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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:
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; NYT cool in whose code?
5/22/06 -- CRA: Challenge to redlining info-loser Mercantile. Predatory NovaStar enabled by RBS, Wachovia and Deutsche Bank, not subject to Fed Watch while deeper into subprime. Bank Beat: Silence on money laundering from Citigroup and Deutsche Bank. At the UN/Global: Kinshasa Election Nightmares, from Ituri to Kasai. Enviro: Denver asbestos; copper mine in Peru. Bronx: Conde Nasty? Lack of Prospect Avenue follow-up, and wi-fi below Fordham Road
5/15/06 -- CRA: Delaware's FOIA shielded HSBC's predatory lending; report on appeal. Worsened disparities at BB&T; Capital Hill half-truths from OTS. Bank Beat: After Wachovia's Golden shower, might it be Wells Fargo - 5/3? Citigroup's high-flying predators. Fed Watch: Blind to money laundering in Japan, challenged on FOIA in court. Global: UN Human Rights Council Has Its Own Hanging Chads. Enviro: Toxins from Kentucky to South Africa. Bronx: Missing out on jobs, the Times selective vision
5/8/06 -- Wachovia - Golden State: disparities and fringe finance. CRA: State by state, JPM Chase's disparities. Citigroup's stealth subprime sleaze. Bank Beat: Office closings by HSBC; silence 'til closing by Sovereign. Bank of America's Latin hide-out. Federal Reserve punts on Chase-BONY. Global: Press freedom in Republic of Congo? Child labor litigations against UN Global Compact members Nestle and Cargill. Enviro: Toxic politics in Abkhazia and Transdniester. Bronx: Gentrification watch; pozole street fair.
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