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Today’s Must Reads: Three Act Plays About Zombie Banksters, Smokestack...
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. Paul Krugman describes our economic woes as a three-act play; now you Occupy Wall Street kids turn it into zombie banker street...
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Morning Must Reads: Bailouts for the Banks and Cake for the 99%
WTF cake (Photo: sanfranannie, flickr) A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. What is good for the financial sector is good for the 99% 1%. Paul Krugman, The New York Times...
View ArticlePA Must Reads: Banks Profit From Secret Loans
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. After a lengthy battle failed to prevent publication, Bloomberg Markets Magazine has released an analysis of data obtained from the...
View ArticlePA Must Reads: The Banks Defrauded Your Local Government and Oppose a New...
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. The Philadelphia Inquirer this morning reports that Wells Fargo has settled charges that it rigged bids on bond auctions affecting...
View ArticleBank Swap Deals Cost Philadelphia City, School District
A blog post by Sharon Ward, originally published at Third and State. Large financial institutions, including many that received financial bailouts in the wake of the financial crisis, are making...
View ArticlePA Must Reads: PA Department of Public Welfare Adviser Resigns $100K Job Over...
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports this morning that Bank of New York Mellon has reached a partial settlement with the Securities...
View ArticlePA Must Reads: Local Jobs Data, Holding the Jobless Hostage and the History...
A blog post by Mark Price, originally published at Third and State. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) has released local data on jobs in December. Later today L&I will...
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High CEO Pay Comes Under Fire from Shareholders
By Michael Wood, Third and State In the news today, a couple of instances of CEOs being taken to task by shareholders over excessive pay. Citigroup Centre in London. Photo by Harshil Shah. USA Today...
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Predatory Payday Lending Bill Flies Out of Cramped PA House Committee
By Mark Price, Third and State Room 148 of the State Capitol might as well double as a Capitol broom closet. That’s where the House Consumer Affairs Committee this morning rushed out amendments to...
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Changing the Subject Doesn’t Make Payday Lending in PA a Better Idea
(Photo: rinkjustice/flickr) By Mark Price, Third and State In legislative hearings last month, proponents of a bill to legalize high-interest payday loans tried to change the subject and questioned the...
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