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Too big to jail: why the crackdowns on dodgy finance have been so ineffective | Prem Sikka

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The Pandora papers show why urgent action is needed The Pandora papers data leak has once again highlighted the predatory practices of the world’s political and financial elites – enriching themselves by looting the public purse, or exploiting laws which they themselves helped to establish.

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Revealed: ex-minister Lord Myners secretly explored Greensill board role

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Emails show Myners repeatedly inquired about financial package he would receive as a director at now-defunct lender The former City minister Lord Myners secretly explored a potentially lucrative board-level role at Greensill Capital after publicly raising concerns about the now-defunct lender at the centre of a Whitehall lobbying storm.

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Philip Hammond adds cryptocurrency role to post-Treasury jobs list

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Lord Hammond, who also served as foreign secretary and was an early supporter of bitcoin and other digital currencies, joined Copper.co Former chancellor joins Copper.co with immediate effect on Monday. Continue reading.

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The Credit Suisse leaks expose an industry that has got away with too much for too long | Prem Sikka

TheGuardian

I won’t be holding my breath for government action or an inquiry into its actions – or into any other bank for that matter Prem Sikka is a member of the House of Lords How do the banks continue to get away with it? The bank itself is no stranger to predatory practices.

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Montagu Norman and the transformation of the Bank

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As Lord Robbins later recalled, the Bank was run by part-timers unfitted to deal with the problems that had to be overcome. Pursuing objectives by such personal means carried the risk that Norman would become isolated and vulnerable: just as a former Governor, Lord Cunliffe , had become isolated in 1917 and was forced to resign.

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Walmart Is Due For An Identity Check

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The chain, born in Arkansas, has long served as a cultural, economic and even political signifier — telling others that one shopped at Walmart, or disliked its corporate policies, opened up a host of assumptions and judgements. For at least two generations, Walmart has stood for more than just retail.

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2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make

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The most eye-catching — and headline-generating — of those lapses was the Cambridge Analytica scandal , which saw the data of 87 million Facebook users end up in the hands of a political consultancy. That incident, however, is not why Facebook makes this list. The breach was believed to have seen 5 million cards compromised.

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