by Richard Eskow | Mar 28, 2011 | Blog
Scientists say there are trillions of parallel universes. Statistically, that means that must be one where some poor version of humanity lives in an inverted, mind-bending alternate reality where everything is backwards and nothing makes sense. But why did it have to...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 24, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (that guy again?), recently said that his bank would add new customer fees if it couldn't continue to charge exorbitant hidden fees for the use of debit cards. He was sorry, Dimon said, "but, of course, the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 22, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Fukushima is "a very huge disaster that has caused very large damage at a nuclear power generation plant on a scale that we had not expected," according to the deputy director general of Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. But the risk of disaster was easily...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Jamie's going to Japan. Dealbreaker has a memo from JPMorgan Chase's senior executive in Japan which says CEO Jamie Dimon is on his way: "Colleagues from around the globe are heading here to pitch in. In addition to Jamie, we will be seeing ... others who are now...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
SoSome politicians are so determined to serve their corporate patrons that even disasters like Fukushima can't lessen their anti-government zeal. The expression for that kind of determination is "Come hell or high water." Now, thanks to deregulation and government...
