- "He has a right to speak," said the cop to the banker http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/02/1032624/-he-has-a-right-to-speak,-said-the-cop-to-the-banker 465 comments politics
- Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-23/russia-central-banker-wanted-out-over-ukraine-but-putin-said-no 5 comments economics
- Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-23/russia-central-banker-wanted-out-over-ukraine-but-putin-said-no?srnd=premium-europe 7 comments worldnews
- Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-23/russia-central-banker-wanted-out-over-ukraine-but-putin-said-no 6 comments worldnews
- Russian banker said he met Trump through NRA http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/russian-banker-met-trump-nra-article-1.3850535 249 comments politics
- Russia central banker tried to quit over Ukraine; Putin said no https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/23/russia-central-banker-tried-to-quit-over-ukraine-putin-said-no 34 comments worldnews
- U.S. Convicts Turkish Banker of Violating Iran Sanctions in Scheme Said to Involve Turkey’s Leader https://www.thedailybeast.com/s-convicts-turkish-banker-of-violating-iran-sanctions-in-scheme-said-to-involve-turkeys-leader?ref=wrap 26 comments worldnews
- A top Italian banker said on Friday that the European single currency was "on the edge of the abyss" http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-italy-banker-crisis-idusbre8501dt20120601 12 comments worldnews
- Second JPMorgan Banker Jumps to His Death: Said to Be 33 Year Old Hong Kong FX Trader http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-18/third-jpmorgan-banker-jumps-his-death-hong-kong-said-be-33-year-old-fx-trader 16 comments worldnews
- "It's A Wonderful Life" -- the FBI said it the film was an "obvious attempt to discredit bankers" and had Communist leanings. http://www.businessinsider.com/its-a-wonderful-life-nbc-tv-2011-12?op=1 50 comments politics
- Switzerland: A haven for Russian money? (2024) - Despite sanctions against Russia, asset managers are said to have hidden money belonging to Putin‘s confidants. This documentary follows the trail of shadow bankers to Switzerland. [00:42:26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMZSE189F8Q 7 comments documentaries
- Black homeownership faces new obstacles in crowded property market. “The housing gap” between white and Black household ownership in the U.S. is “about as wide as it’s ever been,” Mike Fratantoni, economist with the Mortgage Bankers Association trade group, said in an interview. https://thehill.com/policy/finance/3462980-black-home-ownership-faces-new-obstacles-in-crowded-property-market/ 10 comments economics
- [Rick Westhead] How much $$ has the NHL left on table by remaining committed to Phoenix? Forbes reported today Coyotes lost estimated $33M in 2021 & have lost a combined $141.6M over past 10 years. Sports bankers I've talked to over the years have said they're at a loss to understand NHL logic. https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1468751889231757323 474 comments hockey
- Bankers who said Crypto would be a Ponzi Scheme got Caught Promoting a Ponzi Scheme themselves with Millions of Dollar Investor Loses http://commercialobserver.com/2021/07/deutsche-bank-enabled-ponzi-scheme-tied-to-florida-properties-lawsuit/ 4 comments nottheonion
- China executes former top assets banker: Chinese media said Lai Xiaomin was executed, just weeks after being sentenced to death for taking "extremely large" bribes as well as for bigamy https://www.dw.com/en/china-executes-former-top-assets-banker/a-56381579 41 comments worldnews
- 'Smartest Thing We Can Do Is Act Big': Yellen Bolsters Demand for Biden to Enact Bold FDR-Style Agenda. "Instead of feel-good talk of unification," said journalist John Nichols, "FDR called out the Wall Street speculators, the bankers, and their conservative apologists." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/19/smartest-thing-we-can-do-act-big-yellen-bolsters-demand-biden-enact-bold-fdr-style 31 comments politics
- Some farmers will have a harder time borrowing money this year "Fifty-two percent of bankers in a 10-state area said they have boosted collateral requirements for farm loans" http://www.startribune.com/some-farmers-will-have-a-harder-time-borrowing-money-this-year/503918812/ 29 comments economy
- Bankers' pot push gets boost from blue wave, Sessions ouster ‘There’s no question: Cannabis prohibition will end,’ one House Democrat said. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/27/bankers-pot-push-gets-boost-from-blue-wave-sessions-ouster-1017137 35 comments politics
- Russian man at Trump Jr meeting had links to businessman with alleged Soviet intelligence ties, US investigators said: Irakly Kaveladze’s business links to a Soviet-born banker with alleged ties to former KGB officials attracted interest from US investigators in the 1990s https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/21/donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting-eighth-person-soviet-intelligence 18 comments worldnews
- Fatwa bans women from marrying bankers, kin. The fatwa, issued on a query put up by a person said that “the income from banking jobs is considered ‘haram’ (forbidden) earnings in Islam”. http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/060118/fatwa-bans-women-from-marrying-bankers-kin.html 42 comments india
- A $250 Seminar Aims To Turn Bankers Into Politicians: "The American Bankers Association said Tuesday [14 March 2017] that it's soliciting applications for a new program designed to groom its members for public office." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-14/bankers-go-from-pariahs-to-hopeful-politicians-in-trump-s-d-c 3 comments business
- What Bernie Sanders Thinks Is Wrong With the Fed: If elected president, he said he’d board up the “revolving door” between regulators and the bankers they’re supposed to regulate. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/bernie-sanders-reform-revolving-door/422772/ 115 comments politics
- Some Bankers Don’t Buy What Clinton Is Selling: "Camden Fine, the head of the Independent Community Bankers of America, said Clinton’s stance on regulating large Wall Street banks is pure politicking." http://morningconsult.com/2015/10/some-bankers-dont-buy-what-clinton-is-selling/ 17 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Compete For Union Support: “You’re not another special interest to me,” he said. “I’m not going to leave here to go out to meet with the bankers or corporate America. You are my family. This is what I do.” http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/07/hillary-clinton-and-bernie-sanders-compete-for-union-support/?_r=0 164 comments politics
- "Iceland's Supreme Court has upheld convictions of market manipulation for four former executives of the failed Kaupthing bank in a landmark case that the country's special prosecutor said showed it was possible to crack down on fraudulent bankers." http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/iceland-bankers-idusl5n0vm5wu20150212 4 comments worldnews
- Central Bankers Issue Strong Warning on Asset Bubbles. Investors, desperate to earn returns even as official interest rates are near record lows, have been driving up prices of stocks and other assets with little regard for risk, the Bank for International Settlements said in its annual report. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/business/international/central-bankers-issue-strong-warning-on-asset-bubbles.html?smid=re-share 15 comments economy
- Markets are “under the spell” of the world's central bankers, with cheap money driving stock prices to record highs despite a lack of good economic news, the Bank for International Settlements has said. http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/central-bank-group-warns-markets-under-a-spell-1.1191935 6 comments economy
- Wall Street Bankers' Tips for Living Like the Normals (Here's one: "“Stop carrying a wedge of cash around with you,” said the ex-Goldman banker. “It reduces the temptation to tip people so much.”" http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/wall-street-bankers-live-like-normals.html 6 comments politics
- Greed and dishonesty laid bare as scale of Libor rigging revealed - the FSA's enforcement director, said some bankers had decided "the rules did not apply to them" ... "I can assure you we are looking at individuals," http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/06/rbs-fine-libor-rigging 3 comments worldnews
- God said, “I need someone who doesn’t grow anything or make anything but who will borrow money from the public at 0% interest and then lend it back to the public at 2% or 5% or 10% and pay himself a bonus for doing so.” -- So God made a banker. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/so-god-made-a-banker-2013-02-06 1310 comments politics
- Greeks pull savings from banks as crisis deepens - Greeks withdrew as much as 5 billion euros -- nearly 3 percent of total deposits -- after outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou's shock call last week for a referendum on a euro zone bailout, said one banker, who declined to be named. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-greece-banks-idustre7a85ea20111109 23 comments worldnews
- The most decorated Marine in history, Smedley Butler, said: “I spent 33 yrs and 4 mos in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall St. and the bankers. http://warisacrime.org/content/link-between-war-and-big-finance 78 comments politics
- Irish government seeks 90% bank bonus tax - Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said on Thursday he would impose a 90% tax on bankers’ bonuses, in a move to try to silence critics who have said the banking sector drove Ireland into the ground. http://www.financialpost.com/news/irish+government+seeks+bank+bonus/3953096/story.html 7 comments worldnews
- Jail the Bankers or This Economy Will Never Fully Recover. Nobel-prize winner Joe Stiglitz recently said that major damage resulting from the financial disaster “has not really been taken on board, and that is confidence in our legal system, in our rule of law, in our system of justice.” http://www.alternet.org/economy/148882/seriously%2C_jail_the_bankers_or_this_economy_will_never_fully_recover/ 24 comments economy
- Feds probing Congress' ties to disgraced banker Stanford ("I love you and believe in you,'' said the e-mail sent on Feb. 17. "If you want my ear/voice -- e-mail,'' it said, signed "Pete (Sessions*).'' (*chair of the Republican National Congressional Committee) http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/81313.html?storylink=omni_popular 4 comments politics
- "These bankers should be shown for what they really are to the public: vulgar robbers, thieves in ties, pickpockets and obstinate kleptomaniacs," Chavez said in a newspaper column published on Sunday. http://in.reuters.com/article/governmentfilingsnews/idinn0613551020091206?sp=true 66 comments worldnews
- Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailouts, according to an interview published in the Financial Times. http://www.reuters.com/article/businessnews/idustre59m5k720091023?feedtype=rss&feedname=businessnews 5 comments politics
- There was none of the old swagger at Citigroup headquarters on Friday. The bonus checks had landed — and some of the bankers were grumbling | “I feel like I got a doorman’s tip, compared to what I got in previous years,” said a 30-something investment banking associate http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/getting-theirs-cuts-both-ways-on-wall-street/ 4 comments business
- Wall Street: "Hands off our entitlements!": “On Main Street, ‘bonus’ sounds like a gift,” he said. “But it’s part of the compensation structure of Wall Street. Say I’m a banker and I created $30 million. I should get a part of that.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/nyregion/31bonuses.html?_r=1 118 comments business
- Top bankers 'leaving US for Asia': The number of high-flying investment bankers moving from the US to Asia is set to increase, experts have said, as a result of the credit crunch. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7410501.stm 3 comments worldnews