Category: News
News Links: Missouri Attorney General Files Criminal Lawsuit on Robosigning
Mirabile Dictu! Missouri Attorney General Files Criminal Lawsuit on Robosigning « naked capitalism What is striking about the indictment by a Missouri grand jury is that the Missouri AG Chris Koster has decided to challenge the banks’ party line that robosigning and related abuses were mere "paperwork problems." He’s called robosiging what it is: forgery.
News Links: Greek Default: Why Now May Be Best Time to Do It
Greek Default: Why Now May Be Best Time to Do It – US Business News Blog – CNBC Last week in general gave life to the recovery theme, with 15 of 23 indicators beating expectations and causing some economists to raise their growth outlook for the full year. So, with sentiment running so garishly positive,
News Links 02/04/2012
Schneiderman Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Three Major Banks for Use of MERS « naked capitalism New York filed a lawsuit against various units of JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells, MERSCORP and MERS over their use of MERS in foreclosures. This civil suit alleges that the use of MERS has “resulted in a wide
News Links 01/31/2012
NIALL FERGUSON: Okay, I Admit It—Paul Krugman Was Right Professor Ferguson’s take on the United States has changed notably over the past year. He still thinks the U.S. budget deficit is unsustainable and that our entitlement programs will ultimately have to be cut. But he has changed his mind about the U.S.’s ability to sustain
News Links 01/30/2012
The Best Alternative Financial Blogs – CNBC To assemble our list, we polled our friends, our sources, and our followers on Twitter. We excluded many of the sites we really enjoy because they are associated with major media organizations. tags: blogs finance Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here
News Links 01/28/2012
Greece plans orderly exit of the Eurozone – National International Trade | Examiner.com Greece plans an orderly exit out of the Eurozone according to two sources close to Mr. Papademos, Greek Prime Minister, who spoke on condition of anonymity earlier today. tags: greece currency euro Charles Murray on the New American Divide – WSJ.com If
Euro at the Crossroads
Dollar is broadly weaker amid hopes that Greek debt negotiations are very close to agreement. Asian stocks posted new trend highs, MSCI Asia Pacific up 0.3%; Dow Jones tested highest level since 2008. EuroStoxx 600 reverses earlier losses and is currently flat on the day; Greek banking shares up nearly 6.0%
News Links: Monetary Realism and why the Fed won’t tell the truth
MONETARY REALISM | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM I feel that the core operational aspects of MMT are among the most important ideas in the world and my goal here has always been to help promote those ideas. Because I believe in those ideas I will not stop promoting them. So I’ve been working with Michael Sankowski, Carlos
News Links 01/26/2012
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal meet in Australian Open semifinal – Bruce Jenkins – SI.com they’ve drawn distinct lines in the sand when it comes to the punishing grind of the men’s tour. Nadal, fearing his body is approaching its expiration date, wants it shortened. Federer, that model of fitness and longevity, sees no need for