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Après Barclays, HSBC (Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation)

Posted by seumasach on July 23, 2012

Jean-Paul Baquiast

Europe Solidaire

19th July, 2012

Barclays, avec notamment le scandale du Libor (sans mentionner le reste) avait déjà provoqué dans le monde occidental une vague d’indignation. Mais HSBC (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC) , la grande banque britannique, ancienne cheville ouvrière du Commonwealth, aujourd’hui un des coeurs de la City de Londres, très liée à la Banque d’Angleterre, a réduit l’affaire Barclays au niveau d’un simple fait divers.

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Racketeering 101: Bailed Out Banks Threaten Systemic Collapse If Fed Discloses Information

Posted by smeddum on August 28, 2009

Racketeering 101: Bailed Out Banks Threaten Systemic Collapse If Fed Discloses Information

Tyler Durden

08/27/2009

Zerohedge

And so the guns come out blazing. The Clearing House Association, another name for all the banks that were bailed out over the past year with the generous contributions from all of you, dear taxpayers, are now threatening with another instance of complete systemic collapse if Bloomberg’s lawsuit is allowed to proceed unchallenged, let alone if any of the “Audit The Fed” measures are actually implemented. Read the rest of this entry »

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