Austria ‘Pulls Ripcord’ on Bailouts, Lets ‘Bottomless Pit’ Hypo Alpe Bank Drag State of Carinthia into Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Mar 4, 2015 • 13 Comments A “long-yearned-for shock of liberation” for taxpayers.
If Greeks Did This, the Terrible Crisis Would Be Over by Wolf Richter • Feb 26, 2015 • 24 Comments But what do they know that others don’t?
Making Me Pay For My Crimes Would Send “Message of Uncertainty to the Markets”: Bank President to Spanish Judge by Don Quijones • Feb 23, 2015 • 13 Comments It was just a matter of time before the defendants hit back – and hard!
As Banks Tighten Grip on the Media, British Journalist Rebels Against HSBC-Run Telegraph by Don Quijones • Feb 19, 2015 • 4 Comments They want to control the message.
Smaller Businesses Dread the Wrath of US-EU “Free-Trade” Deal by Don Quijones • Feb 18, 2015 • 5 Comments Like most modern trade deals, TTIP isn’t about “free trade.” It’s about protecting Big Business. SMEs are crying foul.
Spanish Judge Violates Global Rule, Makes Bank President & Former IMF Chief Pay for Financial Crimes by Don Quijones • Feb 15, 2015 • 10 Comments But who is going to bail out the defendants?
This Is How HSBC Celebrates 150 Years of Banking Crime & Corruption: Happy Birthday by Don Quijones • Feb 11, 2015 • 4 Comments And HSBC still operates with full UK-government-sanctioned impunity.
Crunch Time as Greece’s Terrible Deadlines Loom by Don Quijones • Feb 8, 2015 • 7 Comments Will Greece’s new heroes of democracy fold and kowtow to the Troika’s demands, as every government has done since the Eurozone debt crisis began?
Why the Beautiful New Greek Government Is Screwed by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2015 • 21 Comments The Greeks have lost their sharpest weapon: the financial markets.
Chaos, Fear, Panic Descend on EU’s Hallowed Halls of Power by Don Quijones • Feb 2, 2015 • 7 Comments “You just killed the Troika.”
