, taking a full five years to spend its first dime on federal lobbying. Then, the company s investment in the capital began growing rapidly, alongside its revenue and ambitions.
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November 28, 2014 6:19 AM
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Walmart is seeing its biggest Black Friday protests ever today.

Walmart is seeing its biggest Black Friday protests ever today. | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
If Walmart paid a living wage, "I could buy clothes for my kids to wear."
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November 28, 2014 1:38 AM
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Greed still rules for Wall Street's barbarians - The Globe and Mail

Greed still rules for Wall Street's barbarians - The Globe and Mail | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Twenty-five years after co-writing Barbarians at the Gate, Bryan Burrough marvels at Wall Street’s enduring appetite for excess
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November 26, 2014 3:13 AM
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Report: a third of French banks' foreign subsidiaries are in tax havens - Tax Justice Network

Report: a third of French banks' foreign subsidiaries are in tax havens - Tax Justice Network | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
From the French platform on tax havens Plateforme Paradis Fiscaux et Judiciaires, coordinated by CCFD-Terre Solidaire and Secours Catholique Caritas France, a new report looking at the first figures published by French banks this year, under...

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November 25, 2014 5:28 PM
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Russia Cracks Down On Offshore Tax Havens

Russia Cracks Down On Offshore Tax Havens | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
MOSCOW — There is nothing new about offshore tax shelters. In ancient Athens, after the government decided to levy a 2% tax on all trade operations, merchants started avoiding the city, conducting business on the surrounding islands instead.
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November 25, 2014 1:18 AM
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Bankers think they have to behave badly. Let’s remind them they’re human | Andre Spicer

Bankers think they have to behave badly. Let’s remind them they’re human | Andre Spicer | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Shielding them from flashing share prices may help, but in the long term we need to change what it means to be a banker altogetherThere is something in the culture of banking that lends itself to making otherwise fairly good people do bad things.
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November 17, 2014 5:21 PM
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Are banks now gamblers and asset strippers? | @guardianletters

Are banks now gamblers and asset strippers? | @guardianletters | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Six years after the 2008 financial crash, we are finally recognising that the banking industry is “rotten to the core” (Editorial, 13 November).
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November 17, 2014 4:45 PM
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HSBC’s Swiss Private Bank Charged in Belgium Tax Fraud Inquiry

HSBC’s Swiss Private Bank Charged in Belgium Tax Fraud Inquiry | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
The unit is accused of helping wealthy individuals hide billions of dollars in assets by creating offshore companies in places like Panama and the Virgin Islands.
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November 15, 2014 1:00 PM
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House votes in favor of Keystone XL bill

House votes in favor of Keystone XL bill | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
The Senate will vote on the measure on Tuesday

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Dear Congress, "What part of "no" don't you understand?" -  Reba McIntyre 

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November 13, 2014 2:22 PM
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Libor Banks Ask U.S. Judge to Dismiss 17 Rate-Swap Suits

Libor Banks Ask U.S. Judge to Dismiss 17 Rate-Swap Suits | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
Banks including Bank of America Corp., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc., asked a judge to throw out claims they cheated customers on interest-rate swaps and other Libor-based transactions.
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There are individuals in this world who have no class, no honor & no shame.   They are the Libor bankers who are in desperate need of a time-tested intervention called, "incarceration."

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