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The Bailed-Out Banks Are Looking Shaky at Best, But Their CEOs Are Well-Insulated from Collapse

Posted on Nov 12, 2010, Source: Dollars and Sense

No upward limit is in sight for financier compensation, with CEO salaries now at about a million a year. But the banking institutions themselves are in for some bumpy days ahead.

Clinton Foundation Fueled By Blood Money

Posted on Jan 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Clinton Foundation is funded by the people, governments and companies that help create the problems the charity seeks to address.

Why Big Finance Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

Posted on Jan 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Instead of making loans to help the economy, they're shoring up their own finances and buying up their competitors.

Don't Worry, the Ultra-Rich Are Doing All Right

Posted on Nov 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The obscenely wealthy still have enough money to buy massive super-yachts and overpriced art.
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