August 7th, 2012
Propublica – Libor Scandal Timeline: What Did the Fed Know and When Did it Know It?
by Cora Currier Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is testifying on Capitol Hill this week and he’s sure to be grilled on what he knew about manipulation of the Libor, a critical international interest rate. Geithner has said that as far back as 2007, U.S. regulators, including the New York Fed, which Geithner then headed, realized [...]
The New York Times – Facing Congress, Geithner Grilled on Rate-Riggin
By BEN PROTESS Alex Wong/Getty ImagesTimothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, Wednesday on Capitol Hill. He testified about his past efforts to reform Libor. Timothy F. Geithner was questioned sharply on Wednesday about the rate-rigging scandal that has consumed the banking industry, as lawmakers at a House hearing asked why he had failed to thwart [...]
Occupied Wall Street Journal – Your Weekly Roundup of Occupy Movement News
Welcome to the Happiest Place on Earth: Anaheim, July 26. Photo: Justin Wedes This week in Occupy, the people of Anaheim continued their stand against a trigger-happy police force, Occupy activists got raided by the FBI, the NYPD was finally called out for its Occupy-related human rights abuses, and 13 years after he aggressively lobbied [...]
Inter-Occupy – A Politically Charged Poster Show!
This is an open call for poster submissions to POST!: a politically charged poster show coinciding with the Republican National Convention. The show is an invitation to convention outsiders – aka the larger public, troubled majority, 99% – to express their views to RNC leaders, the media, and others inside the convention zone. [...]