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The Myth of Fixing the Libor
15 january 2013 Sometimes modern finance has a great need for something, and so bankers invent products that appear to fill that need. When it turns out that the invention…
A Campaign Finance Ruling Turned to Labor’s Advantage
15 january 2013 WASHINGTON — Labor unions are seizing on last year’s landmark Supreme Court campaign finance ruling to change how they engage in politics, developing ambitious plans to influence…
Russian President Ousts Finance Minister, a Putin Ally, for Insubordination
MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev fired Russia’s longtime finance minister for insubordination on Monday after the two had an icy confrontation on television that revealed the fault lines in…
The Wild West of Finance
15 january 2013 Human beings, at heart, are wild animals in love with the thrill of the hunt. I can prove it merely by pointing to the existence of the…
From Bullfighting to Finance
15 january 2013 I WAS born in San José, Costa Rica, the third of four siblings. My father left when I was 2 and my mother was pregnant. We moved…
Wealthy Group Seeks to Reform Election Giving in New York
15 january 2013 ALBANY — An unusual and well-heeled coalition, trying to tap public anger over the flood of money into politics, is pushing to enact a public financing system…
Council Speaker to Amend Campaign Finance Proposal
15 january 2013 Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, said on Wednesday that she would amend a proposed change to campaign finance laws that spurred concerns about a flood…
Inquiry on Tax Strategy Adds to Scrutiny of Finance Firms
15 january 2013 The New York attorney general is investigating whether some of the nation’s biggest private equity firms have abused a tax strategy in order to slice hundreds of…
Bloomberg Honored Letter, but Not Spirit, of Campaign Finance Law, Board Finds
15 january 2013 On the eve of the 2009 mayoral election, Michael R. Bloomberg wrote two checks, totaling $1.2 million, to the state’s Independence Party. Even though the city’s campaign…
‘Finance and the Good Society,’ by Robert J. Shiller
15 january 2013 Robert J. Shiller made his name in 2000 with “Irrational Exuberance,” a book that drew on behavioral economics to explain why financial markets overshoot. Shiller concentrated on…
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