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It's No Joke: Fed Hires Failed Bank Executive

The Federal Reserve is drawing jeers for hiring a former top executive from the now-defunct investment bank Bear Stearns to help it gauge the health of other banks.

Melt Down the FED and do it NOW.

You can give Americans an alternative to the FED that will be adopted across the world like wild fire. it costs ten million dollars but you will never again pay interest of be charged fees. Fractional Reserve Banking will be a thing of the past. You get what you pay for.

Lawsuits come in

Two big lawsuits - one against Deutsche Bank over subprime loans, and the other against Parmalat's auditors and bankers, could set a massive precedent

US bank loses customer data

A US bank has lost the unencrypted data of 4.5 million customers

International law expert expects settlement in apartheid case against Swiss firms - swissinfo

A major apartheid lawsuit involving multinationals and Swiss companies is to go ahead in the United States but could be settled early, an expert has said.

Interview with Triodos Bank executives

Here is an interview with the executives of Dutch-based sustainability bank Triodos.

Crying Wolfowitz: What now for the World Bank?

With Paul Wolfowitz heading for the exit door, the questions continue about whether the World Bank will recover. The Wolfowitz affair has raised questions about the way the organisation is run.

The Wolfowitz battle continues

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is digging in for the fight. Wolfowitz is under pressure to quit with the investigation into the way his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, got a pay rise and promotion. He s just hired lawyer, Robert Bennett, the attorney who represented former US president Bill Clinton against sexual harassment claims by Paula Jones.

Wolfowitz woes continue

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is digging in for a fight over the contentious promotion and pay rise for his girlfriend but World Bank staff have launched a website calling for his removal and Transparency International has warned that the scandal could undermine the fight against corruption.

Wolfowitz and World Bank nepotism uproar

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who spends a fair bit of his time lecturing Third World countries about the evils of corruption, is caught up in a scandal about his romantic partner getting a promotion and generous pay rises. All part of a deeper problem of nepotism where his GOP buddies have been given jobs at the bank.