By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld There is a world of difference between the “occupation” of Wall Street and many other cities not only in the US but all over the world by unarmed protestors, and the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya by the US and NATO armed forces. But there is also a…
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News in Pictures: Occupy Wall Street
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JOSEPH PENNEY
Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail?
Financial crooks brought down the world’s economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them. By MATT TAIBBI Reader Supported News | Rolling Stone Magazine Over drinks at a bar on a dreary, snowy night in Washington this past month, a former Senate investigator laughed as he polished off…
Financiers Used “Hotline” to SEC Examiners
In a hearing which exposed failures by the government’s financial police, Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-Massachusetts) highlighted the existence of a “hotline,” which he said could be used by Wall Street firms to call off government inspectors. BY MAT RENNER Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Washington, DC – In a hearing which exposed failures by the…