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Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | The Guardian
Bradley Manning: a tale of liberty lost in America | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | The Guardian: "The US does nothing to punish those guilty of war crimes or Wall Street fraud, yet demonises the whistleblower"
Wall Street adds to losses after housing data | Reuters
Wall Street adds to losses after housing data | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Stocks extended losses on Wednesday after data showed new single-family home sales fell slightly in October and the government revised sharply lower its estimate for the prior month's sales, denting optimism over one of the brighter sectors of the economy."
Goldman Sachs gives its version of angry employee's departure | Reuters
Goldman Sachs gives its version of angry employee's departure | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Just days before publication of a book promising to expose a rampant culture of greed at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), the Wall Street company is writing its own story about the book's author."
Analysis: Big funds seek to rein in pay at Wall Street banks | Reuters
Analysis: Big funds seek to rein in pay at Wall Street banks | Reuters: (Reuters) - "The days when Wall Street banks could blithely hand out half their revenue in compensation to their staff without a murmur from shareholders have come to an end."
On Wall St, few places to hide as jobs ax hovers | Reuters
On Wall St, few places to hide as jobs ax hovers | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Wall Street bankers are bracing for another round of job cuts as a downturn in the global economy cuts into earnings from dealmaking, capital raising and lending."
JPMorgan sued over employee retirement plan losses | Reuters
JPMorgan sued over employee retirement plan losses | Reuters: (Reuters) - "JPMorgan Chase & Co has been hit with a lawsuit brought on behalf of employees whose retirement holdings fell in value after the largest U.S. bank revealed a surprise $2 billion trading loss earlier this month."
Facebook sinks as Nasdaq scrambles to square trades | Reuters
Facebook sinks as Nasdaq scrambles to square trades | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Facebook shares sank on Monday in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down 25 percent from where they were Friday afternoon."
Morgan Stanley won't be too happy!
Morgan Stanley won't be too happy!
JPMorgan's future losses at the mercy of an obscure index | Reuters
JPMorgan's future losses at the mercy of an obscure index | Reuters: (Reuters) - "It's the biggest parlor game on Wall Street: Estimating how large JPMorgan Chase & Co's (JPM.N) trading loss will be from a hedging strategy that went wrong."
Hedge funds eye further profits from JPMorgan losses | Reuters
Hedge funds eye further profits from JPMorgan losses | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Hedge funds are holding out for further gains from their bets against JPMorgan's massive position in U.S. credit derivatives, racking up tidy profits from a lucrative trade that could cost the U.S. bank more than $3 billion."
Occupy May Day protest chance to regain autumn momentum | World news | guardian.co.uk
Occupy May Day protest chance to regain autumn momentum | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Activists call on public to stay home from work on Tuesday in bid to re-establish Occupy movement after quiet winter"
Wall Street drops on weak data, Qualcomm weighs | Reuters
Wall Street drops on weak data, Qualcomm weighs | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Stocks fell for a second day on Thursday as labor market data showed more signs of weakness, while a warning from Qualcomm and poor results from Stanley Black & Decker also discouraged investors."
Why Wall Street's Layoffs Are More Serious Than You Think - Forbes
Why Wall Street's Layoffs Are More Serious Than You Think - Forbes: "Bloomberg puts the number of financial jobs lost at close to 200,000 this year alone."
So we bailed out the banks and in return they have cut and plan to cut more jobs so that they can register profit and insure that executives keep their outlandish life style.
This will only fuel the Occupy movement. Because college graduates, like in Tunisia, have a very uncertain future and will not find jobs easily.
So we bailed out the banks and in return they have cut and plan to cut more jobs so that they can register profit and insure that executives keep their outlandish life style.
This will only fuel the Occupy movement. Because college graduates, like in Tunisia, have a very uncertain future and will not find jobs easily.
Google's stock split raises questions | Reuters
Google's stock split raises questions | Reuters: (Reuters) - "An unusual stock split designed to preserve Google Inc founders' control of the Web search leader raised questions and some grumbling on Wall Street, even as investors focused on the company's short-term business concerns."
JPMorgan profit falls 3 percent but tops Street view | Reuters
JPMorgan profit falls 3 percent but tops Street view | Reuters: (Reuters) - "JPMorgan Chase & Co's first-quarter profit fell 3 percent as recent improvement in trading and deal-making failed to lift investment banking revenue to year-earlier levels, but results still beat Wall Street expectations."
Wall Street sinks in wake of jobs report | Reuters
Wall Street sinks in wake of jobs report | Reuters: (Reuters) - "The Dow and the S&P 500 extended losses to a fourth day on Monday, as investors took their cues from last week's disappointing jobs report, which raised new concerns about the U.S. economy's recovery"
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march to protest against police violence | World news | guardian.co.uk
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march to protest against police violence | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Hundreds of demonstrators march from Zuccotti Park to Union Square chanting anti-police slogans"
Dozens arrested as Occupy Wall Street marks anniversary with fresh protests | World news | The Guardian
Dozens arrested as Occupy Wall Street marks anniversary with fresh protests | World news | The Guardian: "Police sweep Zuccotti Park in New York, where protesters gathered to mark six-month anniversary of movement"
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