As I have previously pointed out, the New York Times wrote in February:In the 1980s, during the height of the Latin American debt crisis, the total risk to the nine money-center banks in New York was estimated at more than three times the capital of th…
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The Largest U.S. Banks Have Repeatedly Gone Bankrupt Due to Wild Speculation. The Fed Blessed the Speculation then Helped Cover Up the Bankruptcies
October 5th, 2009 |
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“21 of the 25 Largest Subprime Issuers Leading Up to the Crisis Were Financed by Large Banks”
September 5th, 2009 |
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Elizabeth Warren – the chair of the congressional oversight committee of the bailouts – points out: 21 of the 25 largest subprime issuers leading up to the crisis were financed by large banks. (Remember this the next time you hear a lobbyist blaming t…
Indictments Hit for Largest U.S. Credit Card Breach
August 17th, 2009 |
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Charges pile up for Albert Gonzales and two unnamed co-conspirators, who allegedly helped engineer SQL injection attacks on Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven and Hannaford Brothers grocery store chain. Gonzales also faces different charges for hack on restaurant chain Dave Busters.
– Albert Gonzales, a 28-year-old resident of the Miami, was indicted Aug. 17 for his participation in the
largest alleged credit and debit card data breach ever charged in the
United States. Gonzales’ corporate victims include Heartland Payment Systems, a New Jersey-based card
payment processor; 7-…
Accident at Russia’s largest hydropower
August 17th, 2009 |
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At least six people were killed and eight injured in an accident at Russia’s largest Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in south Siberia early on Monday. The emergency call came at 04:42 a.m. Moscow time as the hydropower plant’s third and fourth water conduits broke, flooding the turbine room. The plant was brought to a halt over the failure.
Freeport: New Ambush Near World’s Largest Gold Mine, 2 Dead
July 22nd, 2009 |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Gunmen fired Wednesday at vehicles operated by U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia’s impoverished Papua province, injuring two guards and a policeman in the latest attack on the world’s largest gold mine, polic…
Fox News Reports On World’s Largest Cupcake (VIDEO)
July 19th, 2009 |
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It’s Saturday night, and Fox News reports on the world’s largest cupcake. It’s 100 pounds.
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Lee Camp: WATCH: Obama Allows Logging in Largest US Rainforest – Think of All the Jobs!
July 16th, 2009 |
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Largest Skinny Dip Across North America: 317 Naked People Set Record In The Hamptons
July 13th, 2009 |
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In an attempt to help set a record, 317 people got naked and splashed in a giant swimming pool over the weekend at White Tail Resort.
The people at the nudist resort in Southampton County were part of what’s billed as “The Largest Skinny Dip …