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Collusion and “absolute monopoly practices.” By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Mexico’s antitrust agency Cofece has accused the domestic subsidiaries of JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Santander, and BBVA … Read more
Authorities in Switzerland have fined five banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Barclays, for fixing foreign exchange trading through cartels dubbed “Three Way Banana Split” and “Essex Express”. … Read more
by Shaun Richards The credit crunch has in many ways been a story of the banks and a major banking crisis. All these years later after a proliferation of promises … Read more
via businessinsider: German authorities are ramping up discussions about a possible merger between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, the Financial Times reported. Bloomberg said regulators seek to merge Deutsche Bank with … Read more
by Thinker Barclays is facing a court battle over hundreds of millions of taxpayer pounds after 14 local councils filed a mass legal action against the bank. Greater Manchester, Bristol, … Read more
by John Ward Both Newscorp and the Telegraph Group are polluters of the planet and its cultures. Murdoch claims to be rescuing our oceans in order to be thought fit … Read more
by Shaun Richards It is time to take a look at an old friend except it is more along the lines of hello darkness my old friend from Paul Simon. … Read more
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen (for the first time in 4K) about an incredibly risky move made by Barclays as they dump 280,000 savers’ pensions … Read more