Daily Archives: June 27, 2012

Perfect storm of sovereign risk becoming banking risk

Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, and Eurasia Group president and founder Ian Bremmer talk with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene about the European debt crisis, this week’s EU summit and the coming perfect storm … Continue reading

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Food for thought

A few read-worthy items that crossed my desk today: Economists are Overconfident.  So Are You. The 10 greatest social entrepreneurs of all time Mark Cuban:  High Frequency Traders are the Ultimate Hackers Canadian Securities Regulators’ fines called a ‘farce’

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Hoening: reinstating Glass-Steagall is “absolutely necessary”

No sweeter words have been spoken in the last 13 years than this lucid conversation with Thomas Hoenig, director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, talking about his proposal to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act and regulation of the financial industry. … Continue reading

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