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1/30/12 -- CRA: Capital One - ING still protested, now based on Federal Reserve withholding 590 pages from ICP under FOIA, blacking out others. Bank Beat: First Niagara still says it'd close 30 to 35 branches. UN - Global: In AU Summit in Addis, Ban Spins "Negligence" in South Sudan As UN Stonewalls, Migiro Out. Enviro: FirstEnergy closing coal plants in Ohio. Bronx: March against warrantly stop and frisk.

1/23/12 -- CRA: Predatory lending pigeons come home to roost at General Electric and RSB (Fred the Shred's knighthood in question); ING - Capital One documents withheld by OCC after referral from Federal Reserve as Fairbank brags of 1st quarter closing. Bank Beat: the DOJ connection with Covington & Burling explains lack of enforcement? UN - Global: UN's Ban Knew Had No Copters in South Sudan for 6 Weeks, Now Passes the Buck; Still No UN Count, "Not Smooth" But When Did Ban Take Action? Enviro: Clean up of coal tars, cyanide-contaminated purifier waste. Bronx: a history in beer.

1/16/12 -- CRA: Capital One Is Asked About Breaking Bankruptcy Laws. As Morgan Keegan Sells Out to Raymond James, Recess Appointment for Federal Reserve Board? Capital One Withholding Challenged under FOIA. Bank Beat: Fee madness at Citigroup, TD, Bank of America, PNC, RBS, US Bancorp. As IMF Spins on Greece & Hedge Funds, No Answers on Ukraine, Sri Lanka. UN - Global: In South Sudan, As UN Downgrades Pibor Dead to 15, It Stonewalls On Russian Copter Contract Lapse. Enviro: EJ clean up (too) fast at Happy Land gas up site. Bronx: will Teamsters Local 202 go on strike at Hunts Point Market?

1/9/12 -- CRA: Capital One withholdings answers, comments to Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve FOIA challenge. Bank Beat: Bad karma for Citigroup (not) selling its subprime unit. UN - Global: At UN, Trip by Ban to Palestine & Lebanon Confirmed, Saleh Speaker, Questions of ICP's AlexWolff to DPA Scoop & Who Pays Planes? Enviro: EJ in St. Lucie, Florida. Bronx: remediation, shooting

1/2/12 -- CRA: Capital One's ING proposal stalled since June, new comments requesting OCC public hearing on HSBC - Capital One. Federal Reserve Seat Slated for Ex-Carlyle Hedge Funder Powell, Naked Fox in Henhouse? Bank Beat: MetLife sells, GE buys - what? Trouble? UN - Global: Ethiopia's Incursion into Somalia Draws No UN Comment, Garowe Sideshow? Enviro: Claims to NRC against Entergy's application to re-license Indian Point. Bronx: Football at the stadium, hardball at the Sheraton in Bloomberg's New York

12/26/11 -- CRA: On ING - Capital One, information blacked out. Federal Reserve and Bank of America Let Off Hook by DOJ Settlement, As BofA Bluewashed by UN. Bank Beat: ICBC and Patrikis ex of AIG withholding. UN - Global: UN Budget Adopted at Noon on Christmas Eve, R2P Fight, Distant Claims of Savings. Enviro: PCB bill in NYC. Bronx: Voting scams not acted on, Sheridan slumlord runs free

12/19/11 -- CRA: Capital One hit again to OCC, which withholds exhibits in full, appeal. Federal Reserve blesses a bank which made no loans to African Americans. Bank Beat: IMF Eyes Hungary, Has Adviser in South Sudan, Complaints on Lagarde Access. UN - Global: After Sri Lanka Whitewashes War Crimes, UN's Ban Welcomes It, Counts on Government. Enviro: EPA blows off environmental justice. Bronx: Books in the Hood, RIP; After Arrests, OWS Testifies in Times Square, B of A, Occupy Won't Go Away

12/12/11 -- CRA: Capital One increases 3rd quarter federal lobbying by 74%: sleaze. Federal Reserve is lied to, response due Nov 14 was mailed on Dec 5. Bank Beat: BNY Mellon moves to evict OWS; First Niagara prepares HSBC branch sell off. UN - Global: Amid Jau Dispute, Sudan Beats S. Sudan to Stakeout, UN's Ladsous No SOFA. Enviro: TransCanada, owner of proposed XL Pipeline, silent on NY noise pollution. Bronx: Police make arrests at OWS community garden defense

12/5/11 -- CRA: Capital One tries to withholding info about its subprime lending, Federal Reserve hit with FOIA request, adding to its backlog. Bank Beat: RBS selling its business in India to HSBC. On Yemen, IMF Welcomes GCC Immunity Deal, Ready to Support. UN - Global: At UN on Ban's Shake Up, Short Lists Unclear, Applies to DSG & Nambiar? Enviro: Brownfield notice doesn't note Happy Land Social Club mass murder. Bronx: Scams of J Lo and copyright law

11/28/11 -- CRA: Capital One - HSBC comment period extended by OCC. Federal Reserve Bank of NY has as "community" representative a flack for banks, OWS critic. Bank Beat: Shareholders' lawsuit against BB&T - BankAtlantic. UN - Global: As Helen Clark "Opts Out" of UN Financial Disclosure, UNDP Brags About Its Own. Enviro: UN won't criticize Obama blow off of Green Climate Fund. Bronx: Fight against post office closures. Even on Thanksgiving, Police Threaten Arrest at Occupy Wall Street, Egypt Protest

11/21/11 -- CRA: Capital One / HSBC is a test for OCC. Federal Reserve gets open letter on its FOIA non-compliance. Bank Beat: Sumitomo enters the fray. UN - Global: At UN, Yemen Nobel Winner Tells Press PGA To Help Freeze Saleh Assets. Enviro: EPA's EJ rules. Bronx: As part of Occupy Wall Street in exile

11/14/11 -- CRA: Capital One in denial on Basel III, ICP files with OCC and Federal Reserve, which keeps extending its time under FOIA. Bank Beat: First Niagara reaches bogus HSBC branch antitrust deal with DOJ, game on? UN - Global: As Sudan Claims Media Lies about Bombs, Ladsous Spins SOFA, Refuses Haiti Query. Enviro: Polluters of Chester, PA. Bronx: Set to lose sausage jobs?

11/7/11 -- CRA: Capital One's HSBC application subject to amateurish treatment by OCC so far. Federal Reserve responses turn 180 degrees on subprime. Bank Beat: Rabobank Admits Subprime Exposure & Purchase of Failed Banks, Desjardins on Citigroup Deal. UN - Global: Ban Ki-moon Defends Chair of Bank of America, Mountaintop Removal, Orr Unaware. Enviro: Cree versus Obama on Keystone XL. Bronx: Was the murder of Bengali Bimal Chanda a hate crime?

10/31/11 -- CRA: Of whistleblowers retaliated against by Citigroup, and OCC to at least November 7 on Capital One, which the Federal Reserve defends by "rejecting" FOIA requests. Bank Beat: Sleazy MF Global runs to Goldman Sachs, sucks up to JPMorgan Chase, targeted by Occupy Wall Street? As Occupy Wall Street Reaches Banks in Midtown - JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, Paper Planes & UN Response. UN - Global: For ICC, France Offered to Support Unqualified Judge Quid Pro Quo for Its Candidate Bruno Cathala. Enviro: Rising groundwater in Jamaica, Queens. Bronx: Just get it done, DOT and Amtrak

10/24/11 -- CRA: Capital One - HSBC protested to OCC. Federal Reserve asks Industrial & Commercial Bank for China a consumer compliance question, and ICBC tries to withhold the whole response. Bank Beat: At Occupy Wall Street, People's Trial of Goldman Sachs Set for Nov 3. UN - Global: Yemeni Nobel Winner Visits UN with Press, Ban's Member State Requirement Bypassed. Enviro: UK violates Aarhus Convention - now what? Bronx: Increase in shooting falsely blamed on OWS - bogus

10/17/11 -- CRA: More than 300 Protests to Capital One - ING DIRECT, but Federal Reserve closed comment period, ignores FOIA requests. Bank Beat: Occupy Wall Street Visits JPMorgan Chase with Police, Goldman & Capital One Next? UN - Global: At UN, Top Peacekeeper Ladsous Dismisses Tunisia Scandal, Haiti & Rwanda Comments. Enviro: Bank of America Protested, including on Mountain Top Coal Removal, on Occupied Wall Street. Bronx: Health Care as Human Right, Bronx Doctors Say, as Riot Police confront demonstration in Times Square

10/10/11 -- CRA: At Occupy Wall Street, Baldwin Flacks for Capital One, Of Chase & Desperate Housewives. Federal Reserve now refuses to process FOIA request about Capital One. Bank Beat: Sleaze and nepotism: BofA gives Krawcheck $6 million, Sandy Weill laughs. UN - Global: At UN Palestine Application Stalled In Procedures, Strong 6, Shaky 3, Germany. Enviro: In (Occupied) Chicago, the fight against coal-fired plants. Bronx: Bloomberg's Burden, of defending gentrification with the NY Times

10/3/11 -- CRA: As Capital One Plays Chicago, Federal Reserve Plays Hide the (Predators') Ball, asks for new FOIA request. Bank Beat: As Police Arrest Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Focus on Banks, Benghazi?  Occupy Wall Street Target JPMorgan Chase Paid Police Monitors, Paid Blair for OPT UN - Global: For Palestine in UN SC Only 6 Votes, Sources Say, Mere Update in 2 Weeks. Enviro: Getting ready for Rio +20. Bronx: Yes chicken farms, no burnt-out lots.

9/26/11 -- CRA: Pledge by Capital One could be predatory lending through ex-Household International platform it seeks from HSBC. Federal Reserve can't put up a transcript in five days? Bank Beat: UBS rogue trader, Bank of America correspondent mortgage business sell off. UN - Global: Libya TNC's Jibril Tells Inner City Press NATO Almost Done, Catching Gaddafi Is Key. Enviro: REDD Under Fire. Bronx: Profiled by algorithms

9/19/11 -- CRA: Eighth comment against Capital One from ICP. Federal Reserve withholds documents, prejudges applications. Bank Beat: First Niagara preps to ID secondary buyers of HSBC branches on which it wants to be middleman. UN - Global: At UN on Libya, As Khatib Resigns, TNC Wins Credential, Dabbashi No Vote Hope Dashed, SADC Deferral Rejected; As Sudan Breaks Abyei Agreement, Susan Rice Says Obama Will Meet With Kiir, Focus Lost? Enviro: Superfund victory. Bronx: Obama's Carney "doesn't know the district," more soon

9/12/11 -- CRA: On Capital One, Layoffs in NY, New Orleans excluded. Federal Reserve asks questions, but answers not received. Bank Beat: Branch closures by BofA, Lebanese deal by Soc-Gen. UN - Global: In Libya, UN Wants to Train Police, Confers with EU, Martin May Have 2 Rivals; For UN Peacekeeping Post, How Ladsous Replaced Bonnafont, Who Now Returns Favor Under Juppe, Alliot-Marie Role? Enviro: White House without solar panels. Bronx: who supported Capital One?

9/5/11 -- CRA: Sixth comment on Capital One - ING, why no hearing in New York, where Cap One is more disparate than elsewhere? Federal Reserve delays rules, withholds info. Bank Beat: Wells Fargo moves for predatory settlement in Memphis. UN - Global: In Haiti, As Uruguay Repatriates 5 UN Peacekepers, New DPKO Chief Ladhous' Role During Aristide's Ouster Questioned; As UN Hands Libya to Ian Martin, His Deputy'd be Finn Georg Charpentier, Who Hid Sudan Abuse, Sources Say. Enviro: Obama, 2012 & the environment. Bronx: History of Serbia versus Kosovo in Belmont

8/29/11 -- CRA: As Three Public Hearings on Capital One - ING Direct, ING & HSBC Subprime Card Filings Missing at Federal Reserve, Which Still Withholds Info under FOIA. Bank Beat: As Old National Bancorp plans to close nine branches of failed Integra Bank, what does FDIC consider? UN - Global: On Libya, Leaked UN Report Sees 200 Military Observers, NATO but Not AU Role Given by Ban Ki-moon: ICP Exclusive. Enviro: US rushes Keystone XL tar sands pipeline EIS. Bronx: Amid Irine hype, no plans for Rikers Island

8/22/11 -- CRA: Questioning of Capital One - ING gathering momentum. Federal Reserve withholds info of its own rulings. Bank Beat: Sleaze loan shark deal by Advance America. UN - Global: At UN, Bonnafont Has Kudos of French Pol Bockel - & Peacekeeping Post? Enviro: Opposition to bus cuts in LA. Bronx: Real estate crime by Milbank, BofA & Deutsche Bank

8/15/11 -- CRA: As Capital One Eyes HSBC's Predatory Credit Cards, Federal Reserve Tries to Sweep ING & Violations Under Carpet. Bank Beat: First Niagara would close 33 branches, try to sell on 67, cynical transaction will be opposed. UN - Global: At UN on Syria, War of Spin & Briefings, Doubts on SyriaTel Sanctions, Ban's Call; At UN on Sudan, Darfur in Darkness, Kordofan Report Delayed, Will Pillay Explain? Amid Conflicts in Libya, Syria, Sudan & Kosovo, Horn of Africa Famine, UN Reduces Q&A by 40%, Has "Nothing to Say." Enviro: Michelin's being using tolulene in Rubbertown, KY. Bronx: Where Stella d'Oro was, BJ's will pay $8.80 an hour?

8/8/11 -- CRA: Cynical sale of 195 branches by HSBC to First Niagara, which would close 33 and sell on 67. Capital One opposition grows. Federal Reserve FOIA denial on Capital One. Bank Bank: ING investigated for sanctions violations in Iran & Sudan. UN - Global: As UN Admits Abyei Medevac Delay Was For Copter from Wau in South Sudan, What Safeguards Are In Place? As UNSC Statement on Syria Opposes Attacks on State, Does UN Deem Assad More Legitimate than Gaddafi? Enviro: Cali EJ lawsuit. Bronx targeted for 17 of NYC's 34 post office closings, list here

8/1/11 -- CRA: Capital One's application to buy ING Direct would create a fifth Too Big To Fail bank, with comment period only to Aug 22. Federal Reserve can't even keep its FOIA form working. Bank Beat: HSBC wants to ditch branches to First Niagara. UN - Global: South Africa Confirms Action on Syria with India & Brazil, IBSA Deputy Ministers on the Road to Damascus? As UN Sits on S. Kordofan Report Until August, Silent on Mass Graves, Sudan Blocks Visas to Abyei for Rights Monitors. Enviro: Bad coal plant in Bridgeport. Bronx: Kids shot and bitten by pit bulls

7/25/11 -- CRA: As Fed Fines Wells Fargo It's Too Little, Too Late, Focus Turns to Capital One - ING: application filed with Federal Reserve, whose e-FOIA form is not working. Bank Beat: Banco do Brasil makes its move, but not so fast. UN - Global: Sudan Slaughter of 150 Nubans Frozen in UN Edit Room, Rudderless Peacekeeping; at UN, Eritreans Grilled in Sanctions Committee, interview video here. Enviro: In Granite State, TRI targets PSHN's Merrimack Station as the worst. Bronx: Post over-focuses on those working in private sector.

7/18/11 -- CRA: As Obama Taps Cordray Over Warren for CFPB, Retreating on Consumer Protection, on Mergers Like Capital One's? Federal Reserve ignores 2010 HMDA data in handing Comerica approval. Bank Beat: HSBC preps sell off - and branch closures. UN - Global: As South Sudan Celebrates Its Touchdown at UN, Darfur & S. Kordofan Face Deadly Blitz from Al Bashir. After UN's Nuclear Meeting on Syria, Russia Calls It History, Damascus a Campaign: InnerCityPress YouTube video here. Enviro: Toxic coal plants in Indiana, Duke Energy & Dominion Resources. Bronx: Gentrification described and promoted by Daily News without using the word

7/11/11 -- CRA: Geithner favored Citigroup for Wachovia, HUD's Donovan not asked about bad servicers. Federal Reserve gets another timely protest on exempting foreign governments from BHC Act. Bank Beat: Amanpour sweeps Lagarde under the Tapie, Brazil sues HSBC and Santander. UN - Global: While France "Parachuting" Weapons into Libya is Criticized, UN Committee Does Not Act: Not "Masochistic," Chairman Says. Enviro: bad coal in Michigan. Bronx trails Upper East Side 90-1 in Starbucks, and 42-10 in Bloomberg visits

7/4/11 -- CRA: While Chinese government should be required to apply to buy 80% of Bank of East Asia (ICP American Banker op-ed here), Federal Reserve extends comment period to July 11. Bank Beat: BofA settlement stole AGs thunder, but shouldn't absolved BofA. UN - Global: Gaddafi Gone By Mid-July, Libyan Rebel Diplomat Tells Press at US Barbeque in NY Zoo, of Penguins & Sudan. Enviro: Rich Upper East Side plays housing project card. Bronx: Fulton halfway house to close, confiscated fireworks at Rodman's Neck

6/27/11 -- CRA: Capital One's ING Direct proposal trashed by consumers and analysis, but has $270 M breakup fee. OTS to go. Federal Reserve confined Bank of Montreal - M&I harm to footnotes. Bank Beat: US Bancorp named as possible buyer of BNP's Bank of West. Distracted by DSK & Hacking, IMF Ignores Sudan & Afghan Banks. UN - Global: While Rebels Oppose Darfur Deal, US Supports It, Bassole to Send Letters, incl to Khalil Ibrahim in Tripoli. Enviro: Solid waste threat against Union Pacific. Bronx: Intervale Avenue called dull, social club defunct.

6/20/11 - As Fed Approves Bank of Montreal-M&I, Ignores FOIA & CRA, Capital One Looms

6/20/11 -- CRA: Capital One's proposal to buy ING Direct will be hit. Federal Reserve excuses Morgan Stanley for overchanging soldiers. Bank Beat: PNC eyes RBC branches, BNP Paribas to sell in US? UN - Global: UN Admits Kadugli Peacekeepers Refused Convoy Escort, France Downplays It; Hiring of Ban Ki-moon's Son in Law to Lobby UN Confirmed by IFRC, No Safeguards. Enviro: EJ settlement in Ponce, PR. Bronx: Trashed by tattoo man in Altoona, PA

6/13/11 -- CRA: Fair lending info withheld by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Federal Reserve is asked to release it. Bank Beat: For ING Direct, aside GE and KKR, Capital One should be left out? Amid Lagarde & DSK Scandals, IMF Won't Answer on Belarus or Jamaica. UN - Global: Ban Ki-moon 2d Term Set June 16 in Council, June 21 in GA, Amid One Candidate Anointment, Global Model UN Had 10, Staff Union Charged With Just What Ban Does. Enviro: Waste transfer, if not E. 91 St, where? Bronx: Only three of NYC's 20 free wi-fi parks

6/4/11 -- CRA: Twisted mergers by Kanas' Bank United, Ohio branches. Federal Reserve lets Comerica evade its rules. Bank Beat: Gaddafi's favorite Goldman Sachs to sell Litton to Ocwen? UN - Global: At UN on 2d Term for Ban, “No One Else Wants the Job,” a P-5 DPR Tells Press, Pre-Coronation Prejudges IMF Race? Enviro: Brazil Says Advocate Against Dam to Displace 12,000 Could've Come to UN “on Vacation.” Bronx: MIT run Bronx Brewery's pale ale is actually made in Connecticut: Metro North Malty

5/30/11 -- CRA: As Bank of America forecloses on itself and Zions closes in East Palo Alto, Federal Reserve has only itself as authority for waiver for foreign governments from the BHC Act. Bank Beat: Gaddafi's funds with HSBC Goldman Sachs. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, Ban Passed Buck to GA, Whose Leader Passes It Back, Letter to US. Enviro: EPA petitioned on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Bronx: Post office fight

5/23/11 -- CRA: Sell off moves by HSBC may benefit JPMorgan Chase and others. Federal Reserve has no rules to prohibit lobbying by its former officials? Bank Beat: Amid DSK Case, Theory of Replacing Ban & US Taking IMF, China World Bank Revived. NY targets Ambac, Assured Guaranty, MBIA and Syncora Holdings. UN - Global: As UN Council Cancels Abyei Trip, Georgian Echoes Amid AU Diagnosis of Narcissism. Enviro: EU logging rules don't cover indirect trade. Bronx: Photos and arguments in the street.

5/16/11 -- CRA: Morgan Stanley pitches Saxon secret settlement in response to FFW challenge to Mitsubishi UFJ deal. Federal Reserve airbrushes Hancock - Whitney lending disparities & antitrust in Biloxi. Bank Beat: As IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Is Arrested, Denials of Rule-breaking Recalled, Immunity & Air France Arrangement Questioned. UN - Global: On Myanmar, as Nambiar of UN “Neglects Justice” & Minorities, Q&A Requested. Enviro: Decision by European Court of Justice. Bronx: Goodbye, jobs

5/9/11 -- CRA: Predatory lending and slumlord lawsuits filed against Deutsche Bank: it's nationwide. Federal Reserve's Bernanke sounds like Greenspan, versus regulatory burden. Bank Beat: SEC probes JPMorgan Chase for fraud. UN - Global: UN Council Will Not Travel to Darfur, Meeting Gambari Outside Sudan, Doha Process "Collapsing.” Enviro: As UNEP Prepares Award for Calderon, Drug War Protests, LG Pollution. Bronx: Taxi of the Future choice smells fishy

5/2/11 -- CRA: Bank of America jacks up fees, Governor Raskin abstains from Federal Reserve order on M&T / Wilmington Trust. Bank Beat: Citigroup accused of involvement in death of borrower. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, Ban Hasn't Asked UN Security Council, General Assembly or Human Rights Council to Act on War Crimes Report, No Comparisons. Enviro: EPA Office of Civil Rights under fire. Bronx: WSJ joins NYT in bemoaning gentrification's slowdown

4/25/11 -- CRA: Predatory lending underwriting and purchases ignored by Federal Reserve, including at Bernanke's April 27 presser? Bank Beat: At Citigroup, declining shareholders interest amid rising interest rates. UN - Global: Sri Lanka Report Withheld by UN's Ban & Nambiar Partially Describes White Flag Killings Nambiar Involved In: Conflicts of Interest. Enviro: BP's oil dumped in communities of color. Bronx: 17 year old killed for $10, 61 year old stomped

4/18/11 -- CRA: Pols in DC say they didn't know budget deal cut housing counseling funds. Bank of Montreal tells Federal Reserve its withheld fair lending information is not related to M&I application. Bank Beat: IMF Promotes Bank Mergers, Says Bigger is Better, Politics & Portugal Dodged. SILO tax fraud by Wells Fargo. UN - Global: On Libya, US Says Arming Rebels Is Legal, Deferred Answer on Visas of d'Escoto. Enviro: Bloomberg's unfair Solid Waste Management Plan. Bronx: Local residents excluded even from low income housing, NYCHA to face new foe

4/11/11 -- CRA: Comerica responds to ICP Fair Finance Watch protest by throwing its customers under the bus. Federal Reserve yet to rule on FOIA challenge to Bank of Montreal's withholding of its and M&I's fair lending info. Bank Beat: Genocide resolution at JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup under fire for rip offs in Indonesia. UN - Global: After Fleeing NY Cocaine Charge, French Diplomat Serman Resurfaces in SF As Leaked French Documents Show Cote d'Ivoire Strategy at UN of France on Liberia & Mali. Enviro: Lead paint case in Sri Lanka. Bronx: Protests against NY Community Bank as slumlord, under Dodd-Frank.

4/4/11 -- CRA: In 2010 Subprime Lending Continued, More Disparate, at Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America & Others. Federal Reserve extends comment period on Bank of Montreal / M&I, but only once. Bank Beat: Challenge to Comerica / Sterling. UN - Global: As Susan Rice is Asked by Press About Obama Order for CIA in Libya, Were Security Council Resolutions & Members Skirted? Enviro: Brownfields as (dirty) business. Bronx: 12 year old girl handcuffed by NYPD sues.

3/28/11 -- CRA: Amid protests to Bank of Montreal's application to buy M&I, Federal Reserve extends comment period to March 31 (click here for Fed letter), for some. Bank Beat: Big Four and GMAC's Ally summoned to DC, but who's representing the public? UN - Global: UN Now Says Envoy to Libya Khatib Still Has Responsibilities in Jordan, His Contract In Flux Amid Financial Conflicts. Enviro: NYC's Bloomberg leaves waste injustice. Bronx: Empanadas chased from Belmont by academic gentrification?

3/21/11 -- CRA: Bank of Montreal /Harris Hides Reply to M&I Merger Protest Under CRA, Inner City Press / Fair Finance Watch Challenges. Federal Reserve lets Japanese banks off hook on predatory lending. Bank Beat: After Japan nuclear disaster, Citigroup predicts easy GE treatment. UN - Global: At UN, As Libyan Resolution Passes With Five Abstentions, Half Answers by Lebanon & Dabbashi, Rice Chats with Sudan. Enviro: a set back here DC. Bronx: Bloomberg Plans to Double City Gym Fees Despite Health Ad Campaigns.

3/14/11 -- CRA: New Orleans coverage of ICP protest to Hancock - Whitney. Federal Reserve ignores Litton in Goldman Sachs approval. Bank Beat: Citigroup would keep a stake in predatory One Main. UN - Global: UN New Libya Envoy Al Khatib Torn Between Politics & Aid, Too Big For Photos, Wants Via Rome Not Malta, Business Conflicts UNvetted. Enviro: Denmark overcharges activists. Bronx: NY Community Bank's sleazy sale.

3/7/11 -- CRA: Dodd becomes movie lobbyist, HSBC took Gaddafi's money. As Connecticut holds First Niagara hearing, Federal Reserve does nothing. Bank Beat: ICP protests Hancock / Whitney. UN - Global: UN Admits 2d Flight of ICC Darfur Indictee Haroun to Abyei in Sudan, Impunity. Enviro: EPA sells out on boilers. Bronx: What good would Council's bank classification bill do?

2/28/11 -- CRA: Golden parachutes deployed for M&I execs by Bank of Montreal despite still unpaid TARP bailout funds. Federal Reserve extends FOIA response on M&T - Wilmington Trust until after comment period closed. Bank Beat: JPMorgan Chase's Madoff cover up, and the regulators'. UN - Global: In UN Libya Resolution, US Insistence on ICC Exclusion Shields Mercenaries from Algeria, Ethiopia. Enviro: West Dallas smelter. Bronx: beaten by police for riding a bike on the sidewalk

2/21/11 -- CRA: Comments to Canada on Bank of Montreal / Harris - M&I. Will Federal Reserve hold hearings, as Connecticut is on First Niagara? Bank Beat: Predatory lending unit CitiFinancial renamed OneMain Financial as Citigroup tries to sell it to Blackstone. UN - Global: As Sudan Bombs Jebel Marra & Blockades Darfur IDPs, UN Won't Respond. Enviro: Vitriol on Ecuador vs Chevron. Bronx: who dropped the ball on Hunts Point Market to NJ?

2/14/11 -- CRA: Needs To Improve rating blocks Clifton Savings stock offering; Bank of Montreal - M&I application now filed at Federal Reserve, 30 days to comment. Bank Beat: Shark bait include KeyCorp, National Penn and Regions.. CIT? Political contribution disclosure vote on Citigroup April 21. UN - Global: UN Mission in Sudan Flew ICC Indictee Haroun on Special Copter, Contrary to UN Claim, "There Are No Regular Flights,” Menkerios Says. Enviro: Canadian generators to Sweden via Great Lakes and UK, Norway and Denmark: the fight is on. Bronx: Protest for closed circuit TV in the projects

2/7/11 -- CRA: Bank of Montreal update; “The Subprime Virus” Omits the Activist Cure, and the CRA (Book Review). Federal Reserve won't respond to request in comments, or questions. Bank Beat: Merger buzz at BB&T and Regions. UN - Global: Blocked from Sri Lanka, UN Panel Now Offers Video Conference or Written Questions. Enviro: petition to UN FAO to register fishing vessels. Bronx: why El Barrio methadone clinic for Norwoodite at 4 am?

1/31/11 -- CRA: As tax season begins, Liberty Tax Service claims its RALS are “part of Bank of America.” Federal Reserve's Loan Officer Compensation rule to hurt CRA? Bank Beat: Susquehanna wants Abington despite disparities, JPMorgan Chase and others screw Servicemembers. UN - Global: As Egyptians Push for Change, UN Ban Warns of “Political Instability” , As in NYC Police Guard UN Mission of Egypt, UNDP Banned Rights Advocates , Amid Egyptian Protests, UN Dormant, Ban Silent on Emergency Law. Enviro: Canadian grassroots win over GE. Bronx: SoBro asks local Press to do News Corp's work for it

1/24/11 -- CRA: A Bank of Montreal campaign begins. Federal Reserve: some call to break up behemoths. Bank Beat: 10% on US liabilities to impact Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America? UN - Global: Retaliation by Spokesman for "Transparent" Ban Ki-moon Typifies UN Decay. Enviro: Mauritius sues UK about Chagos. Bronx: NYT demographic maps misplace Morrisania

1/17/11 -- CRA: M&I in six states: we'll be there. Federal Reserve gets M&T application for Wilmington Trust: when will we? Bank Beat: Citigroup's fraud in India, Deutsche Bank fire sale. UN - Global: As JPMorgan Chase Cuts Off UN Missions, US State Department Says Bailed Out Banks Are Free. Enviro: Chicago's Hazel Johnson, remembered by some. Bronx: Daily News re-assigns their main borough asset

1/10/11 -- CRA: Court hit at Wells Fargo and US Bancorp involves subprime sleazer Option One. Federal Reserve Bank of NY's Dudley talked to Chase, Goldman and Morgan Stanley during FOMC black out period. Bank Beat: Indian investigation of Citigroup fraud. UN - Global: On Sudan, Questions of Expulsion of Darfur Rebels & Ocampo on Bashir's Billions. Enviro: Lockheed Martin, cadmium and kidneys. Bronx: Pit bulls on Fordham Road, AIG under NY regulatory merger

1/3/11 -- CRA: After protest, First Niagara says it'll lend $1 billion, but public hearing requests continue. Federal Reserve has YouTube channel, no comments allowed. Bank Beat: Ponzi scheme lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase. UN - Global: On Sudan, UN Ends 2010 in Dream World on Darfur & Rape, Praising ICC-Indicted Bashir's "Leadership" & Courage. On Sri Lanka, Amid Confusion About Ban's Panel, UN Has "Nothing Further to Say." Enviro: New Haven activist move on. Bronx: Yankee Stadium's Hard Rock Cafe hardly help the 'hood

12/27/10 -- CRA: Payday lending story in WSJ misses JPMorgan Chase's enabling of the industry. Federal Reserve promotes Bernanke 60 Minutes outtakes. Bank Beat: Deutsche Bank wheels and deals. UN - Global: Susan Rice Denies Being Told Sudan's Bashir Stashed $9B, Despite WikiLeak. Enviro: South Texas nuclear. Bronx: Secret video in Bronx police precincts.

12/20/10 -- CRA: Watch of Bank of Montreal's M&I proposal starts. Federal Reserve hits new low with rubber stamp of Caja Madrid. Bank Beat: Orszag to Citigroup, like subprime Rubin? UN - Global: Darfur Seems An Afterthought In Ban Ki-moon's UN, Defense of Gambari, Withholding of Massacre Reports. Enviro: Tennessee landfill. Bronx: East Tremont rebuilt at high density

12/13/10 -- CRA: Protest by ICP to First Niagara / New Alliance joined by CT pols. Federal Reserve considers Spanish merger with amusement park & deteriorating lending. Bank Beat: Profile of HSBC's Household fiasco misses Brazil for China. UN - Global: On Darfur, As UNAMID Covers Up Killings by Sudan, ICC Reports Them. Chez Susan Rice, Cote d'Ivoire Plots, Sudan Greets and Meats, UN Holidays. Enviro: EPA's criminal prosecutions are declining. Bronx: Delayed trial for 2003 murder, 2007 indictment: better late than never?

12/6/10 -- CRA: Protest to First Niagara / New Alliance filed by ICP with Federal Reserve and OCC. Bank Beat: IMF Fudges on Ireland & Democracy, on Africa's Reduced Votes, Maldives Deferred. Wikileaks to go after Bank (of America?). UN - Global: At UN, US Susan Rice Confirms Stealth Myanmar Briefing, Speaks on Sudan Sit-Reps, Darfur Mission "Impediments.” Enviro: EPA Region IV pushed on Alabama landfill. Bronx: At Gracie Mansion, Jokes of Cathie Black & Bloomberg, Moses History & Onion Tart

11/29/10 -- CRA: Foreclosure data lacking. Federal Reserve sued by TCF. Bank Beat: Amid foreclosure restart snags, Bank of America & JPM Chase are in denial. UN - Global: On S. Sudan Vote & Ban's Panel, UN Dodges Questions of Payment, Diaspora Visits. Enviro: Whittier CA oil impact. Bronx: 80 Blocks reveals the Savage Skulls

11/22/10 -- CRA: Administration critiqued by retiring Bill Brennan. Federal Reserve's Duke says foreclosures hurt market- but how 'bout a moratorium? Bank Beat: Cititgroup has to review foreclosures. UN - Global: At UN, Turkish Cypriot Leader Denounces EU, Calls Downer and His Team Fatigued, Looks to January. (video here)  Enviro: Car crushing EJ in PA. Bronx: Hunts Point and tight credit

11/15/10 - CRA: Lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase; First Niagara - NewAlliance comment period before the Federal Reserve until December 3. Bank Beat: Caja Madrid and City National Bank of Florida may draw fire. UN - Global: On Sudan, Susan Rice Defends Decoupling Darfur from Terror Sanctions. Enviro: Dead whales off Ireland. Bronx: Photos of blasted buildings, including Madrid. In NY, Spanish Civil War Photos Scream of Propaganda, Echo Sudan & Sri Lanka- & the Boogie Down.

11/8/10 -- CRA: Election impacts on House Banking Committee, more on Deutsche Bank foreclosures. Federal Reserve gets First Niagara - New Alliance application. Bank Beat: Subprime lawsuits against Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, H&R Block, JPM Chase. UN - Global: Amid Darfur Force Build Up by Sudan, UK is Cautious, UN Cuts Off Questions. Enviro: EPA appoints Lisa Garcia. Bronx: on election night, of chips and members privileges.

11/1/10 -- CRA: Foreclosure scandal focus expands to Deutsche Bank, while Citigroup threatens branch closings. Bank Beat: Citigroup acquisition unreviewed by Federal Reserve, 11% means nothing? UN - Global: UN Panel on South Sudan Vote Said “Independent from UNMIS,” Which Pays It $4.3 Million. Enviro: EPA's EJ tour's fifth stop is Oakland. Bronx: From Soho to Brooklyn, Must Alternative Arts Just Mean Gentrification? Of Fashion MODA

10/25/10 -- CRA: Foreclosure moratorium opposed by Administration to keep churned houses for sale. What will Federal Reserve new Governors do? Bank Beat: When HSBC met Household. UN - Global: As UN Gambari Plans Hand Over to Bashir in Sudan, Torture Complaint Mulled at UN. Sudan Blocking Malnutrition Data, Allowed by UN, Raised to Right to Food Rapporteur. Bronx: Compared to Broadway in Brooklyn

10/18/10 -- CRA: Protests to Morgan Stanley withheld by staff from Federal Reserve governors, Bernanke is told. Bank Beat: Administration reasons for not imposing foreclosure moratorium focus on Reid's Nevada? UN - Global: As UN Admits Burning of Darfur Village, It Had a Health Center But Now “No Access.” Enviro: Superfund and St. Louis' Carter Carburetor. Bronx: Gun Hill fish fry, FDNY accents

10/11/10 -- CRA: Sell out Citigroup settlement with SEC seen by US District Judge - why was Federal Reserve's settlement on the cheap with CitiFinancial allowed? Bank Beat: NC AG hitsBank of America and others. UN - Global: In Darfur, Sora Village Destroyed and Kalma IDP Camp Dismantled Before Blind UN Security Council Visit to Sudan. Enviro: Fair share on NYC ballot in November. Bronx: Willis Ave Bridge has typo despite $ spent

10/4/10 -- CRA: Predatory lender in Japan Takefuji goes under, just as First Niagara's CRA officer might. Federal Reserve's Bernanke chides press, but ignored warning signs in comment about Citigroup and others. UN - Global: Sudan Trip by UN Security Council and Press Set for This Week, Last Minute NCP Questions, Did Bashir Say Yes? Enviro: Focus beyond Newtown Creek (Superfund?) to tributary Dutch Kill. Bronx: Post office tales of ex cons and registered mail.

9/27/10 -- CRA: Norway Central Bank sued Citigroup for subprime sleaze. Federal Reserve spins on HMDA, while it ignored patterns of discrimination. Bank Beat: Doug Flint of HSBC and his role in Household International fiasco. UN - Global: On Sudan, Border, Darfur & Abyei Issues Fester, Obama Does Not Mention Bashir, Whose VP Taha Praises Obama at UN Sudan Meeting. Enviro: Lead poisoning kills 200 kids in Nigeria. Bronx: Why the murdered Nicaraguan diplomat was living on 180th Street

9/20/10 -- CRA: Fight gears up on First Niagara - New Alliance, while safe harbor idea resurfaces. Federal Reserve picks Bank of America and ASF on HMDA. Bank Beat:  JPMorgan Chase's online outage. UN - Global: On Sudan, UN to Name Panel This Week, Obama's 5 Minutes on Darfur & Bashir Photo Op? Enviro: Eminent domain in Cleveland. Bronx: Heroin Valentine.

9/13/10 -- CRA: Too small settlement with Citigroup defended by SEC. Federal Reserve's Bernanke defends Basel III. Bank Beat: Arms manufacturer BAE hires JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. On Pakistan, IMF Won't Explain Lack of Debt Relief, Why & When Loans, MDG Games. UN - Global: On Sudan, UN Ban Admits Limits on Peacekeepers, Gambari Summoned, Change Pledged. Enviro: Chevron sleazes into Turkmenistan. Bronx trattoria re-opens for Ferragosto

5/24/10 -- CRA: Protests of JPMorgan Chase on Wall St, of Predatory Loans and Mining, Laissez Faire. Federal Reserve could give emergency funds to clearing houses, under new bill? Bank Beat: Amid Protests, IMF Says Wage Cuts Were Romania's Choice; Citigroup costs public. UN - Global: As Sri Lanka Names Its Own Palihakkara as Investigator, UN Panel Would Not Look at UN's Role in War Crimes; Peiris Visit. Enviro: Vermont nuclear mishap, Trafigura perjury? Bronx: Murder in the Melrose Houses

5/17/10 -- CRA: On under regulation of Citigroup, Federal Reserve Board in kibuki fight with FRBNY's Dudley. Bank Beat: Unsure of prop trading, JPM Chase and Deutsche Bank drop out of bidding for RBS Sempra. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka War Crimes, US' Rice Supports UN's Ban, So Panel Without Delay? Enviro: NJ nuke leak, EPA Shanghai-ed in China? Bronx: After protest of gun violence, a teen is killed with knife

5/10/10 -- CRA: Lobbying against financial reform by Federal Reserve, one hopes too little too late. Bank Beat: Citigroup faces too big to fail hit. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UN Soft Peddles Humanitarian Law, Still No War Crimes Panel for Ban Ki-moon after Gota Rajapaksa Threats. Enviro: California suits, Bolivia nationalizes. Bronx: Gentrification and broccoli rabe.

5/3/10 -- CRA: Protest to a Goldman Sachs application to the Federal Reserve, citing "poor subprimes" email. Bank Beat: Lawsuit against Wells Fargo as slumlord. UN - Global: In Anti-Nuclear March, "Free Palestine" Chants Trigger Questions of Iran, Ahmadinejad in Wings. Enviro: Yucca mount nuclear waste delay. Bronx: BP and Councilman fight relocation of high school to South Bronx

4/26/10 -- CRA: Protest to Morgan Stanley filed with Federal Reserve, Saxon, land grabs and cluster bombs. Bank Beat: Citigroup's cheapskatery gave WaMu to JPMChase, FOIA shows. UN - Global: As Sri Lanka AG Met With UN's Ban, War Crimes Panel Unnamed for Six Weeks; Kabul Death Cover Up, Video Debate. Enviro: Hydrofracking in the Catskills. Bronx: Nehemiah echoes in parks fight, downtown tarts

4/19/10 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs charged with misrepresentation of predatory loans, like Al Capone for tax evasion. Federal Reserve's Tarullo invented a safe harbor. Bank Beat: Loans from Citigroup and Deutsche Bank slammed Iceland like a subprime borrower. Ex-Chasers chase banks. UN - Global: UN Admits Afghan 'Friendly Fire' May Have Killed US Staffer, US Mission Dodges. Enviro: Texas toxins, Khartoum's accounting fudge. Bronx: Melrose Credit Union's benign redlining, even after 20 innings, Mets get no respect

4/12/10 -- CRA: Disparate High Cost Loans in 2009 by Citigroup, Wells, BofA and JPM Chase, Will Worsen Without CFPA Independent from Federal Reserve, Banks Too Big To Be Fair. UN - Global: As UN Paid Darfur Rebel Leader Ateem, UN Claims It Didn't Know What Bassole Did: Scandal Grows. Enviro: Vermont nuclear (power), Monsanto blocked in Kenya. Bronx: Times on Bronx? No Thonx, as Cross Bronx Honks

4/5/10 -- CRA: Robert Rubin, Chuck Prince of Citigroup to face Angelides on Federal Reserve pre-approval. Bank Beat: Jaime Dimon of JPM Chase blasé about bailout. UN - Global: In Central Asia, UN Ban Blind to Corruption, Skips Prisoners Rights and Water Wars. Enviro: Louisiana case to Inter-American court. Bronx: Surreal karaoke and bootleg DVDs

3/29/10 -- CRA: Yard sale by Citigroup stalls on toxic CitiFinancial, private label cards. Federal Reserve belatedly concerned by First Niagara gun jumping. Bank Beat: Pointing at China, will BofA leave NC for Boston? UN - Global: For UN's Sri Lanka Panel, Nambiar Meets with Kohona, "Two Foxes," Sources Say. Enviro: Pachauri's Opaque Moonlighting Critiqued by Figueres, of 2 Costa Ricans and the Alba Group, UNFCCC. Bronx: Dominican salads, Bulgarian cheese

3/22/10 -- CRA: MoneyCenters of Wal-Mart should be under the CFPA. Federal Reserve slapped down for withholding info about gift of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase. Bank Beat: With Euro Tanking On Reports of Greece Turning to IMF, of Half Answers, on Dodd Bill. Abusive phone calling by Citigroup expands. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, As UK Disagrees With NAM Letter, IMF, Pascoe and Panel After Election? Enviro: Holes in TSCA Inventory. Bronx: Mis-spelled menus, corny empanadas and Balkan tales on Hughes Avenue

3/15/10 -- CRA: As Congress Dithers for Payday Lenders, CRA Activists Raise Stakes in KC and St. Louis. Federal Reserve seen as weak on consumers even by its own advisers. Bank Beat: Barclays hunts Fifth Third, Suntrust, Comerica or PNC. Citigroup, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase caused Lehman failure. UN - Global: Staged Leak of UN Somali Sanctions Report Echoes Bogus Shabab in Lebanon Claim of 2006. Enviro: Saccharine politics in Florida. Bronx: According to the Sunday Times

3/8/10 -- CRA: Weak payday lending guidance by OCC benefits JPMorgan Chase and HSBC. Federal Reserve ignores comments, but claims consumer protection. Bank Beat: IMF Says "No Agreement" With Sri Lanka, Meets in Hungary, Omits Bulgaria, Angola and Hugo Chavez Questions. Concealers of Greek debt bomb included not only Goldman Sachs but also Deutsche Bank. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka War Crimes, UN's Ban to Name Panel to Advise Only Him, No Pascoe, Nambiar Nepotism Follow Up. Enviro: Oil sander Syncrude confronted by raven eating stuck duck. Bronx: Misuse of Yankee funds is in Hudson Valley Bank.

3/1/10 -- CRA: JPM Chase and Bank of America enable subprime bottom feeders like World Acceptance. Federal Reserve Bank of NY's Friedman profits from AIG bailout, Corrigan spins Goldman Sachs' Greek deception. Bank Beat: Funding illegal settlements raised to regulator: now what? As Citigroup puts Zedillo on board, questions of Acteal massacre in Chiapas arise. UN - Global: UN Official Tony Banbury, "Elated" by Rapes, Says Corruption Watching is Up to Haiti's Preval. Enviro: 1st Amendment burned like dirty coal in W. Virginia. Bronx: Dead last in health, place of corruption? Promoters of Belmont gentrification.

2/22/10 -- CRA: Public Comment Period on Merger Only a "Technicality," Bank Law Insider Argues. Federal Reseve Bank of NY's Dudley muses in Puerto Rico. Bank Beat: IMF on Zim, Backtracks on Greece, Rebuffs Questions About Sri Lanka, Terse on Pakistan and Gbagbo. JPM Chase's sleaze for Carlos Slim. Finance Watch: Denying Corruption of Citigroup, Wells and BofA, Obiangs Cite Obama, ExxonMobil's Investment. UN - Global: CPJ on Pariah States N. Korea and on Sri Lanka, Buying Tickets, Iran's Eye. Enviro: Mining in West Virginia and Guatemala. Bronx: NYT's S. Bronx view is from Metro North, iPhone re gentriciation

2/15/10 -- CRA: Subprimers from Fremont resurface as bottom feeders buying foreclosed home = impunity. Ex-Federal Reserve's Geithner had a sleeping man behind him; business press asks and finds out who. Bank Beat: Fifth Third, from foreclosures to horse loans, scrutiny is needed. UN - Global: Amid Tear Gas, UN Lets Stand Sri Lanka Claim of Its Congratulations, UN's "Good Journalism" Guide. Enviro: Did EPA Region IV not get the memo? Bronx: Signs change, storefronts don't.

2/8/10 -- CRA: Hank Paulson, CRA hardly knew ye. As Russia Denies Paulson's "Dump Fannie Mae" Story, Chinese Tricks Explored. Federal Reserve's Bernanke claims transparency despite FOIA denials. Bank Beat: New.Citi.com omits predatory CitiFinancial, B of A shifts to the right? IMF's Strauss-Kahn Coy on Opposing Sarkozy and Intervening in Greece, IMF and Greek Denials, Yemen Deferrals. UN - Global: As Kofi Annan Wins a Double UN Pension, Ban's Nesirky Claims UN Pension Fund Not Part of UN, No Answers on Africa. Enviro: Kentucky whistleblower. Bronx: highest unemployment.

2/1/10 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs blacks out response on subprime Litton, document here, while Federal Reserve didn't even require one. Bank Beat: GSEs demand buybacks from JPM Chase and B of A, WaMu and Countrywide fallout. Citigroup and Banco de Chile: where are the regulators? UN - Global: As Sri Lanka Expels Journalists and Raids Opposition, UN's Ban Still Relieved. In Haiti, UN of Two Minds on China, NFL Games Blocking Medical Flights. ICP's Haiti Poem, here. Enviro: Big coal in Congress. Bronx: Former NY Cosmo Beckenbauer trashes the South Bronx

1/25/10 -- CRA: As Obama Proposes Goldman De-Bank and Liability Cap, of Dodd and BofA's Evasions. Federal Reserve under fire, with Geithner on outs, Bernanke on grill. Bank Beat: Crisis Commission turns from JPM Chase, B of A and Goldman over to Citigroup. UN - Global: On Haiti at UN, Dominican Dodging on Immigration, UNICEF on Staffing, IFAD to Forgive? BloggingHeads.TV on Haiti, etc. Enviro: Transportation cuts are disparate in Chicago - and NYC? Bronx: no green jobs, just automotive at Alfed E. Smith High School

1/18/10 -- Bank Beat: As Obama's Bank Fees Under-Target Citigroup and AIG, Geithner's Federal Reserve Days Questioned. CRA: Goldman Sachs seeks secrecy for branch opening. UN - Global:  On Haiti, Ban Says All Through UN, Through U.S. Not, Watchdog Possible, National Staff Questions Dodged. Enviro: Cadmium in Chinese toys. Bronx: Diner arson, Melbourne slander

1/11/10 -- CRA: Branch closing spree, Regions and PNC. Federal Reserve Bank of NY's Geithner told AIG to withhold info: the last straw? Bank Beat: Of Citigroup's deadwood directors, with spook Deutch out, one down, six to go. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, Last Act of UN's Ban Was Three Months Ago, Despite War Crimes, Authentication by Alston. Enviro: EPA's self-defense on Hunters Point. Bronx: Vodka in bodegas, Stoli gushes on Twitter

1/4/10 -- CRA: Predatory lending by Citgroup to continue in India, FDIC's belated crackdown on payday lending, new Kentucky law. Federal Reserve's Bernanke's mortgage muddle. Bank Beat: New lawsuit against Wells Fargo for discriminatory lending. UN - Global: UN's Afghan Selection Colored by Nepotism and No-Show Jobs, Karzai Veto Threats. Enviro: Luke Cole, RIP. Bronx: Racial profiling, cop on cop

12/28/09 -- CRA: Challenge to Goldman Sachs NY branch application, while Federal Reserve still uses kid gloves. Bank Beat: UN IPCC's Pachauri's Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse Links Unexamined. UN - Global: Unauthorized Entry into Ban's Home and Party Dodged by UN, Disputing Obama Analogy. Enviro: UK Zara and H&M hit for use of Uzbek child labor cotton. Bronx: Ready for hibachi?

12/21/09 -- CRA: Toward a HMDA in the UK? Federal Reserve's Bernanke passes Senate Finance Committee 16-7. Bank Beat: IMF Silent on Climate Change Proposal to Use Its Gold and SDR Interest. Citigroup called fraudster, not only by consumers. UN - Global: As UN Cameras' Footage Can Be Used to Identify Whistleblowers, They Remain in Place. Enviro: Monsanto spread PCBs. Bronx: Double slander

12/14/09 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs' target ignores low income as Federal Reserve belated releases Goldman's chart. Bank Beat: IMF Studies Congo Deals by India and China, Quid Pro Quo by Canada at Paris Club on Mining, UN's Kivu Spin. Citi's secret sleaze. UN - Global: Sri Lanka Falls Off Radar of UN and US, Despite Rapp Report and Disappearances. Enviro: As UN Flies 700 Staff to Copenhagen, Coup Leader Set to Speak, Major Emitter Excluded. ExxonMobil sued. Bronx: As Bloomberg Jokes of Media's Death, UN's Ban Lives It, Asbestos Links the Two.Cold empanadas replace Chinese on Fordham Plaza

12/7/09 -- CRA: Unbanked in US go worldwide, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac repurchases by Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Hold in Federal Reserve re-nomination of Bernanke makes audit of Fed more likely. Bank Beat: IMF Rebuffs Stanford Victims on Antigua Despite Iceland, and Romania, Ukraine and UN. Exit from Citigroup by Kuwait and UAE. UN - Global: On Darfur, Gambari To Be "Vigilant," U.S. Belatedly Says, No Comment on Blackmail or Myanmar. Enviro:BP leaks beyond petroleum. Bronx: compared to Mindinao and Somalia, the Mission

11/30/09 -- CRA: Praised in Dublin, dissed in London. Goldman Sachs and Stella D'Oro layoffs while Federal Reserve wants to continue to regulate while kid gloves on Goldman. Bank Beat: IMF Murky on Angola's Oil, Bond and China Deals, Doles Out $1.4 Billion. Suits by Deutsche Bank and BNP against Bank of America for Taylor Bean. UN - Global: As Africans Threaten Ban on UNDP Post, Panel Unnamed Beyond Diarra, Downgraded Conference. Enviro: African position for Copenhagen, strange ExxonMobil sponsor. Bronx foreclosures.

11/23/09 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs tries to buy off CRA while misdirecting response to Federal Reserve protest. Bank Beat: Amid Reports of War Crimes, IMF Gives More Funds to Sri Lankan Government and Spins on Human Rights. Citigroup closing branches... in London. UN - Global: At UN, As Diplomat from Cameroon Is Rebuffed by UNDP, Ban Ki-moon Faces African Challenge on Agency's Deputy Post. Enviro: Alcoa closes Italian smelters. Bronx: Italian flags displaced by Albanian

11/16/09 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs refuses any substantive answer to Federal Reserve on predatory lending issues. Bank Beat: House of cards, HSBC sells its buildings. UN - Global: As Blair Lobbies for Wataniya, Do Kuwait and JPM Chase's Arranger Role Spell UN Conflict of Interest? Enviro: Myths of jatropha hit in Mozambique. Bronx: Opposition to eminent domain to widen Major Deegan

11/9/09 -- CRA: As predatory Citigroup unravels, Primerica IPO. Federal Reserve threatened by Dodd bill, no action on Goldman Sachs. Bank Beat: Dimon's father given job at JPMorgan Chase, is it nepotism? IMF's Report Buries Its Icesave Conditionality, Enforcer's Duplicity? UN - Global: UN's Security Phase Confusion in Af-Pak Shown at Stakeout, Ban and Nambiar. Enviro: As UN's Ban Admits Copenhagen Deal Unlikely, His Story Is Re-Written. Bronx: Foster care shut down

11/2/09 -- CRA: Dimon of JPMorgan Chase opposes CFPA. Federal Reserve's CIT goes bankrupt. Bank Beat: Stock of Bank of America hyped by Citigroup, TARP for TARP-ers. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UN's Alston Probes Execution Video, Kaelin Says His Praise Was Misquoted. Enviro: In NJ, Corzine threatens his patron's Corps of Engineers. Bronx: Masks and prison overalls.

10/26/09 -- CRA: Goldman Sachs takes money for nothing from New Jersey but hasn't responded to Federal Reserve on ICP's protest. Bank Beat: Ranieri moves on Taylor Bean, Citigroup runs scared, JPM Chase's contributions. UN - Global: Pay for Play on UN Day, UN Sings For Its Supper as Sponsors Strut in Green Room, Photo Ops for Sale? Enviro: Chinese water evictions. Bronx: NYT misses African - Caribbean co-existence on Webster

10/19/09 -- CRA: Challenge to Goldman Sachs application for share in four banks to the Federal Reserve, which let Goldman in without public comment. Bank Beat: HSBC gunning for Shanghai, watch for predatory. UN - Global: UN Assembly President Treki Hires Daughter and Cousin, For Family Values. Enviro: Even UN's Jeffrey Sachs predicts no climate change action in Coperhagen. Bronx: Overpriced wood burning by drinkers' corner

10/12/09 -- CRA -- Predatory lending by Citigroup continues, as do Geithner's calls. Federal Reserve delays 9 months to give GMAC and CIT applications under FOIA. Bank Beat: UK mulls breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland and others. UN - Global: At UN, Rebellion and Retaliation in Political Affairs Unit, Pascoe's Transfer Questioned, Faces French - Obama Switch? Enviro: Iraq oil contracts to BP and PetroChina. Bronx dissed in comic review.

10/5/09 -- CRA: Cut back to six markets denied by Citigroup, predatory everywhere. Federal Reserve now says hands off hedge funds. Bank Beat: With Lewis out at BofA, Fleeters choose successor. UN - Global: UN Counters Galbraith Afghan Fraud Fallout with Unnamed Official, Sampler Next for Kabul? Enviro: Lead poisoning in China. Bronx: Post offices face the chopping block

9/28/09: CRA: Predatory lending charges against Deutsche Bank and SunTrust. Citigroup mulls Portugal sale to Barclays, focus is subprime in emerging markets, as HSBC moves CEO to Hong Kong. Federal Reserve audit bill advances, Fed's counsel threatens. Bank Beat: IMF Disappears Questions on Post-Coup Honduras, Sri Lanka Withholding and Jamaica. UN - Global: At UN Entrance, Chavez on Zelaya, Mugabe, Obama Watch, Turkmen and Entourage; Iran Denounces UAE, Serbia Mocks Albania, Congo War Forgotten. Enviro: Mining problems in Utah, ENI deal for Tullow, in Uganda and Ghana, called off. Bronx: Hartford Courant trashes the boro

9/21/09 -- CRA: As PNC' s National City shuts down Youngstown branch, Federal Reserve belated says it will look at non-banks subsidiaries like CitiFinancial: too little too late. Bank Beat: After Household counseled fraud, HSBC plays the victim. UN - Global: With UN's Ban Shielded from Nepotism Questions, Scandals Brew, Defenses Outsourced to Mission. As UN's Bed Bugs Spread, Incoming Diplomats Warned of Itching, No Answers, Talk of Gaddafi's Tent Enviro: Oil find in Uganda. Bronx: in blotter, Gun play in Belmont

9/14/09 -- CRA: Foreclosure site parties by Wells Fargo, bloodbath profits for HSBC in Sri Lanka. Federal Reserve's Tarullo says listen to the news, but CAC. Bank Beat: IMF Still Murky on Honduras and SDR Use, Critique on Georgia, Serbia, Hungary and Latvia. In India, CitiFinancial will keep predatory lending. UN - Global: Crackdown on Somali Pirates, Based On Letter to UN by Ex-Prez Yussuf, Questioned. Enviro: Agent Orange remnants in Viet Nam. Bronx:: Burned out buildings and Sunkin Donuts

9/7/09 -- CRA: Predatory lending continues to expand, CitiFinancial in Indonesia. Federal Reserve loses FOIA case, sought to keep its bailouts secret. Bank Beat: G-20 nations agree money laundering havens shouldn't get IMF loans. UN - Global: In China, Misuse of UNDP for Chief Khalid Malik's Family Foundation, Local Whistleblowers Complain. Enviro: EPA and RCRA loopholes. Bronx: What kind of New Yorker is "The New Yorker" for?

8/31/09 -- CRA: Obama's status quo re-nomination of Ben Berkanke to chair the Federal Reserve is Geithner redux. As IMF Funds Latvia, It Props Up Swedish Banks and Evades Questions of Conditions. Bank Beat: Even FIRA hits Citigroup predator, B of A sues FDIC. Seeking IMF Loans, Service Cuts in Jamaica, Serbia, Congo Changes China Deal. UN - Global: Executions by Sri Lankan Army To Be Raised to UN's Ban in Norway.  Enviro: Sterling Oil pollutes Michigan, EPA watches. Bronx: Armory or supermarkets, a plague on both their houses

8/24/09 -- CRA: Contempt for public by FDIC, losing bids secret. Federal Reserve keeps citing Bagelot. Bank Beat: Citigroup lied about Ned Kelly being chased out. UN - Global: Reports of Nepotism for UN's Ban Ki-moon Removed From Internet After Legal Threats by Ban's Son in Law. Enviro: HK-based polluter of SF bay. Bronx: On Iran and Vendex, Sudan to No Bid Contracts, NYC Comptroller Candidates Square Off

8/17/09 -- CRA: As Colonial Bank is Handed to BB&T, Regulators Ignore Community Reinvestment Act and BB&T's Predatory Lending. Federal Reserve: Two CIT agreements too late. Bank Beat: Citigroup spins TARP for abusive loans and bonuses. Pittsburgh transfer by FDIC to PNC in G-20 run up. UN - Global: UN's Ban Expects Nepotism Report Aug. 18, As His Daughter's and Son in Law's Promotion Questioned. Enviro: Exxon Mobil (not) for the birds. Bronx: Post offices to close, smoothie de mamey

8/10/09 -- CRA: Taylor, Bean's HMDA run around foreshadowed sleazy Colonial role. Federal Reserve's Tarullo does not even mention consumers. Bank Bank: Congress demanded Merrill emails from Bank of America, by August 14. UN - Global: UN Nepotism from Congo to NY Criminal Court, UNDP Biter Case Set. .Enviro: Browner is opaque, Guzy asked in Senate. Bronx: Casita Poblana in a former garage

8/3/09 -- CRA: Predatory Lending Persists, Despite Rosy Views from DC and IMF, CitiFinancial's Dark Side in Knoxville. Federal Reserve rifts seen from the IMF. Bank Beat: Sri Lanka's Ethnic Cleansing Bonds Touted by StanChart and HSBC, IMF Silence on Vote Is "Policy." UN - Global: At UN, Biting Incident Reveals Nepotism of UNDP and Congo Envoy, Whistleblower Maced. Enviro: Nuke plant in Ohio pushed by USEC. Bronx: Bloody shooting called clean by NYPD

7/27/09 -- CRA: Board shift from Wells Fargo to Citigroup, no conflict of interest? Federal Reserve ex-Geithner's hypocrisy. Bank Beat: After IMF Vote, Sri Lanka Releases Letter of Intent, Drops IDP "Target" Release from 80 to 60%. UN - Global: At UN, Questions of Ban's Son in Law's Hirings and Promotion Unanswered, In Denmark. Enviro: Chinese buy Angola oil field. Bronx: Fire on 187, grill cooks on 189.

7/20/09 -- CRA: JPMorgan Chase funds mountain top removal in its CRA zone. Federal Reserve gives more exemptions to Citigroup's ICE Trust credit default swaps. Bank Beat: ICP filed comments opposing suibprime CIT's application for bailout. UN - Global: Proponents of R to P Say That UN's D'Escoto and Sen Are Opposed - But Is Honduras An Exception? Enviro: Appalachian coal. Bronx: Frankie's Franks on the Berry Go Round

7/13/09 -- CRA: Despite bailouts, Citigroup, JPM Chase, B of A and Wells Fargo decline California's IOUs, banks oppose more HMDA disclosure. Federal Reserve watch, Bernanke supported by Geithner, who poll says should go. Bank Beat: At CIT, subprime comes home to roost. UN - Global: At UN, Turkey Admits No Move to Put Xinjiang on Agenda, Ergodan Quote "Not Based on Realities." Enviro: Sunoco refinery fined. Bronx: Park closed mid-summer for crew of four workmen

7/6/09 -- CRA: Card rates spike at Citigroup, Ditech keeps on trucking. Federal Reserve Bank of New York dodged M&A lawyer Cohen and went for the Goldman. Bank Beat:: Belgium bars depleted uranium investments. UN - Global: Burmese Days of UN's Ban Are a Failure, By Ban's Own Measure, N. Korea Fires. Enviro: Climate fight move to U.S. Senate. Bronx: LoCo rezoning is too expensive.

6/29/09 -- CRA: Capitol Hill hearing questions credibility of Bank of America and Federal Reserve's Bernanke. Bank Beat: Japan hits Citigroup on money laundering. UN - Global: UN Runs Scared of Sri Lanka, Says National Staff Not Immune -- But Genocide Suspects Are. Enviro: SF oil leak fines. Bronx questions to Bloomberg, small business told to change products = gentrification?

6/21/09 -- CRA: Obama's Proposal By Splitting CRA from Mergers Could Cut Enforcement, Lost in Federal Reserve Sauce, the Hedge Fund Litmus Test. Bank Beat: Despite Human Rights Abuses, HSBC Gushes About Sri Lanka, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank Also Reportedly Hungry for Bloodbath Bonds. UN - Global: UN's Ban Tips Hat to Protesters from High Above NY, Claims He Met With Tamils. Enviro: Will EPA withhold coal ash disposal site locations? Bronx: merchants hurt not helped by new Yankee Stadium

6/15/09 -- CRA: Tales from the Subprime Meltdown Resonate from Coast to Coast as Regulators Spin. Bank Beat: While at Federal Reserve, Geithner opined on Bank of America -- and Citigroup too? UN - Global: UN's Ban Questioned on Record, on Sri Lanka, Half Time Pep Talk; In UN (Non) Walls Would Have Ears, Under Kane Whistleblowers Beware. Enviro: In Kentucky, landfill and the Sunshine Act. Bronx: Street fair, smooth transition from Albanian to empanadas

6/8/09 -- CRA: Why would Bank of America be saved by those who mis-regulated, FDIC's Powell and Federal Reserve ex-Governor Susan Bies? Bank Beat: At Citigroup, with ex-US Bancorp's Jerry Grundhofer, of subprime New Century fame, take over from Pandit? UN - Global: Sri Lanka Denies IDP Reduction Reported by Inner City Press, Raises to UN, Crackdown Explained? Bronx: Questions of Rep. Engel in predators' wake

6/1/09 -- CRA: Loan sharks lick their lips, in the UK. Federal Reserve favored as super-regulator by vulture investors. Bank Beat: Predator promoter McCollum faces Bank of America CFO in Florida gov race. UN - Global: Back at UN, Sri Lanka Sinks Lower than the Basement, Ban Criticized on Human Rights. Bronx: Are Sotomayor's Bronxdale Houses in the South Bronx?

5/25/09 -- CRA: Even in crisis, BBVA eyes US banks. On Bank of America, what explained the Federal Reserve's lack of public notice? Bank Beat: High rate subprime accounts are one third of book at Citigroup and B of A. UN - Global: In Sri Lanka, UN Shown Blown Out Land Devoid of People, UN Preaches Partnership Not Prosecution. Enviro: Small EPA fines in California. Bronx: Fight against Sheridan Expressway on PBS, bikes promoted in Denmark, dissed in Bronx

5/18/09 – CRA: Comments filed on application by Bank of America to Federal Reserve, lack of notice. Bank Beat: Even to airports, Citigroup can't deliver. UN – Global: In Sri Lanka, No Access to Carnage Until Victory Speech, UN Lowers Expectations, Prepares. Enviro: Chinese pollution by Jilin Chemical. Bronx: Before Yanks, Citi (TARP) Field, Puebla on 186 Street

5/11/09 -- CRA: Tenants evicted as landlords foreclosed on, by Deutsche Bank and others. Federal Reserve let Goldman Sachs fox into NY Fed chicken coop, backed down to Wells Fargo, let Bank of America $16 billion off the hook. Bank Beat: Sell off in Japan by Citigroup to Sumitomo. UN - Global: As Death Spikes in Sri Lanka and Press is Deported, UN Sees No Evil, Getting Late for Visit; UN Hides As War Criminal Bosco Surfaces in April 4 Congolese Army Minutes. Enviro: CRC on Illinois bad water, Chevon disclosures on Ecuador case? Bronx: Dollar fifty burger, thinking of the El

5/4/09 -- CRA: Ken Lewis stripped of Bank of America chairman's spot, trashes CRA then calls for support. Federal Reserve Bank of SF asks advice from M&A lawyer. Bank Beat: NASCAR TARP, CitiFinancial fields Ford car. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UN Thinks Envoy's No Help, UK Will Not Punish. Enviro: Freeport McMoRan and Phelps Dodge in zinc smelting suit, Chevron under gas flare fire in Australia. Bronx: Immigration poem

4/27/09 -- CRA targeted by Bank of America, "7% of portfolio, 24% of losses." Wells Fargo Auto rip off, US Bank as well. Federal Reserve goes subprime, needs TARP. Bank Beat: Kibuki meeting of Citigroup has no taxpayers, victims bought off.. UN - Global: With 6432 Dead in Sri Lanka, UN Council Takes Over Press Room, UNHCR Funds Detention Camps, "Collective Punishment.” Enviro: DuPont in KY, Saudi Basic Industries loss. Bronx: The bypassing of Fordham, the 18 minute rule

4/20/09 -- CRA: Predatory resolutions at Citigroup and Cash America, TARP for RAL, HSBC's LaFalce for Dodd. Federal Reserve has few public orders in 2009. Bank Beat: Rate ripoffs at Citi and Bank of America. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, With 4500 Dead, UN Won't Ask Cease-fire, Nambiar May Brief Council But in Basement, Mexico Clarifies, Des Browne on the Way. Enviro: W.R. Grace asbestos case (and UN asbestos); Shell fined in Nigeria. Bronx: Spin wars, Yanks' stole parkland and fusilli

4/13/09 -- CRA: Regions Financial's contempt for public and HMDA triggers Federal Reserve complaint. Bank Beat: Citigroup's financial chief leaves, JPM Chase kills WaMu branches. UN - Global: UN's Ban Puts Convicted Korean Businessman Chey Tae-won on Global Compact Board, Dismisses Complaints. Enviro: In New Mexico, EJ filing v. new DC administration. Bronx: compare to Bushwick, Brooklyn, fewer hipsters, lower rents

4/6/09 -- CRA: Subprime Survivors Wells, BofA and JPM Chase Were More Disparate By Race in 2008 than Wachovia or Countrywide, Citigroup, US Bank and SunTrust also Disparate, Trends Will Worsen Under Federal Reserve, It's Bank Beat blues. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UN's Ban Drops Call for Suspension of Fighting, Vague on Aerial Bombing. Enviro: Asarco El Paso smelter proposed settlement open for comment. Bronx BP debate April 8

4/2/09 -- Subprime Survivors Wells, BofA and JPM Chase Were More Disparate By Race in 2008 than Wachovia or Countrywide, Study Finds

3/23/09 -- CRA: Early protests of AIG were fended off by Patrikis of Federal Reserve, Geithner on the grill. Bank Beat: Bailout spin by Citigroup's Pandit and Bank of America's Lewis. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, Leaked Document Calls for UN Council Briefing, ICC's Ocampo Queried, UNESCO Silent. Enviro: American Smelting and Refining Co skips Superfund bill. Bronx: Columbia's Beat is beaten down

3/16/09 -- CRA: In DC, Obama Officials Defend Bailouts of Citigroup and AIG, as Federal Reserve Still Refuses to Say Whom it Paid. Bank Beat: In DC, "Inevitable" Fraud as Obama Jokes with JPM Chase, Meets ExxonMobil. On Sri Lanka, IMF Says Its Pending Loan Would "Support Government Policy Goals," To Wait and See. UN - Global: Ban Ki-moon on Capitol Hill Grilled about Reform, "Deadbeat-Gate" Begins, But Where Will It End? Darfur Raised. Enviro: Ecuador vs. Accion Ecologica, on mining? Detroiters vs. incinerator operators Covanta and Energy Investors Funds. Bronx: Lack of bank branches covered, in a way...

3/9/09 -- CRA: Bailout of AIG benefited Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Societe Generale and Royal Bank of Scotland, as Federal Reserve hides names. Bank Beat: Storefront's of HSBC's Household to close, Citigroup's stock goes below $1. UN-Global:  As UN Council Meets, NGOs' Eviction from Darfur Called "Only the First Step," Bashir Indictment Freeze Requests. Click here for Haiti coverage.   Enviro: As UN Covers For Obama Climate Backslide, It Does Not Carbon Offset, "Act Not Together," de Boer Says. Bronx: Botanical Garden's Eyesore Vacant Lot

3/2/09 -- CRA: Directors sleaze in Citigroup partial nationalization. KeyCorp's TARP use critiqued. Federal Reserve's Duke admits deregulatory past. Bank Beat: Asia saves HSBC from Household, subprime included. UN - Global:  On Sri Lanka, UN Meeting Called One-Off, UK Makes No Proposals, Holmes Differs from Ban. Feb. 26 video debate on UN, Sri Lanka, etc  Enviro: ExxonMobil LNG off NJ. Bronx: Slumdog in the boro and crime stats.

2/23/09 -- CRA: Firms seeking bailout funds ask for FOIA withholding, OTS for Genworth and Federal Reserve for the CIT Group. Bank Beat: In Brazil, Itau and Unibanco hook up, Citigroup says its future's in Latin America (if it has one). UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UK's for UN Council Session Upon Holmes' Return, "Shocking," Mary Robinson Calls It. Enviro: As Power Shift(s), BP pays for Texas killings. Bronx: As Metro North exclusion continues, corruption alleged

2/16/09 -- CRA: Subprime Non-Bank Lenders Ask Obama and Geithner for Bailout, in Guise of Stimulus. Federal Reserve Is JPM Chase's Self-Serving Choice for Meta-Regulator. Bank Beat: Ken Lewis of BofA claims no power over bonuses, Citigroup calls in favors for stadium name, why not jet too? UN - Global: At UN, Russia Maintains Sri Lanka Issues Not in Council, UK Disagrees But Does Not Act, No Ceasefire Call, Even by Holmes. Enviro: Honduran forest protection, Florida crack-down on protest. Bronx: From trattoria to street crime

2/9/09 -- CRA: After Bailout, ING's Kok Blames Regulators, including Federal Reserve, for pumping up subprime, food inflation. Bank Bank: As RBS slaps on bonuses, JPMorgan Chase pays them out. Citigroup sued by American Eagle. UN - Global: On Sri Lanka, UN Won't Confirm its Own Reports or Call for Ceasefire. Enviro: AIG drops climate lobbying, still stands to profit. W. Virginia water settlement scam. Bronx: Zoo cuts Skyfari, bad Madagascar timing, boro restaurants dissed

2/2/09 --  CRA: Banker Allison of BB&T in Meltdown Misdirection, Federal Reserve Shielded BB&T's Lendmark's Subprime Loans. Bank Beat: Weill slinks away from Citigroup, more branch closing by JPMorgan Chase. UN - Global: With UN Silent on the Missing Robert Fowler, Ambassador Whispers, "He's Alive" in Niger. Enviro: Mining under fire in Nevada and Australia. Bronx makes an appearance in Kuala Lumpur, Key Foods helped by crisis

1/26/09 -- CRA: Behind Bank of America's Toxic Assets, Subprime Links Obscured But Continued. Bank Beat: As JPMorgan Chase Shutters WaMu Branches, Commitments Gone, Federal Reserve Missing. UN - Global: Under Obama, UN's Lynn Pascoe May Stay, UNICEF's Ann Veneman Not, Consultant Hired. Enviro: NRC whitewash in Delaware, BHP Billiton cuts Chile copper, Aussie uranium. Bronx: At Fordham, stalking a deadly gang... of geese?

1/19/09 -- CRA: Geithner Evaded Taxes at IMF, Used Statute of Limitations Later, Mishandled Citigroup while at Federal Reserve. Bank Beat: Lawsuits against Bank of America, problem for HSBC with capital. UN - Global: At UN, Egypt's Gaza Text Beats Ecuador's, No Vote for Cape Verde. Enviro: FERC imposes LNG on Baltimore and Pennsylvania. Bronx: Foreclosures by Wells Fargo, pizzeria gone.

1/12/09 -- CRA: Chicken come home to roost at Citigroup, Rubin out, spin off to Morgan Stanley. Federal Reserve's web site goes offline. Bank Beat: Lawsuit against HSBC for involvement in Madoff Ponzi scheme? UN - Global: UN Council Passes Compromise Gaza Resolution, US Abstains, Withdrawal Unclear. Enviro: NYS Gov's land plan in the City. Bronx to go the way of Bushwick, by Bloomberg gentrified?

1/5/09 -- CRA: Treasury puts fig leaf on its Citigroup bail out. Federal Reserve has NYCB, with contempt for HMDA, as advisor. Bank Beat: Bogus $103,000 shack mortgage bought by HSBC and Wells Fargo. UN - Global: As Tanks Roll Into Gaza, UN Council Meets, Fireworks at Stakeout. Enviro: NY test air as parkland given away. Bronx: Family beaten by NYPD on Brook Avenue

12/29/08 -- CRA: Even Capital One beat Citigroup for Chevy Chase. Federal Reserve pretends it hear the Press on GMAC and the CIT Group. Bank Beat: HBOS cuts of Oz Minerals. UN - Global:  UN Wastes $3 Million on 30,000 Oracle Licenses Left Unused, Sources Say, As Budget Committee Meets, No Ban Comment. Enviro: NY Parks Dep't closed park for lead. Bronx: City workers with sticks and drinks

12/22/08 -- CRA: Morgan Stanley's stealth move into banking, Citigroup lends to Dubia, skates on thin ice. Federal Reserve needs to be covered by HMDA, is contemptuous of public on PNC. Bank Beat: Capital One's redlining wallet. UN - Global: At UN, Korean Staff Rise from 51 to 70 in Ban's Two Years, on Pianos and Lobbyists, An Evolution. Enviro: Listening with one ear in Posnan.  Bronx: Of quesadillas and flocking to DC

12/15/08 --  CRA: Swept Under the TARP by the Federal Reserve, Grabs by GMAC, PHH and CIT, Wells' Wachovia's Sewers. Bank Beat: Citigroup settles Egg and auction rate securities claims; Bank of America hit by $141 M verdict. UN - Global: ABN-AMRO and ING Are Facilitators of Congo Sanctions Violations, ICC Disclosure Not Solved. Enviro: Financial downturn means warning in Texas, gas war heats up in Ukraine. Bronx: At HUD, it's not Carrion but an evictor

12/8/08 -- CRA: Of Junkets and Spanish Highways, Citigroup Sleaze with Bail-Out. Royal Bank of Scotland in US and UK. PNC and Ocwen Need Hearings by Federal Reserve. Bank Beat: HSBC insists it will not reform. UN - Global: When UN Loses Money to Dictators, It Resists Disclosure, Unlike Even Corporations; Global Compact mulls the OECD complaint against BHP Billiton. Enviro: Uranium flip-flops, PetroChina finds. Bronx: SEBCO's Cantillo praises "upscale" development

12/1/08 --  CRA: Rubin of Citigroup claims he has no ax to grind, brought in Ameriquest. Horror story of Wells Fargo. Federal Reserve under-regulates, under-discloses under Bernanke. Bank Beat: HSBC's environmental sins. UN - Global: UN Accepted Mugabe's Exchange Rate in Zimbabwe, Refuses to Disclose Losses As In Myanmar. Enviro: Debate in Cincy, harm of oil palms. Bronx: Metro-North and the under-served, tree tale and "seedy atmosphere."

11/24/08 --  CRA: Crony capitalism tinges PNC's capture of National City. HSBC's re-aging began earlier than reported. Federal Reserve's Geithner did not act on predatory lending, Rubin / Citigroup ties. Bank Beat: AIG's grueling meetings in luxurious climes. UN - Global: As Spain Admits It Used International Cooperation Funds for UN's $25 Million Dome, UN Denies and Ban Ki-moon Ignores. Enviro: On Climate Change, UN Lobbies Itself. Bronx: NYT misplaces 2 train in Port Morris

11/17/08 -- CRA: Global fragments of the predatory lending meltdown, Citigroup in Japan, General Electric in Taiwan. Federal Reserve's Bernanke praised by conflicted JPMorgan Chase. Bank Beat: Oversight needed of HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank. UN - Global: UN's Larsen Refuses Ban-Requested Financial Disclosure As Conflict Questions Raised on "Peace" Event and Lebanon. Enviro: Pfizer sued in Indiana, pollution in Vietnam. Bronx: Team Bloomberg Evicts Without Due Process

11/10/08 -- CRA: Lobbying by Bank of America, Wachovia and Wells Fargo, use of bailout funds. Federal Reserve shields & sleazes with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.  Bank Beat: Which WaMu branches does JPMorgan Chase plan to close? HSBC's card solicitations down. UN - Global: On Obama vs. Osama, UN's Ban Says Bombs Away, Some Opine, Second Term in Mind, Questionless Town Hall Meetings. Enviro: Maryland wind farms; UK car sales down. Bronx: Term limits sweep, NY Times promotes gentrification, ignores rest of borough. See this ICP debate

11/3/08 -- CRA: At UN, Stiglitz Slams JPMorgan Chase For Misuse of Bailout, Federal Reserve for Allowing Predatory Lending. RSB and arms trade, HSBC and cluster munitions. Bank Beat: Pandit's Citigroup's second rate, US Bank horror story. UN - Global: As Congolese Army Loots and Flees, UN Patrols Goma But Says It's Not Responsible. Enviro: Norfolk Southern's dangerous ethanol, Gold Hawk threatens Lima,Peru. Bronx: Marathan set-up, goat soup for immigrantes

10/27/08 -- CRA: US Bailout Will Subsidize Bank Monopolies, PNC and Chase, Excluding CRA and Public Review. Federal Reserve covers up hearing request on Wells Fargo - Wachovia by Fair Finance Watch; Fed subsidizes General Electric, Greenspan's too late. Bank Beat: HSBC falls, National City's scooped up. UN - Global: UNDP's Dervis Admits Paying Saakashvili Unwise, Dodges on Congo Security and Kosovo Fees. Enviro: Penn anti-corporate law? Ivory Coast toxic waste case. Bronx: Hip hop shop in Belmont

10/20/08 -- CRA: As FDIC Offers Bail-Out, Its Conference Calls Are Full Then Off the Record. Federal Reserve's shameful Caja Madrid rubber stamp. Bank Beat: Losses or loss of book value at Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPM Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, State Street, Wells Fargo and others. UN - Global: On Sudan and ICC, Uganda Likes Deferral, Austria and Mexico Want Justice, Iceland Denounces UK Enviro: AIG slow pay, Myanmar sells endangered species. Bronx: Whole 4 train line shut. And see this Oct 17 (UN) debate

10/13/08 -- CRA: On Wells Fargo- Wachovia, no FDIC = no emergency. Federal Reserve gives Inner City Press a Bear Stearns - JPMorgan Chase response, five months late. Bank Beat: As Citigroup vows predatory lending in Asia and Europe, Royal Bank of Scotland begs for UK bailout. UN - Global: Mass Evictions Ignored by UN in World Habitat Day in Angola, As Arms Trial Begins. Enviro: Honeywell fund diversion averted; Alabama company grabs gas in Colombia. Bronx: NYTimes' skewed view of the boro

10/6/08 -- CRA:  In Wachovia War, Wells Fargo Would Require Public Notice and Comment, With FDIC on Citigroup, There's No Emergency. Federal Reserve reviewed by AIG's overseas regulators. Bank Beat: Would failure be better for Germany's Hyper Real Estate? For an debate by Inner City Press on the bailout, click here. UN - Global: UN and Microsoft, Conflicts of Interest and Increased Non-Reporting, Tech Help. Enviro: Native and EJ groups join forces. Bronx: Robber's reward; goat, rice and silence

9/29/08 -- Article: Citigroup - Wachovia Approved by Fed and Bush, Public and CRA Excluded, Laws Repealed?   CRA: Subprime Stoked By Regulation and Bipartisan Greed, not CRA, as Citigroup Shows. Federal Reserve claims it will not control AIG, despite warrants. Bank Beat: WaMu scooped by bottom-feeder JPM Chase. UN - Global: Iran's Ahmadinejad Denies Locking Up Journalists, Unless They "Infringe on Rights of Others." Enviro: Much of Green Funding Is Blood Oil Money, As In Norway's Case. Bronx: Shot deliveryman needs justice

9/22/08 -- Fed Snubs Any Public Review In Making Goldman and Morgan Bank Holding Companies. In DC, Bailout Bill Pushed Beyond US, to HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Nomura. CRA: As Wachovia eyes Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup looks at WaMu, remember the law, Federal Reserve should apply to control AIG. Bank Beat: Cutting loose Korea, HSBC denies other interests too. UN - Global: At UN, Freezing Indictment of Al Bashir Discussed by France, Sharing Evidence with ICC Dodged. Enviro: Virginia coal protests. Bronx: R&S Strauss silence, White Castle slow food

9/15/08 -- CRA:  As Cox's SEC did nothing, HSBC in talks for Lehman bail-out the Federal Reserve tries for. Finance Watch: As US Tightens Insurance Sanctions on Iran, Lloyd's of London Writes Myanmar Policies. Bank Beat: Fishman brings an Independentista to WaMu. Citigroup's Fannie and Freddie losses. UN - Global: UN's Ban Avoids Questions of New Cold War, U.S. War on Terror, Excluded Journalists Speak. Enviro: Kentucky mines, Norway oil. Bronx: Boro's lack of FedEx / Kinko's explained as "lack of demand"

9/8/08 -- CRA: As Freddie Mac Is Handed by Paulson to Moffett of Carlyle and US Bancorp, Subcrime Questions previously dodged by Federal Reserve on New Century. Bank Beat: SEC hits General Electric on accounting, Merrill mis-chooses Citigroup mortgage trader . UN - Global: UNDP Admits Herfkens Broke Rules, Dodges on Currency Exchange Losses, Whistleblower Left Waiting. Enviro: Bayer blow up in West Virginia, nuclear Bulgaria. Bronx: Street fair features cheese and real estate scams. New debate

9/1/08 -- CRA: The saga of Citigroup's predatory lending and retaliation continue, as Rubin's title changes. GE Money in Australia. Federal Reserve's Geithner gunning for Treasury, on strength of bail-outs. Bank Beat: Commerzbank - Dresdner, HSBC in Vietnam. UN - Global: UN Whistleblower in Tokyo Raises Questions of Fraud, Cover-Up and Retaliation from Below. Enviro: NEJAC on September 11? Bronx: Ecuadorian restaurant, auto parts are gone.

8/25/08 -- CRA: Subprime fallout for Citigroup and Huntington, Wells Fargo's predatory servicing. Federal Reserve's answer to JPMorgan Chase bailouts? More secrecy. Bank Beat: HSBC and Russian corruption, GE Money's Guatemalteco moves. UN - Global: UN's Gambari's Trips to Myanmar Questioned, Without Answers, Photo-Op With Aung San Suu Kyi Denied.  Enviro: Alaska uranium, Chinese Kazakhstan oil. Bronx: Webster memorial, just south of Carvel. Watch this site. And this (on South Ossetia), and this, on Russia-Georgia

8/18/08 -- CRA: If Citigroup writes ARS settlement on taxes, what happened on its predatory lending settlements? Federal Reserve gives JPM Chase-Bear Stearns a legal patina. Bank Beat: Layoffs by HSBC, Goldman buys ex-AMRO. UN - Global: On Currency Exchange Losses, UN Starts Cover-Up in Myanmar and Beyond. Enviro: Honeywell's Arizona scam; Ecuador versus Chevron. Bronx: Nitty-gritty changes in the Hub.

8/11/08 -- CRA: Subprime fallout for Royal Bank of Scotland and National City. Federal Reserve swears in Duke but no Capital Oner. Bank Beat: Citigroup sleazy with SEC, GE Money layoffs in Ireland, HSBC Household woes. UN - Global: At UN, Georgian Protesters Demand Council Action on South Ossetia But Veto Seems Likely. Enviro: Exxon dominates Alaska, Norway wants the Arctic. Bronx: Hunts Point Wiki-Hype, Trash Talk in Jamaica

8/4/08 -- CRA: Inappropriate joint presser by Citigroup, JPM Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and their regulators. Federal Reserve rubber stamps Azerbaijan. Bank Beat: Seoul hard-ball by HSBC; for GE, Canada's too regulated. UN - Global: Leaked Minutes Show UN Knew of 20% Loss in Myanmar 2 Weeks Before $300 Million Request. Enviro: Kentucky mustard gas, Bulgarian gold. Bronx: More businesses closing

7/28/08 -- CRA: Foreclosure tale of woe caused by JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia's HomEq. Federal Reserve favor for SunTrust on Coca-Cola stock. Bank Beat: more failures and seizures. Citigroup (in London), HSBC (in South Korea)  and GE (in Abu Dhabi). UN - Global: As UN Admits 25% Currency Loss in Myanmar, Demand for Return of Cash Grows, No UNDP Answers. Enviro: Mining deal and oil fight between China and Vietnam. Bronx: noxious smells and closed-down restaurants

7/21/08 -- CRA: Foreclosures in Ireland by GE Money, fest by Federal Reserve in stadium with Bank of America and IndyBank, from beyond the grave? Bank Beat: Why did Holbrooke quit AIG? CitiFinancial slinks out of Slovakia. UN - Global: In Darfur, Lockheed is Late and Poor Performer, UN Admits of No-Bid Contract. Enviro: NC suit v. Duke, Lula's biofuels deal with Indonesia. Bronx: In a Bronx Juror's Eye View, Gypsy Cab Whip Lash Crash 9 Years Ago Gets 1-Day Trial

7/14/08 -- CRA: Prince and Steel, revolving doors from U.S. Treasury to Wachovia and from Citigroup to Xerox, Synovus downgraded. Federal Reserve keeps rubber-stamping JPM Chase - Bear Stearns. Bank Beat: GE Money sell off in Japan, HSBC still longing in Korea. UN - Global: UN Admits Losses to Myanmar Junta Through Currency Exchange, NGOs Skirt with Hawala. Enviro: French uranium leak; Cali chem plant whistleblower. Bronx: MLB ignores local media, religious tuba in Belmont

7/7/08 -- CRA: Subprime send-up of HSBC, the take-down of IndyMac. Federal Reserve gives off-the-record speeches to hedge funds. Does the FRB need Reg FD? Bank Beat: Pandit's pipedream, Citi and Chase, GE Money and Capital One make predatory loans for plastic surgery, teeth whitening and pets. UN - Global: On Darfur, While U.S. Lobbies for Lockheed, Sudan Says No, UK On ICC Moves. Enviro: Fuel fights in Bangladesh and Haiti; Utah yellowcake. Bronx: Restaurant closed for health, bakery back open.

6/30/08 -- CRA: Countrywide sued, Bank of America to layoff 7500. Federal Reserve's late FOIA response admits flawed JPM Chase - Bear bailout vote. Bank Beat: Unions pressure Citigroup's Germany sale, probably to Deutsche Bank. Desperate sales by GE, buys by RBS. UN - Global:  Darfur Envoys Question ICC's Timing, Call for Chad Solution, Don't Know of Lockheed; click here for debate. Enviro: Thai PTT in Myanmar, Laos dam, DuPont pollution. Bronx: Three EZ South Bronx deals, vs. 8 in Manhattan, city's worst bus line

6/23/08 -- CRA: Predatory spread by GE Money, fall-out from closed-door meetings of Federal Reserve. Bank Beat: Citigroup buy and spin, JPM Chase sues its own. UN - Global: On Darfur, Need for "More Activity from UN," US Envoy Says, France's Chad Support as a Problem. Enviro:  L.A. garbage, British deadly sonar. Bronx: Torn-up playgrounds and condos in Melrose

6/16/08 -- CRA: Challenge to insider access of Citigroup, JPM Chase, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, BofA, Wachovia, RBS et al. with the Federal Reserve.  Bank Beat: CompuCredit finally gets sued, protest to Caja Madrid's deal for City National Bank. UN - Global:  On Darfur, Mia Farrow Pans Ban Ki-moon, Calls for UN Action, Says JEM and Chad's Acts Are "Less Important." Enviro: DuPont cancer, PetroChina bond. Bronx: Street fairs in the rain, leaking underground storage tanks.

6/9/08 -- CRA: The spin of Citigroup's subprime, predators cracked down on in Massachusetts (H&R Block's and Wilbur Ross' Option One) and Australia. Federal Reserve vacancies to be filled by Bernanke? Bank Beat: GE Money buys 200 branches in Poland, spreads sleazy lending. UN - Global: Eastern Congo Violence Allowed by UN, Fancy Uvira Camp as Council Visits Goma, Gold and Guns Denied. Enviro: Maryland coal ash; Cote d'Ivoire citizens sue Trafigura, Gbagbo speaks to UN. Bronx:  Gentrification blithely promoted by the New York Times

6/2/08 -- CRA: Subprime fallout, hedge funds profit, Citigroup's mortgage head leaves, HSBC urged to sell. Federal Reserve considers permanent bailouts, ignores JPM Chase and Citi's Libor games. Bank Beat: GE beat Nataxis for Interbanca, gives UK cards to Santander. UN - Global: As UN Council Heads to Africa, Justice in Confidential Meetings, Impunity Not Mentioned. Enviro: Russian metal magnates, Alabama uranium enrichment. Bronx: Times sees Mott Haven fire from Upper East Side, more UK barbs

5/26/08 -- CRA: Baltimore calls Wells Fargo a predator, Citigroup lays-off by conference call, Delta's Miller re-emerges. Federal Reserve's Bernanke hit on Bear Stearns, focuses on trees not forest. Bank Beat: Privatization games by HSBC in Nigeria, GE Money in Australia. UN - Global: UN Peacekeeping Gives CISCO Access to Its Cairo Meetings, Roots of No-Bid Contracting. Enviro: Suez dams the Amazon, trichloroethylene in Texas. Bronx: Stadium parkland delayed, Rao's moved, pols pander on gas.

5/19/08 -- CRA: Foreclosure moratorium, Citigroup's commitment to predatory lending, KeyBank hit on student loans. Federal Reserve's Mishkin, missing on JPM Chase, muses on bubbles. Bank Beat: Russian money laundering cover-up fought by Moldovan reporter. HSBC in India, GE out of Kentucky. UN - Global: In Wake of UN's Darfur Contract with Lockheed, Promotions and Partying But No Peace. Enviro: DC arsenic, Petronas and Uzbek oil. Bronx: Slander in UK, Bloomberg's swingless playgrounds

5/12/08 -- CRA: Whistleblower from inside Wells Fargo, predatory lending at Chase and Citigroup, on the auto tip. Federal Reserve talks of foreclosures while cities file suit. Bank Beat considers Sweden, GE Money and ABN Amro. North Korea still on U.S. terror finance list. UN - Global: On UN's Congo Scandal, Ban Defers to OIOS, Which Itself Stands Accused. Enviro: Areva in Idaho, Ghana exports ethanol to Sweden. Bronx: Vornado moves to shutter supermarket

5/4/08 -- CRA: Predatory lending by CitiFinancial and Wells Fargo, quiet Countrywide shutdown as Bank of America looms. Federal Reserve chooses Wall Street over the hungry. Bank Beat: Korean market sleaze slows HSBC, Czech subprime by GE Money and BNP Paribas' Cetelem. UN - Global:  Access to Information Discussed But Not Practiced at UN, Which Journalists Are Protected? Enviro: On NY merger, Senator Green as in money. Shell bombed in Nigeria, Exxon by Norway's SWF. Bronx: Board of Ed's rubber rooms exposed, but what of District 75?

4/28/08 -- CRA: Disparities in California by Bank of America and Countrywide. Federal Reserve defends no-action on sovereign wealth funds' states in Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. Bank Beat: Korean capitulation to HSBC, GE under fire. UN - Global: WFP's Sheeran Says Speculators Are a Cause of Food Price Crisis, But Has No Suggestions. Enviro: Exxon Mobil insiders, Occidental sleaze. Bronx: Courthouse demolished, strip mall in its place

4/21/08 -- CRA: Data show combining Bank of America and Countrywide would worsen disparities. Federal Reserve lets JPMorgan Chase buy Bear Stearns Bank & Trust with no public comment. Bank Beat: Subprime expands at Citigroup, private banking at HSBC in Ireland, GE Money grows in Latvia. UN - Global: ­ ­ Gordon Brown in Sea of Snubs, In Private Press Conference, Zimbabwe Election Observers Called For. Enviro: Strip mining in Pennsylvania, radioactive Catalonia. Bronx: Pope visit, Yonkers hot sheet motels

4/14/08 -- CRA: 2d subprime study finds HOEPA loans at HSBC and Wells Fargo, disparities at M&I and GMAC. Federal Reserve's secret deals with JPM Chase and Blackrock on Bear Stearns dodge Delaware judicial review. Bank Beat: Four board members at Citigroup under fire. UN - Global: UN Censors Internet In Its NY Headquarters, Blocking Media Critique and Non-Google Video Sites. Enviro: Puget gas fraud, Naples mobbed-up garbage. Bronx: Of police sweeps and chicken wings in Belmont.

4/7/08 -- CRA: First Study of 2007 lending data, disparities at Chase, Citigroup, WaMu, Wachovia, Bank of America and Countrywide, in run-up to Federal Reserve public hearings. Bank Beat: Disparities at targets National City and KeyCorp, US Bancorp's HOEPA loans. UN - Global: UN Development Program "Launders Money" in Latin America, Chart and Sources Say. Enviro: Impunity in NOLA; coal-fired plant scrapped in Malaysia. Bronx: Yankee Stadium railroad waste, predatory lending slows the market.

3/31/08 -- CRA: Second challenge to JPM Chase - Bear Stearns filed with Federal Reserve, two-faced on too big to fail. Bank Beat: Work-outs rejected by Citigroup; in Australia, GE Money is highest-cost lender. UN - Global: UN's Top Lawyer Calls for Pension Reform, Says Ethics Office Decided Not to Mention His $10,000 Monthly Swiss Subsidy. Enviro: Corn ethanol in Cali, Afghan water tests. Bronxites Are Excluded from Metro-North Trains, As Congestion Pricing Looms

3/24/08 -- CRA: Discrimination by Citigroup's Argent. Federal Reserve has stake in JPM Chase - Bear's subprime portfolio. Bank Beat: High-cost tire loans by GE Money, Russian HSBC predatory expansion. UN - Global:  How GA President Kerim Spends Money Questioned as Part of Reform by France and Indonesia. Enviro: Wyoming trichloroethylene; France's Total leaks oil. Bronx: Latin music obit, Francophony in Williamsburg (music and hot sauce review)

3/17/08 -- CRA: Predatory lending by Citigroup exposed on Capitol Hill, exported by GE Money. Challenge to bailout of Bear Stearns via JPMorgan Chase filed with Federal Reserve and SEC. WashPost - Guardian (UK)  Bank Beat: Tax evasions supported by HSBC; Spitzer's alleged money laundering was through North Fork. UN - Global: UN's Censorship and Punishment of Press Criticized by Staff Union, From Google to Crackdown on Photos of the Dead. Enviro: Coal plant soot in Maryland; Ukraine gas flap. Bronx: Goat and lamb in Mott Haven

3/10/08 -- CRA: Foreclosures by Citigroup on Ameriquest loans continue. Federal Reserve flashes then pulls back the data. Bank Beat: Terror finance disclosures by Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays; HSBC in Vietnam and Tehran. UN - Global: In Darfur, UN Gave Lockheed $12 Million No-Bid Food Contract, Leaked Minutes Show, Breakfast in Nyala. Enviro: Arkansas rivers, rubber bullets in Brazil. Bronx: Courthouse to lost charter school, predatory Wells Fargo, UN trees to NYBG?

3/3/08 -- CRA: Predatory lending, by GE in Russia, counting costs at Chase, Wells, HSBC, US Bank. Citigroup's branching games. Federal Reserve plays hide-the-application with Bank of America. Bank Bank: Wikileaks lives. UN -Global: In UN's Corporate Frenzy, Western Union Dismisses Boycott, Coke Exonerates Itself, UNICEF Plays Footsie. Enviro: Indiana Super-fund, Samsung cheap with oil. Bronx: Zip(per) drive on the Concourse

2/25/08 -- CRA: Predatory lending by GE Money in Russia and Australia, Citigroup's Department of Defense cards deal questioned. Federal Reserve remiss again on HMDA guidance. Bank Beat: In the face of bank-requested injunction, here's to www.wikileaks.de. UN - Global: UN Official Speaks of Punishing the Press, Alleging Cowardice, Ouster for 1 or 2 Critical Accounts. Enviro: ArcelorMittal's Kazakh negligence, NY utilities conflict. Bronx: Snowy dancing and hubcaps, years-old FOIL request

2/18/08 -- CRA: While GE Money exports predatory lending, risks of climate change called like those of subprime lending, more disclosure sought, Federal Reserve is a next target. Bank Beat: Commerce Bancorp's Hill talks trash, which TD Banknorth wants to buy. UN - Global: Google, Asked at UN About Censorship, Moved to Censor the Questioner, Sources Say, Blaming UNDP. Enviro: Texas smelter, Nepal fuel shortage. Bronx: Kosovo celebrations, "Death on UN Lawn Leaves Photos Unexplained"

2/11/08 -- CRA: Predatory GE Money moves offshore, Merrill cuts out, funds sleaze at UN, CitiFinancial's arbitration clause struck down. Federal Reserve's blind eye to Royal Bank of Canada's lending to pawnshops. Bank Beat: Santander bites Sovereign bullet, HSBC admits UK losses. UN - Global: UN's Lute Admits No-Bid Lockheed Deal Caused "Confusion," No Conflict of Interest in Iraqi Overlap. Enviro: Frisco sewage, Mexican biofuels. Bronx: Long lines and trees cut down in Fordham

2/4/08 -- CRA: Time and money spending by CitiFinancial in buy-offs; aboriginals gouged, Mizuho gored. Federal Reserve's Volcker goes for Obama. Bank Beat: Predatory expansion by GE Money in UAE, HSBC in South Korea. UN - Global: At the UN, George Clooney Says that in Lockheed Martin's Sole Source Darfur Deal, Mistakes Were Made; click here for video debate. Enviro: Dow's Michigan dioxin, France lusts for Spanish utility. Bronx: Slumlord jammed onto NY National Bank board

1/28/08 -- CRA: Royal Bank of Canada Conceals Fair Lending and Layoff Response to Merger Protest. Federal Reserve spooked by SocGen trader. Bank Beat: Merrill's arrogant Thain. Citigroup in India, GE's Money in Australia. UN - Global: Senate Report Confirms North Korea Violations of UNDP While Letting Wider UN, Kemal Dervis and U.S. Allies Off the Hook. Enviro: ConAg chased out of Clovis, BG Group on the brink in Brindisi. Bronx: Smuggling with Schmuger's Hardware.

1/21/08 -- CRA: Congress summons Citigroup's Chuck Prince. Predatory investor hired Greenspan of Federal Reserve, where Toronto Dominion starts over. Bank Beat: Lost info of GE Money consumers, Bank of America loses jobs, HSBC's bottom-feeding. UN - Global: After Botched Procurement in Burundi, UNDP Denied Documents to UK & Belgian Board Member, Who Was Then Hired. Enviro: DuPont, Xerox and Kodak's Rochester dumping; lead in Saudi pipes. Bronx: Bloomberg's radio claims, cop shop on the El

1/14/08 -- CRA: Bank of America makes mockery of 10% deposit cap, Countrywide's predatory profits. WaMu-Chase rumors. Federal Reserve puts Wells Fargo on "consumer" board, as Wells is sued by Baltimore. Bank Beat: GE's corporate welfare, Citigroup's subprime loophole. Terror money laundering at BB&T triggers miniscule fine. UN - Global: Tony Blair's UN Role May Conflict with New Job with JP Morgan Chase, UN's Subprime View. Enviro: Maryland fly ash; Nigerian gas flaring. Bronx: Food wars, hardware to Bathgate, Dion to Wall Street.

1/7/08 -- CRA: Protest to TD Banknorth grows; Citigroup sued for subprime. Federal Reserve admits communications chaos. Bank Beat: Foreclosure losses of National City, Keycorp, Fifth Third and Royal Bank of Canada soon. HSBC and tax. UN - Global: UN's Darfur Contract with Lockheed Troubles General Assembly, Of Coded Cables and Copters. Enviro: Kentucky mountaintop-removal; Uganda rainforest sell-off. Bronx: Bloomberg from Oklahoma closes day care center

12/31/07 -- CRA: Challenge to TD Banknorth - Commerce. CitiFinancial and HSBC's Household look at credit reports of non-applicants. Federal Reserve allows five year prepayment penalties. Bank Beat: Protest of Royal Bank of Canada's Alabama foray. UN - Global: After Bhutto's Killing, UN Statements Watered Down, Omitting Need for Speed and Rule of Law. Enviro: Sarin in the Blue Grass State. Bronx: Demographics and crime, redlining

12/24/07 -- CRA: Subprime evictions subject to spin in Deutsche Bank memo. Citigroup advocates for hard lenders AFSA.  Federal Reserve defends kids-gloves on YSPs. Bank Beat: HSBC's Colombian infusion, GE's investment in Brazilian oil search. UN - Global: UN Budget Approved, 142 versus U.S., Long Night's Saga at Ban Ki-moon's UN. Enviro: Missouri mergers, Mongolia moral rights. Bronx: Animals missing in Belmont, street hassles

12/17/07 -- CRA: UBS's subprime hit; Citigroup is shrinking, Ameriquest is late. Federal Reserve to punt on prepayment penalties. Bank Beat: Bottom feeding by HSBC, cards to be sold by GE to JPM Chase? UN - Global: Reticence to Vote Confines Kosovo to Private Meeting, No Room for Transparency on Budget or No-bid Contract. Enviro: Toxic tanks in NOLA, kebab crackdown in Beijing. Bronx: As Carrion Downshifts to Race for NYC Comptroller, Human Rights Disinvestment Balanced by Returns

12/10/07 -- CRA: In subprime shakeout, Delta Funding fails and Goldman scoops up Litton. HSBC's cards and GE's fraud. Federal Reserve wants cap on predators' liability. Bank Beat: Deals slow, TD Banknorth finally files for Commerce. Citigroup's SIVs. UN-Global: Behind Lockheed's No-Bid UN Contract, Condi Rice and UN's Guehenno in Late 2006. Enviro: Toxic ships in Baltimore, China's Myanmar dam. Bronx: Bloomberg shuts Bronx school on way to Bali

12/3/07 -- CRA: After claiming to be out of subprime, Bank of America and Wachovia announce write-downs. What will Federal Reserve do? Bank Beat: SIV shenanigans at HSBC and Citigroup; Japan GE bribes. UN - Global : UN Confirms Lockheed's Contracts of $36 Million in Congo, $250 M in Darfur, Questions Multiply. Enviro: Coal protest in Utah, Chilean oil rights. Bronx: Albanians on Arthur, mad music on 187

11/26/07 -- CRA: Subcrime sell-outs praise bottom feeders, exported by HSBC, rudderless Citigroup. Federal Reserve bank president Stern against over-regulation. Bank Beat: Singapore dismisses anti-money laundering and tax, General Electric dismissed human rights in Turkmenistan. UN - Global:  On UN's No-Bid Lockheed Contract, Russia Demands Investigation, Why Was Security Council Misled? Enviro: Toxins in NJ, global warming in Brazil. Bronx: Glimpses in American Gangster; some good news on South Brother Island

11/19/07 -- CRA: Predatory Lending Bill Draws Praise from Brokers, Analysis of H.R. 3915, Citigroup's decline. Federal Reserve governors stalled in Senate. Bank Beat: Spin of HSBC, Korean laundering talks, GE Money in Singapore,  UN - Global: UN Controller Called No-Bid Darfur Contracts a "Troubling Pattern," PAE Benefited in the Congo. Enviro: Able UK's asbestos, Kentucky gag order. Bronx: As Bloomberg Repeats Threat to Cease School UN Visits, Does Real Estate Explain? Bronx Footnote

11/12/07 -- CRA: Subprime Citi's fast buck Prince hits the road, H.R. 3915 slinks to House floor. Federal Reserve's Kroszner zeroes in on escrow. Bank Beat: U.S. seeks Iranian sanctions in Greece; GE Money trolls for Vietnam buy,  UN - Global: NATO Staff Designed Lockheed's No-Bid UN Contract, French and Legal Questions Arise. Enviro: Coal in Iowa, Idaho and Indonesia. Bronx: PR firms seek Astroturf support for congestion pricing, which diplomats avoid

11/5/07 -- CRA: Predatory mark-up predictions, HSBC documents release three years too late. Federal Reserve takes calls from Rubin of Citigroup. Bank Beat: Sleazy collections by Bank of America and GE. UN - Global: Behind Lockheed's No-Bid UN Contract, State Department Timing, DynCorp, Dissent. Enviro: Minnesota pesticides, UAE denials. Bronx: Visions from the train, slag heap and Typhoid Mary. Review: Bolton Memoir Settles Scores, Dishes Dirt, Ignores Kosovo and Uganda

10/29/07 -- CRA: Predatory lending in Hungary by Citigroup and GE Money. Federal Reserve's Kroszner defends sleazy securitizers. Bank Beat: Merrill's Wachovia outreach, sanctioning Iran's Saderat, Melli and Mellat. UN - Global: Lockheed Shifts Risks to UN in its No-Bid Darfur Contract, Yet To Be Disclosed. Enviro: Polycythemia in the Keystone State; Afghan herbicides. Bronx: Times follies, sadness of P.S. 205.

10/22/07 -- CRA: Subprime bailout fund pits JPM Chase against Citigroup, Bank of America spoofed by Guy Noir. Federal Reserve, not using it, loses it in Miller Watt Frank. Bank Beat: Strike by HSBC workers in Colombia. UN - Global: The $250 Million No-Bid Lockheed Contract for Darfur Mission Infrastructure that the UN Refuses to Disclose. Enviro: Vulcan's perchloroethylene, BHP Billiton seeks Falklands oil. Bronx: Two squibs in donor-gate, NYU's sell-out remembered.

10/15/07 -- CRA: In Subprime Sideshow, Paulson vs. Paulson in Proxy War, SIV sleaze. Federal Reserve: Greenspan's first class tastes. Bank Beat: Through revolving doors, money laundering lobbyists for Citigroup, GE Money, JPM Chase, Bank of America and Merrill. UN - Global: At the UN, Job Favors Cloud Management Audit, Issues Rise to 38th Floor, Investigator's Questioned but Mute. Enviro: W.R. Grace's sleaze; Cyprus sewage. Bronx: Trattoria, wings and B&N ejects those who question Vicente Fox. Review: Of Wine and Cyanide in Queens Plaza Gentrifying Museum of Fake Art -Modell's Magnate Makes Hipsters Gotta Go To MOFA

10/8/07 -- CRA: Flexibility by HSBC is overblown. Citigroup swallows Ameriquest. Federal Reserve talks ILC while Wal-Mart opens bank in Mexico. Bank Beat: Is Barclays for sale and will Bank of America buy it? GE puff piece by NYT. UN - Global: At the UN, Job Favors Asked and Given between Management and Chief Investigator, E-mails Show. Enviro: DuPont's dirty zinc. Bronx: Bloomberg's grants and rants from the S Bx; outer borough falafel. Review: Pere Portabella's circular take on Bach

10/1/07 -- CRA: Predatory cosmetic surgery loans by Citigroup, GE Money and Capital One, whose Larry Klane's head to Federal Reserve. Bank Beat: HSBC spreads to Peru, UAE and China. UN - Global: Big Eyes Over the Railing, Kouchner on Myanmar and Gbagbo, on War, on the Press, Sarkozy Excludes Non-French. Enviro: ADNOC oil slowdown; Baucus carbon offset.  Bronx: Late night street walkers, Wall Street profits

9/24/07 -- CRA: Consumers' data leaked by Citigroup on Lime Wire, HSBC closed Decision One. Federal Reserve's Greenspan closed his eyes on subprime. Bank Beat: Deal by GE Money for BPH. UN - Global: UN's Iraq Meeting Ends with Whimper, Wiesel Breathes Fire, Work and Japanese, Jerk Junkets Abound. Enviro: Schwarzenegger bites the bullet; capping Chernobyl. Bronx: Dead last in response time to fire

9/17/07 -- CRA: Re-opening space for Citigroup's predatory lending; Citi eyes an airline while Federal Reserve ignores Bank of America's compliance violations, including money-laundering. As Fed Releases Mortgage Study, Subprime Disparities Worsen at Citigroup, HSBC, Wells Bank Beat: Used car funding by GE Money in New Zealand, HSBC into Vietnam. UN - Global: UNDP's Dervis Foretells New Panel's Findings, Whistleblowers Left Exposed, Development Mis-served. Enviro: NRC visits Duke Energy, Iran-Turkey pipeline explodes. Bronx: Memories of burning, Bohemian over the bridge

9/10/07 --  CRA: Countrywide shifts its disparate subprime to bank (of America?), GE Money's take on the meltdown, Citigroup's warehouse sleaze, OKC horse. Federal Reserve wanna-be Larry Klane's HOEPA-rich eSmartLoan. Bank Beat: HSBC under attack, not yet for the right reasons.  UN - Global: Errors in Promises to Congress of UN Whistleblower Protection Go Uncorrected, Shooting Messengers. Enviro: DuPont toxins, Chernobyl's cesium-137. Bronx: Ferragosto and predators to the NYBD. Review: Manda Bala, frogs and ears in Brazil

9/3/07 -- CRA: With Subprime Hot Air in DC, Cold-Blooded Citigroup Buys Ameriquest. Federal Reserve's hands-off on consumer protection. Bank Beat: Barclays' predatory hungers come to cost it, HSBC into Korea, GE into Oil. UN - Global: In UN's Chad Preparations, Mystery of Tiger Team Dodged by France, Reverberates in Near-Empty Security Council. Enviro: ExxonMobil refinery suit; polluters behind 9/11.  Bronx: Bloomberg to the right on Bush on fair lending?

8/27/07 -- CRA: Countrywide's disparities inherited by Bank of America, while GE Money is frustrated by Japan's consumer protection. Federal Reserve meets with Dodd, hot air ensures. Bank Beat: Withholding of Royal Bank of Scotland's anti-money laundering policy overcome. HSBC eyes South Korea. UN - Global: At the UN, Whistleblower Loopholes Defended, Ban's Fragmentation Called Ludicrous (with video). Enviro: Citgo's oil spill, toxic mercury for gold mining in Guyana. Bronx: Leave the tamale sellers alone, looking at Mount Vernon

8/20/07 -- CRA: Royal Bank of Scotland files merger response on predatory deal with New Century. Dodd pegged in the crosshairs. Federal Reserve covers-up with rate cut. Bank Beat: Citigroup defends subprime, hides its costs. GE in Colombia. UN - Global:  Somalia Discussed As Journalists Are Killed, White Phosphorous Used --  (Somalia video here) Enviro: Cali pushes pollution to Mexico, and Vietnam. Bronx: We are not Westway

8/13/07 -- Greenspan's Shameless Cash-Out to Deutsche Bank Is a Sub-Crime, Consumers Complain  CRA: As BNP freezes, Dodd dodges. GE predatory in UK. Federal Reserve claims powerlessness. Bank Beat: Bank of America's payday lender sued. HSBC in China; Citigroup's soda. UN - Global: At the UN, Protesters Ask Ban Ki-moon to Do More to Help Free Hostages in Afghanistan. (and video) Enviro: Tesco's hot air. Bronx: Music fairs, de Panama and Sierra Leone. In UN - Bloomberg Fire Safety Stand-Off, Freedom of Information Is Lacking.

8/6/07 -- CRA: Bank of America evades questions from Federal Reserve, Larry Klane's false claims. Bank Beat: Fortis' dissed, Citigroup and TXU; HSBC funds "slave-driver" in Brazil. UN - Global: At the UN, Darfur Resolution's Ambiguity May Spell Trouble, Sudan Says It's Happy (and video). Enviro: EnCap's methane; E. Guinea Kyoto scam. Bronx: Methadone oblivion

7/30/07 -- Bank Beat: Challenge to Royal Bank of Scotland / Santander / Fortis application for ABN Amro. CRA: How many fair lending referrals? Will Federal Reserve take note of Santander's dealings with sanctioned Sepah? UN - Global: UN Mulls Banning Bloggers, Leaked Minutes Reveal, Fearing Coverage Not Easily Controlled. Enviro: Wicheta toxins, Belarus' gas bill. Bronx: Tattoo parlor opens, bike shop shuts down.

7/23/07 -- CRA: Blame for subprime lending losses cast by, and on, Federal Reserve. Volker-style investigation needed. Bank Beat: HSBC eyes Korea, GE stays only for corporate welfare. UN - Global: At the UN, Team Ban Accused of Undermining Africa, Leaking of Letter Is Counter-Charged. Enviro: Shell in Colombia, Illinois PCBs, Serbian ammonia. Bronx: Steam Pipe Incident Raises Underlying Questions, in The Bronx and at UN.

7/16/07 -- CRA: From Ameriquest, predatory notices. From HSBC, predatory spread to Vietnam. GE flees subprime, Nomura hurt by it. Federal Reserve faces loss of unused consumer protection functions. Bank Beat: New arrogance from Bank of America, while Citigroup looks to Toyko. UN - Global: In Somalia, Despite Mortars the Show Must Go On, For Funding (also on Reuters AlertNet, here). Enviro: Dupont's self-investigation, uranium in the Congo. Bronx: Zeppole war? Let the brother go.

7/9/09 -- CRA: Challenge to Bank of America - LaSalle. Federal Reserve pleases mortgage bankers, Citigroup and GE served by Fed's money laundering guru. FOIA harmed by Sen. Kyle. Bank Bank: UK FSA investigates GE Money for predatory lending, as HSBC expands it in Dubai. UN - Global:  At UN in July, China's Changed Position on Myanmar and Faith in Somali "Brothers" Among Tests. Enviro: Mongolian mines, oil merger blockage. Bronx compared to downtown Brooklyn nightlight, City Hall press corps notes

7/2/07 -- CRA: As regulators talk, predators continue. Mellon settles just after rubber-stamp by Federal Reserve, which money launders for North Korea. Bank Beat: Citi and GE in Chile and Guatemala, Wells Fargo dissembles. UN - Global:  At UNDP, Hunting Down Leakers and Whisteblowers' Photos, Hiding Disclosure Behind a Bored Board. Enviro: DuPont in C8 denial, Armenian copper-molybdenum mining. Bronx: Carrot juice and miniature NASCAR by Gun Hill Road

6/25/07 -- CRA: Subprime in Seattle. Federal Reserve spins. Bank Beat: BONY prepares Mellon cuts, HSBC accuse small consumers of money laundering in Singapore. UN - Global: In Ban's UN, Human Rights Arguments Can Be Ignored, Journalists Kept Out of the Club. Enviro: Blue birds nest in Seattle. Bronx: Shadows over Fort Apache stand-in

6/18/07 -- CRA: Bank of New York helps predators, looks the other way. Federal Reserve approves, and engages in money laundering too. Bank Beat: JPMChase's subsidized patriotism. Citi and Deutsche Bank face Parmalat trial. UN - Global: On Darfur, Mr. Ban Dislikes "Skeptical Reporting" While Questions Go Unanswered. Enviro: Bay State's ten toxins, Hyundai and Wartsila. Bronx: Fireworks; ads with BP as campaign contributions?

6/11/07 -- CRA: Regulator OTS Switches Republic Applications Dates for Subprime owner Merrill Lynch. Federal Reserve favors Citigroup in prospective India deal. Bank Beat: From predatory lending to mis-managing trusts, Deutsche Bank is under fire in courts in NY, Florida... and Ohio?  UN - Global: In Myanmar, Local UNDP Staff Must Tithe To Get and Keep Jobs, Yangon Insiders Say. Enviro: Dioxin in Florida, toxins in Chile. Bronx: Street fair with merengue, challenge to NYCB - Doral

6/4/07 -- CRA: Two thirds of Dodd's top 12 donors do subprime, Citi is #2; who hold stocks of Rent-A-Center. Federal Reserve meets more -- but not for consumers. Bank Beat: HSBC's secret toxins vs. its claims of carbon neutrality. UN - Global: At the UN, Dow Chemical Protesters Detained and Media Sent on a Blue Planet Run; UNDP Evasive on Myanmar Corruption. Enviro: Hungry Rio Tinto and Rubbertown. Bronx: Library branch chief says sayonara

5/28/07 -- CRA: Belated predatory lending action promised by HUD and Federal Reserve, which neuters CRA on Guam for ANZ: "Int'l loan sharks welcome." Nominee Betsy Duke's Wachovia problem. Bank Beat: Citigroup retail turmoil, GE South Pacific subprime. UN - Global: In Ban's UN, S. Korean Nationals Placed in Other UN Offices Avoid "Regular Procedures;" UN's Holmes Regrets Not Meeting Somalia's Hawiye Clan. Enviro: Honeywell toxins, Japan's whaling games. Bronx: Questions for MetroNorth, Arzu questions for the cops

5/21/07 -- CRA: Banker Described As Predatory May Join Federal Reserve, a Test for Senators. CRA: Bank of New York tries to withhold details of its subprime enabling, filed with the Federal Reserve despite money-laundering charges. Bank Beat: Questions arise if Wachovia does North Korea transaction; Citigroup predatory in Russia. UN - Global: On Darfur, Questions of Ban's Calls and Kazakh Plane Allegations Not Permitted; UN Withholds Nationality and Job Data Which Even Swiss Would Release. Enviro: Duke to burn coal in NC; toxins in Cambodia. Bronx: In Melrose, crushed for a crucifix

5/14/07 -- CRA: Stealth subprimer AIG hit for $128 million, what of Lehman Brothers? Citgroup's greenwash. Federal Reserve seat for Capital One and Deutsche Bank's Klane? Bank Beat: Chase's Dimon's Whisperings with Dow's Leveris. UN - Global: UN Counter-Terrorism at Crossroads, From Danish Cartoons to Sunset on Javier Ruperez. Enviro: ExxonMobil fined in Cali; in Nepal the lights grow dim. Bronx: Good doctor, bad doctor, chicken and greed

5/7/07 -- CRA: Dodd, funded by Citigroup, HSBC and Wells Fargo, says no law needed on subcrime. Federal Reserve delays action even on HOEPA. Bank Beat: BofA's petulant suing of ABN Amro, Gramm's UBS gets burned. UN - Global: DSG Migiro Says UNDP's Centrality Not Yet Decided, Condi Rice Theory; U.S. Highlights Bloggers at the UN, While Keeping Them from Amb. Khalilzad. Enviro: Lye in Massachusetts, lie in China. Bronx: Playground closure outrage, Cinco de Mayo in Belmont, Ridgewood's stiff upper lip

4/30/07 -- CRA: Pot accuses kettle, Citigroup calls for GE break-up. Wells Fargo and the defective bed loan. Federal Reserve's Gramlich spins on subprime. Bank Beat: The arrogance of BONY. UN-Global: UNDP's Audi(t); Somali TFG - Blackhawk Down connection. Enviro: Chevron's Arthur Kill; Uganda's DDT. Bronx: Drunken students stumble east to Crotona, simulacra

4/23/07 -- CRA: Prince of Citigroup Eyes Predatory Argent; problems at Wells Fargo Auto Finance. Bank Beat: Shred at Royal Bank of Scotland; Second comment on Bank of New York - Mellon, while Federal Reserve withholds information. UN - Global: Sudan's "White Plane" Was Bought From Russia; UN Rewrites Rwanda Genocide Exhibit. Enviro: Guam toxins, AIG plays cheap, post-Katrina. Bronx: BONY's disparities in boro it wanted to exclude

4/16/07 -- CRA: Predatory Lending in NY Compared to S&L Crisis, As Subcrime Disparities at Citi and JPMorgan Chase Worsen. Federal Reserve's Bernanke walks out on Cheney, invokes invisible hand. Bank Beat: Challenge to Mellon deal by Bank of New York, Enabler through Swaps and Caps of Predatory Lenders. UN - Global: At UNDP, Ad Melkert's Political Hiring Rivals Wolfowitz's; Ban Ki-Moon's 100 Days at the Helm. Enviro: Guam flim-flam; Palladium and acid rain. Bronx: Strike at Promesa, Inc.

4/9/07 -- CRA: Lending Disparities in 2006 at Citigroup, HSBC, Argent, GE, Chase, RBS and Other Large Banks. Wells Fargo cites Federal Reserve, which allowed subprime crisis. Bank Beat: Sloppy New Yorker Defense of Subcrime. UN - Global: Fijian Troops are "Rotated" to UN in Iraq through Loophole in UN Coup Response; UN's Africa Report Embraces Privatization of Banks. Enviro: Toxic sludge and loans in Carlsbad, toxic gas in Congo. Bronx: Around the HUB, no trains but hot dogs

4/2/07 -- CRA: Predatory Wells Fargo. Federal Reserve clings to the past. Bank Beat: GE Money Bank's Polish moves, HSBC's Iran exit. UN - Global: UNDP Officials Summoned to SDNY in N. Korea Case; UN Threats Against Dubai Corruption Whistle-Blowers Pose Test for Ban Ki-moon. Enviro: Murphy Oil pays in NOLA, Shell's nuclear loss in Nigeria. Bronx: Sears demolition and mashed plantains

3/26/07 -- CRA: Sen. Dodd Focuses on Brokers, HSBC Blames Its Victims, Citigroup Escapes. Federal Reserve, years late, dollars short. Bank Beat: Barclays Subprime hungers. UN - Global: Ahmadinejad No-Show Through Rashomon Lens, Finance Watch: Impact on Bank Sepah?  Enviro: Secret Delaware coal, Total oil bribes, Mozambique climate change. Bronx: MTA follies

3/19/07 -- CRA: Predatory lending notes, on Ameriquest layoffs, Citigroup opportunism, H&R Block's dreaming. Federal Reserve did nothing on New Century. Bank Beat: Wal-Mart drops ILC bid; GE Money talks of worldwide subprime. UN - Global: Questions of Iran Texts, At the IMF, Comment on Global Subprime Contagion Deferred. Enviro: Ohio radium; dam in Sudan. Bronx: St. Barnabas spread tuberculosis, schools threatened with closures.

3/12/07 -- CRA: Barclays' New Century sleaze, Patrick's Ameriquest call to Robert Rubin. Federal Reserve forgets Citigroup - AT&T conflict. Bank Beat: Deutsche Bank in Brazil, HSBC in Mexico, Chase in subprime, GE in Canada, Comerica leave Detroit behind. UN - Global: In Iran Talks, Hope to Shivering Reporters; Ban Ki-moon Dodges Mercenary Questions. Enviro: Qui tam in Denver, Russian corporate cops. Bronx: Movie reviews, Tremont and Bamako

3/5/07 -- CRA: Sleaze redux, Citigroup -Ameriquest and Arnall. Wells Fargo as predator. Federal Reserve: Despite foreshadow, slowdown for BofA means no need to rush. Bank Beat: GE Money spreads, while U.S. Bank echo in New Century meltdown. UN - Global: Suspending Operations in N. Korea, UNDP Slows Audit Called for by Ban Ki-moon; Darfur Falls Into Footnotes. Enviro: Honeywell haz mat, Nigeria oil tour. Bronx: Concourse mysteries, downtown paparazzi

2/26/07 -- CRA: Ex-journalist now defends CitiFinancial's fraudulent 21% loans; HSBC fires Household execs. Federal Reserve's Bies speaks up belatedly. Bank Beat: As U.S. predators fall, JPM Chase buys into UK subprime, Wells Fargo warns of layoffs. UN - Global: More Peacekeepers from Fiji, Cocheme Asked to Face Questions. Enviro: Study of Haz-Mat siting. Bronx: Spitzer's bank pick is TD and Citigroup insider, Sears takes sidewalk

2/19/07 -- CRA: Those who propped up Fieldstone included JPM Chase, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers. Philly v. Wachovia. Federal Reserve speaks on ad scams. Bank Beat: The arrogance of Bank of America, including on money laundering. GE's Subic call center; Citigroup in the desert. UN Global: Ban Ki-moon Wants Access to Darfur, Has Genocide Office Shortlist. Enviro: BP in Texas, oil and chivas in Ecuador. Bronx: Reviews of tacos and periodic paper

2/12/07 -- CRA: The meltdown of HSBC, abuse by Citigroup as OCC spins. Federal Reserve begrudgingly reconsiders Wachovia's subprime withholdings. Bank Beat: Muni-bond sleaze by Bank of America, also GE Money scams. UN - Global: Head of UN Pension Fund Ignores Investigation, While Whistleblower Speaks to ICP. Enviro: Nigeria oil corruption; KeyBank's Artic sleaze. Bronx: FedEx scams, dollar store daze

2/5/07 -- CRA: A near-dead predator revived? Citigroup - Ameriquest would mirror HSBC's Household. GE Money fined in Britain. Federal Reserve want to bend antirust rules. Bank Beat: Subprime animal JPMorgan Chase, money laundering by Bank of America, pre-US Trust. UN - Global: Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army in Sights of UN Security Council President, for Action on War Crimes. Enviro: Hired guns for LNG, Davos pittance. Bronx: Bee-line to Rent-a-Center

1/29/07 -- CRA: Barclays goes predatory, Ameriquest gets sued. Federal Reserve defends payday lenders. Bank Beat: Challenge to Bank of America - U.S. Trust. UN - Global: UNDP Backslides on Audits As Scope Expands to UNICEF, WFP, and UNFPA, FAO and U of Peace, DSA of Vitaly Vanshelboim. Enviro: Indiana ethanol, BP's Azeri gas. Bronx: Bad-mouthed in Georgia, arrested to the north

1/22/07 -- CRA: Using Experian, AIG's American General spies to prevent payoffs. Bank Beat: Barclays buys Regions' subprime and stadium naming rights. UN - Global: In the Face of UNDP Scandals, Ad Melkert Says "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." Enviro: San Diego pollution, Azeri repression. Bronx: Dissed again by elitist media, not BBC, but WYNC, on branches

1/14/07 -- CRA:  Predatory lending spread by HSBC, while CitiFinancial's wings clipped in Japan and Ireland; Ameriquest and Gates Foundation. Federal Reserve lets PNC whisper insider secrets. Bank Beat: Missiles and money laundering, U.S. at UN alleges; GE Money's Honduras deal. UN - Global: At UNDP, As Corporate Dealings Grow, Standards Are Lacking, With Coke and Cisco, Koc and Karimov. Enviro: ConocoPhilips oil flaring, Fiji's gold (mining) coup. Bronx: How and for whom is progress defined?

1/8/07 -- CRA: Predatory enablers of OwnIt included JPM Chase, Credit Suisse, Countrywide and Nomura. Bank Beat: The meltdown of HSBC, corporate welfare to GE Money in Hungary. UN - Global: Ban Ki-moon Demands Resignations, Then Won't Release the List; Kosovo Warnings. Enviro: Ohio solvents, Chevron in Ecuador. Bronx: Chicken wars in Hunts Point and decapitation

1/1/07 -- CRA: Predatory lending in Ireland, including by CitiFinancial. Challenge to PNC - Mercantile, beating Federal Reserve's absurd deadline. Bank Beat: The I-Kiosks of GE Money, a victim of HSBC. UN - Global: Inaction as Ethiopia Invades Somalia, UNDP's Dubious Russia Dealings. Enviro: Highway in Milwaukee, power plant in Chelsea. Bronx: Riverside park and James Brown's funeral

12/25/06 -- CRA: Subprime scoop picked up, now JPM Chase linked to OwnIt. Federal Reserve hides Citigroup's sins. Bank Beat: Even the City trashes HSBC's Household move. UN - Global: Mysterious Deletion from Iran Sanctions List, UN's Revolving Door. Enviro: Oak Ridge nukes, birds fooled in Finland. Bronx: Pro-development NY1 can't spell, bike lanes have holes

12/18/06 -- CRA: Philly vs. Wachovia, HSBC's subprime losses but RBS wants in. Federal Reserve lags even UK's FSA. Bank Beat: More Central American moved by Citigroup, Chase to sell Ameriquest; GE in China. UN - Global: UNDP's Ad Melkert Says He Will Finally Increase Transparency, Dodges Uganda Funding of Violent Disarmament. Enviro: DuPont toxins, California dumping. Bronx: The closing-down of Sears

12/11/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending by GE Money, in Singapore. Royal Bank of Scotland dissembles, and HSBC declines. Bank Beat:  ACC / Ameriquest sells off subprime auto unit, Deutsche Bank looks for a servicer. UN - Global: UNDP as Vanity Press, attacking independent media while withholding its audits. Enviro: Ohio nukes, Sakhalin blues, where are the banks? Bronx:  Foreclosures up, a Bronxite's death in Iraq, RIP

12/4/06 -- CRA: Irish loophole used by GE Money and CitiFinancial. HSBC covets predatory Champion. Federal Reserve sucks up to WaMu, ING and AmEx. Bank Beat: Who will buy Ameriquest? AIG takes subprime overseas. UN - Global: Taking a Look at UNDP, Brian Gleeson, Kalman Mizsei, Vietnam and Russia. Enviro: ConocoPhillips oil spill; Indonesia gas pipe explosion. Bronx: Meth labs and unlicensed shippers

11/27/06 -- CRA: Agencies' weak reactions to HMDA disparities, Wachovia's branch closing. Federal Reserve's Bernanke rides shotgun to China, free pass for Citigroup and BofA? Bank Beat: Capital One insider trading. UN - Global: UNDP Dodges Questions of Disarmament Abuse in Uganda and of Loss of Togo AIDS Grant, Dhaka Snafu. Enviro: Haz Mat Jazz and Tasmanian pulp. Bronx: Melrose Commons spreads blight. Review: Elite against I.F. Stone

11/20/06 -- CRA: National City and Chase take the money and run; subprime auto from Wells Fargo and Wachovia, for which a Philly fight is brewing. Federal Reserve blows off comments while mis-serving the public. Bank Beat: Predatory lending spread by Citigroup, HSBC and GE Money.  UN - Global: Nagorno-Karabakh President Interviewed, click here for the video. Enviro: Urenco moves the nukes; haz mat to Michigan. Bronx: Foot Locker Fire and Flushing

11/13/06 -- CRA: New Congress has oversight fodder in Chase - OCC, Federal Reserve's Capital One and Regions rubberstamps. Bank Beat: Foreign policy by HSBC, predatory GE Money spread. UN - Global: On Water, UNDP Talks Human Rights, While Enabling Violators; Deutsche Bank Collects USG. Enviro: Toxic waste in Gettysburg, GE's PCBs. Bronx: Broken Battery, park race debate in Times

11/6/06 -- CRA: Predatory expansion by Latin Citigroup and GE in the UK. Fed Watch: Capital One in the crosshairs? Bank Beat: Polish moves by HSBC and Fortis. UN - Global: Musical Chairs at the UN, U.S. Candidate for WFP Praises Mega-Corporations. Enviro: Jersey toxins. Bronx: Toxic political reflux. Review: Rory Stewart, Colonial Hipster

10/30/06 -- CRA: Payday lender and GE Money  head east to Asia, CitiFinancial misuses micro-credit card. Bank Bank: Pinochet's money-laundered gold found in HSBC?  JPM Chase chooses subprime for mortgages. UN-Global: A Tale of Two Americans Vying to Head the World Food Program, Banbury and Sheeran Shiner. Enviro: Mercury in Delaware, protests in Peru. Bronx: On Webster Avenue, slow busses and African movies and food

10/23/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending by GE Money and Citigroup in Japan, Provident in Hungary. Federal Reserve rubber-stamps Regions-AmSouth. Bank Beat: Wall Street goes subprime; Myanmar off FATF money laundering blacklist, no comment from U.S.. Global: As Turkmenistan Cracks Down on Journalists, UNDP Works With the Niyazov Regime. Enviro: ConocoPhilips fined for oil spill. Bronx: Kingsbridge musing, diss from New England

10/16/06 -- CRA: Subprime moves by Citigroup and Bear Stearns. Ameriquest impunity. Federal Reserve covers up predatory National City. Bank Beat: Latvian incursion by GE Money. In Abkhazia, money laundering alleged. UN - Global: Votes on North Korea and Slippery Eel; of Georgia and Sun Microsystems. Enviro: Texas toxins, nukes on the move, HSBC's green-washing.  Bronx: Fire musings on Valentine; Metro North's profiling by station location

10/9/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending by GE Money in Texas, by AIG in Utah. CitiFinancial in India. Federal Reserve's late questions to Wachovia and National City. Bank Beat. Terror money laundering by RBS and Credit Agricole. UN - Global: Darfur admissions, Gambian whitewash, UN SGs to disclose finances? Enviro: Citgo's Texas benzene; Three Gorges Dam displacement up to 1.4 million. Bronx: Forlorn Times, shelter jobs

10/2/06 -- CRA: Theft of consumer information by Citigroup, JPM Chase and Wells; subprime lending in Japan and Thailand by AIG; oily Snow. Federal Reserve sells out to Wachovia on Golden West. Bank Beat: IT at HSBC seized by predator, BofA money laundering. GE unregulated in Canada as well. UN - Global:  U.S. Candidate for UN's World Food Program May Get Lame Duck Appointment, Despite Korean Issues. Enviro: Illinois toxins. Bronx: MTA delays, global grocery is gone

9/25/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending whistleblower, and OCC punts on JPM Chase's branch closings. Federal Reserve gets snapshot of accelerating foreclosure rates by subprime National City. Bank Beat: Regions-AmSouth admit but hide assistance to payday and car title lenders, pawnshops to continue. UN - Global: On Darfur, Hugo Chavez Needs Time to Study, While U.S. Accuses (click here for ICP video). Enviro: Rubber-stamp on the Gulf Coast for Dupont. Bronx comes up at UN, while JPM Chase makes toxic loans

9/18/06 -- CRA: Predators for sale to I-banks. Citigroup as bad employer. Federal Reserve's Minehan talks subprime, with Board closes eyes to Regions-AmSouth. Bank Beat: Who's for sale? UN - Global: As UN's Annan Now Says He Will Disclose, Whether It Will Be to the Public Goes Unasked. Enviro: MBTE in Maryland, Nagorno-Karabakh and oil. Bronx: Dodging the health department and Britain's insults

9/11/06 -- CRA: Targeting of African Americans For High Cost Mortgages Grew Worse in 2005, While Federal Reserve Downplays Its Own Findings and (Fed Watch) excuses Credit Agricole's money laundering and rights violation. Bank Beat: Citigroup's duplicity, HSBC's belated disclosures, GE Money on the Pampas. UN-Global: Micro-States Simmer Under the General Assembly's Surface, a Vote on Nagorno-Karabakh. Enviro: As UN Checks Toxins in Ivory Coast, the Dumper Trafigura Figured in Oil for Food Scandal, with RBS and BNP Paribas as funders. Bronx: Ferragosto and faraway slander

9/4/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending in Australia by GE Money, by Ameriquest in Maryland. Will the Federal Reserve act as Wachovia spreads it overseas? Bank Beat: Sleaze by Citigroup is costing it. In name of anti-money laundering, North Korea is squeezed. UN-Global: Security Council President Condemns UN Officials Getting Free Housing from Governments, While UK "Doesn't Do It Any More." Enviro: Gaseous Kentucky, Port Harcourt in oil-driven flames. Bronx: Four Ballot Marking Devices = Voting Rights Act Violation

8/28/06 -- CRA: Cover-up of Federal Reserve's Mortgage Data Analysis, Which Citigroup Evades; Regions' AmSouth Sleaze. Bank Beat: Italian mega-merger; HSBC in Ukraine, GE Money's live Czechs, CitiFinancial in Poland. UN-Global: Inquiry Into Housing Subsidies Contrary to UN Charter Goes Ignored for Eight Weeks. Enviro: Manganese protests in Vietnam. Bronx: CDCs and gentrification, steam tables and hot sheet motels.

8/21/06 -- CRA: Challenge to Regions - AmSouth, including on Katrina Zone sleaze. Federal Reserve gets World Savings - Wachovia response on low-doc loans. Bank Beat: Partial FOIA win on HSBC, the fight continues. GE hungry for predatory loans in Hungary. UN-Global: Human Rights in Uzbekistan and Among Ship-Breakers in South Asia. Enviro: DuPont's C8 poison. Bronx: Targeted, gelato, sancocho and Organic Fertilizer.

8/14/06 -- CRA: Challenge to National City's subprime and FLA applications. Federal Reserve withholds Wachovia-solicited support letters to end of comment period. Bank Beat: Polish predatory Citifinancial, Czech's GE Money and HSBC hunts Takefuji in Japan. UN-Global:  Africa Can Solve Its Own Problems, Ghanaian Minister Tells Inner City Press, in Lebanon's Shadow. Enviro: Gas in Benin; Oak Ridge nukes on the move. Bronx: Loss of electrical power, rotting steel in 149 Street Station

8/7/06 -- CRA: Predatory lending spreads, by Citigroup in Hong Kong, GE Money in Singapore, and Chase in the suburbs of Atlanta. Federal Reserve allows duopoly by Wachovia and BofA in Florida. Bank Beat: Mergers in Ukraine. Global: UN Knew of Child Soldier Use by Two Warlords Whose Entry into Congo Army the UN Facilitated. Enviro: Beyond petroleum? BP's Indonesian gas and Alaskan whistleblowers. Bronx: Old folks swelter as the bus goes by.

7/31/06 -- CRA: Recent Golden West employee tells ICP of predatory practices, now in to Federal Reserve on Wachovia's application. Bank Beat: Stealth New Zealand moves by GE; the buying of power by HSBC, predatory into Brazil. UN-Global: As Congo Election Approach, UN Hastily Exonerates Itself. Enviro: Litigation abuse by Lockheed Martin; ExxonMobil's Sakhalin spill. Bronx: Hollywood does wild dogs; Clay chicken; gentrification on NPR

7/24/06 -- CRA: Protest filed to Wachovia - Golden West. Federal Reserve protects Wachovia, tries to impose FOIA fees. Bank Beat: Earnings roundup of Citigroup, Chase, BofA, and Wells, and HSBC and mining. UN-Global: UN Silent as Warlord who Kidnapped UN Peacekeepers Is Made Colonel in Congolese Army. Enviro: Sewage in Spokane, oil thefts in Iraq. Bronx: Lights out in housing projects and nobody cares; calumny and salsa on The Beach

7/17/06 -- CRA: Savings bank application by global bank Societe Generale, to buy mortgages, challenged by ICP. Predatory lending by RBS exposed in UK. Federal Reserve receives Wachovia - Golden West application; FOIA request submitted. Bank Beat: Export of predatory lending by HSBC to Brazil. UN-Global: Corporate partnerships with UN to be reviewed; Security Council's lawless votes. Enviro: Russian oil, Texas toxins. Bronx: Dominican street fair jumping, 187 less so

7/10/06 -- CRA: Solicitation of deposits by CitiFinancial. Faced with FOIA request on 200 disparate lenders, Federal Reserve withholds five feet of documents. Appeal to follow. Bank Beat: Synovus sleaze confirmed; GE Money lends on used cars in Latvia. UN-Global: North Korea Missile Test; UNDP Stonewalling. Enviro: Massey Energy and Wells Fargo, chopping off the tops of mountains. Bronx: Salsa and subway reviews

7/3/06 -- CRA: On predatory lending, the FDIC does very little, audit says. Federal Reserve delays FOIA response for 8 months. Bank Beat: Sleaze by Citigroup on CitiFinancial and Basel II. UN-Global: UNDP halts programs due to Ugandan army's abusive disarmament but questions remain. Enviro: Delaware toxins; Bolivia to sue Enron. Bronx: Death underground, condos high above.

6/26/06 -- CRA: On Regions - AmSouth, a call for a plan to serve the Gulf Coast, at last. Bank Beat: Countrywide dreams of deposits, while hiring from the Federal Reserve, which dissembles in Wachovia Freedom of Information Act appeal. Global: UNDP's undisclosed role in Uganda disarmament abuse. Enviro: Guam toxins; Sudanese oil games. Bronx: Webster's spine to 149.

6/19/06 -- CRA: The world is a ghetto, per UN-Habitat on way to Vancouver forum. HSBC now admits ripping off soldiers. Wells Fargo's two faces on HMDA. Chase branch closing games. Bank Beat: Challenge to Capital One-North Fork. BofA computer glitch? Federal Reserve ignores predatory lending by BB&T and others. UN-Global: ICP questions UN's Kofi Annan on FOIA and human rights. Enviro: Lead in NC; Haz Mat in Italy. Bronx: Anonymity blown on Fox Street; environmental confusion; Wal-Mart foreplay

6/12/06 -- CRA: Predatory tax Refund Anticipation Loans lie behind HSBC's stealth application to the Federal Reserve, which has delayed on 22 Inner City Press FOIA requests. Bank Beat: Mail on Wells Fargo and Citigroup in India. UN-Global: In Bolton's Wake, Speech and Silence at the UN. Enviro: Critique of EPA on Gulf Coast; Halliburton in Saudi. Bronx: Half the courthouse story, World Cup on the sidewalk

6/5/06 -- CRA: As with Wal-Mart, ICP Fair Finance Watch comments on Home Depot's bank attempt. Bank Beat: Rushing to Russia are Citigroup, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank, whatever the costs. Money laundering in Belarus. Federal Reserve so secretive for Wachovia it stops regulating. UN/Global: Reports on AIDS and pharma's power. Enviro: WMD in Indiana; a powerless nation, Niue. Bronx: Playgrounds plaything, no Thonx.

5/29/06 -- CRA: Challenge to Gulf Coast's Trustmark; more Ameriquest sleaze; JPMorgan Chase's Brooklyn disparities. Fed Watch: When is 25% not predatory? Excuses for money laundering by Santander. Bank Beat: Shorting its workers, Citigroup goes long with CitiFinancial. Global: Conflict Cocoa in Cote D'Ivoire but maybe no election. Enviro: GE in Oregon, gas plant in Rwanda. Bronx: The lye and fried chicken;