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In the discussion over how to solve Europe’s financial crisis, opponents of the euro argue “that it is a monetary straitjacket and that the best reform now would be its breakup.” Not so, says Will Hutton, author, columnist and former editor-in-chief of The Observer. (more)
Posted on Sep 21, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Sep 20, 2011
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Petar Pismestrovic, Cagle Cartoons, Kleine Zeitung, Austria —
Posted on Sep 18, 2011
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Hajo de Reijger —
Posted on Sep 15, 2011
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Deng Coy Miel, Cagle Cartoons, Singapore —
Posted on Sep 10, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Aug 28, 2011
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In 2008, the 10 biggest U.S. banks and brokerage firms took $829 billion in emergency loans from the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Until now, who got what had been a secret. ... (more)
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
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Mike Lester, Cagle Cartoons, The Rome News-Tribune —
Posted on Aug 22, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Aug 22, 2011
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Aug 15, 2011
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Pavel Constantin, Cagle Cartoons, Romania —
Posted on Aug 14, 2011
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Pavel Constantin, Cagle Cartoons, Romania —
Posted on Aug 7, 2011
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Ares, Caglecartoons.com —
Posted on Aug 6, 2011
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Aug 3, 2011
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Iceland’s revolution goes unperceived by U.S. media; Greece worries about the China-ization of its country; and Egypt questions the need for a violent uprising. These discoveries and more after the jump.
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Jul 27, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Jul 25, 2011
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Martin Sutovec, Slovakia —
Posted on Jul 24, 2011
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AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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By Robert Scheer — Obama’s gutless decision to abandon Elizabeth Warren comes after the president populated his administration with the very people who created the financial meltdown.
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner —
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Frederick Deligne, Cagle Cartoons, Nice-Matin, France —
Posted on Jul 19, 2011
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David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star —
Posted on Jul 15, 2011
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico —
Posted on Jul 10, 2011
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The Department of Justice has shied away in recent years from chasing down white-collar crime, relying instead on “deferred prosecution agreements,” which essentially have allowed companies, financial institutions especially, to investigate and report their own wrongdoing.
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Arcadio Esquivel, Cagle Cartoons, La Prensa, Panama —
Posted on Jul 5, 2011
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Jul 1, 2011
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Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner —
Posted on Jul 1, 2011
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Jun 27, 2011
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Jun 19, 2011
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Eric Allie, Caglecartoons.com —
Posted on Jun 12, 2011
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Jun 12, 2011
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The nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has updated research that projects nearly half of public debt in 2019 will be attributable to President George W. Bush’s tax cuts plus the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund, Raj Rajaratnam, faces 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him on 14 charges related to a six-year insider-trading binge that netted him more than $60 million. (more)
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AP / Susan Walsh
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Most of those Wall Street executives whose firms took ridiculous risks and brought the global financial system to its knees are far from a jail cell, or even from being prosecuted by the Justice Department.
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Riber Hansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
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AP / Daniel Roland
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In a fascinating tale of international financial intrigue, the Wall Street Journal reveals how a secret task force of European leaders—dubbed “the group that doesn’t exist”—was formed in 2008 to prevent the collapse of the eurozone, which could have triggered another global economic tsunami.
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AP / Saul Loeb
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With the scent of the global financial crisis swimming in their nostrils, G-8 leaders pledged a mere $5 billion in aid to reduce deaths among African mothers and infants, a decrease of 90 percent in the funding promised five years ago at the group’s meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.
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Author Michael Lewis in his best-selling book takes us inside capitalism’s “doomsday machine,” and it’s your worst nightmare come true.
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spiegel.de
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If you thought the United States’ $700-billion bailout would quell the global financial crisis, think again. The German parliament just approved a $675-billion bailout of Germany’s financial markets, a plan that is part of a coordinated European response to volatile global and regional markets.
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