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Three steps to boost investor confidence

Aug 9, 2012
Banks are still huge, financial scandals still break -- even after the recession revealed flaws in the financial system. A commentator gives his short-and-sweet solution.
Posted In: Financial scandals, LIBOR, investor confidence, Banks, reform, Glass-Steagall, Paul Volcker
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How bank-rate rigging hits the real world

Aug 6, 2012
The LIBOR rigging scandal extends beyond Wall Street. Local governments allege fake rates made budget shortfalls worse and hit public services.
Posted In: LIBOR, Banks, Barclays
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Geithner: Knew of LIBOR issue, initiated reform process in 2007

Jul 25, 2012
Today as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was officially presenting a report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council on the state of the economy, he was grilled about British banks' manipulation of the LIBOR interest rate.
Posted In: Timothy Geithner, LIBOR
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Secretary Geithner facing questions of LIBOR

Jul 25, 2012
Secretary Geithner is expected to tell the committee that the U.S. economy is starting to regain its footing, but still faces threats from uncertainty about government spending and taxes, and instability in Europe.
Posted In: Timothy Geithner, LIBOR
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LIBOR rigging could be made a crime in Europe

Jul 25, 2012
In the ongoing LIBOR interest rate rigging scandal, European lawmakers have proposed making interest rate rigging a crime.
Posted In: Banks, LIBOR
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Four more banks under investigation in LIBOR scandal

Jul 19, 2012
According to the Financial Times newspaper, four big European banks have joined Barclays in the not-so-prestigious club of financial institutions being investigated for rigging a benchmark lending rate called LIBOR.
Posted In: banking, LIBOR, London
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Bernanke likely to be queried about LIBOR scandal

Jul 17, 2012
Senators are likely to question Federal Reserve chairman about what banking regulators knew about manipulation of key lending rate.
Posted In: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, LIBOR
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50 ways to rig your LIBOR

Jul 16, 2012
As the scandal into rate-rigging grows, more theories and information are emerging about how, exactly, banks may have manipulated an important interest rate called LIBOR.
Posted In: LIBOR
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British lawmakers concerned over oil price reporting

Jul 16, 2012
In the U.K. today, lawmakers are highlighting an overlooked G20 report that says oil price-reporting has some uncomfortable similarities to the LIBOR rate fixing scandal.
Posted In: Oil, LIBOR, price fixing
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More lies ahead in the LIBOR scandal

Jul 16, 2012
The New York Federal Reserve Bank released documents showing concerns about LIBOR's credibility in 2007. What's the next show to drop?
Posted In: LIBOR

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