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• THE END OF ECONOMIC COMMON SENSE

  
  THE MARK MARTINEZ SHOW: Talk Radio for Liberals and Real Conservatives — Authority: 130
  In my classes, and in my book, I discuss the history behind the Glass-Steagall Act (1933), and why it was so important to the post-war economic stability and growth we enjoyed throughout the end of the 20th century. MSNBCs Dylan Ratigan presents us with a humorous take on how Glass-Steagall came to an end in 1999 , ...
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• Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Ten Years On

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 736
  Ten years ago today the government reversed one of the key elements of the Depression-era banking laws, knocking down the firewall between commercial banks, which take deposits and make loans, and investment banks, which underwrite securities. The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 was seen at the time as ...
  2 days ago

• Ratigan Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  Dylan Ratigan takes a look at the 10th anniversary of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley act which repealed part of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 and made it legal for big banks to make risky investments and gambles. To commemorate the act, also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999,...
  3 days ago

• In the 1930s over 11,000 banks failed.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  Many depositors lost all of their funds. Back then most of those banks were state chartered and were quite small, so the number sounds much bigger than the problem actually was in dollar terms. Today we have seen a consolidation in the number of banks from around 11,000 ten years ago to around 8,300 in the summer of ...
  5 days ago

• Foreigner’s Lou Gramm Covers The 60’s Classic By Small Faces “Tin Soldier”

  
  Rock God Cred — Authority: 141
  Rock God Cred Report: Click here to check Foreigner’s Lou Gramm covering the 60’s classic by the Small Faces “Tin Soldier” Buy “Long Hard Look”…some solo Lou Gramm for ya.
  6 days ago

• Foreigner Rocks The 80’s in 2009

  
  A Round World Through Square Glasses — Authority: 127
  Remember back in the 80’s when you would go to the record store, buy a cassette, open it, look at the cover art, read the liner notes, slide the tape in the tape deck and crank it up? You do? Well then…you are an 80’s child…just like me. In today’s world, we don’t buy cassettes or CD’s or albums anymore. ...
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• On The Tenth Year Anniversary Of The Worst Bill Ever Passed: Gramm Leach Bliley; Defining Monopoly Capture And TBTF

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 769
  Reader Gubbmint Cheese submits the following observations on the 10th year of what could easily be the bill that set the seeds for the ultimate destruction of capitalism.     Ten Years of Monopoly Capture And One Trading Day Of Loss ...
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• WHY DID THE BANKSTERS DEMAND CONGRESS BAIL THEM OUT?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  “CONGRESS PASSES WIDE-RANGING BILL EASING BANK LAWS” By Stephen Labaton, NYT - Published: Friday, November 5, 1999 “Congress approved landmark legislation today that opens the door for a new era on Wall Street in which commercial banks, securities houses and insurers will find it easier and cheaper to enter one ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nike Paris Bastille by 180g

  
  Numelo Blog >> Sneakers - Fashion - Lifestyle — Authority: 128
  180g revisits Nike for a new collection of custom died pieces. The Parisian dye house created an wide array of custom colored sneakers using washed silk, leathers, and mineral flakes for an athletic look. The Air Flytop and Tennis Classic both get ample play alongside other styles, while each pair sports contrast ...
  2 weeks ago

• Former Citigroup Head Waxes Nostalgic For Regulation He Helped Kill [Glass-stegall Act]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 777
  Retired head of Citigroup John Reed seems to have some misgivings about the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, which his company lobbied to kill in the first place. In a New York Times letter-to-the-editor, Reed writes: "Re "Volckers Voice, Often Heeded, Fails to Sell a Bank Strategy" (front page, Oct. ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Truth About Regulatory Compliance

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Steven Fox , Founder of SecureLexicon This is the first part of my podcast interview with Edward Schwartz, CSO of NetWitness . In this installment, Mr. Schwartz comments on regulatory compliance as a driver for security spending. Regulatory compliance was cited as a driver for ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Year After the Lehman Collapse

  
  Cutting Through The Fog — Authority: 472
  It has been a year since the Wall Streeter, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. It has been a year since the magnitude of the "toxic asset" situation was really exposed to sunlight. And, it has been year since we finally realized that the worlds banking system was on the verge of becoming the economic ...
  8 weeks ago

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