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Facebook IPO: An Anatomy of Wall Street Overreach

Heidi Moore, Comment Is Free. May 18, 2012.

Before trading, Facebook's bankers were ready to count their profits in billions. By close, they'd had to bail out their own IPO.

How Alabama’s Extreme Anti-Immigration Law Could Cost The State Billions of Dollars

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. February 10, 2012.

The harsh law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 million in state income and sales tax, a new report found.

Why Pakistan Isn't the Slightest Bit Scared by Washington's Threat to Cut off the Aid Supply

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. July 12, 2011.

Pakistan is strategically at the center of too many plans for it to rely on the US -- with pipeline plans, Iran and China as neighbors and a planet hungry for natural gas.

Timothy Geithner: Making Executives Rich Again

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. March 23, 2009.

Geithner's new TALF plan seems designed to shovel billions into the coffers of the very same bankers who got rich on the mortgage bubble.

The U.S. Is Injecting Billions Into Foreign Central Banks

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post. March 17, 2009.

"There is an issue as to which countries they decided to do this for and which ones they didn't. That is a political decision."

They're Stealing from You and Me -- Where's the Outrage?

Garrison Keillor, International Herald Tribune. October 6, 2008.

It wasn't their money Wall Street was playing with. It was ours.

House Votes 'No' on Paulson's Bailout -- But Is the Financial Meltdown Averted?

Mike Whitney, CounterPunch. September 29, 2008.

The fear on Capital Hill is palpable, especially among the Democrats who have led the effort to pass Paulson's boondoggle ASAP.

The Fiscally Insane Bailout Bill Might Not Pass -- Here Are 5 Reasons It Shouldn't

David Sirota, Blog for Our Future. September 29, 2008.

The scheme would force taxpayers to absorb the pain, while Wall Street execs reap the gain.

Five Dangerous, Disastrous Things About the Proposed Bailout and What You Can Do to Help Stop It

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 23, 2008.

You can help stop the economic hijacking before it's too late.