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Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan Steps Down (#GotBitcoin?)
[caption id="attachment_9353" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Elizabeth Warren On Tim Sloan Leaving Wells Fargo: 'About Damn Time'[/caption] General counsel, C. Allen Parker, will be interim CEO as bank searches externally for permanent chief. Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan Steps Down (#GotBitcoin?) [caption id="attachment_9354" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Elizabeth Warren On Tim Sloan Leaving…
Wells Fargo, A Legal, Government-sanctioned Criminal Enterprise (#GotBitcoin)
This is a personal accounting of what's happening with me at Wells Fargo Criminal Enterprise And Banking... Wells Fargo, A Legal, Government-sanctioned Criminal Enterprise (#GotBitcoin) This Is Censorship By Wells Fargo. Obviously, they Didn't Like It When I Posted Information About How Crooked They Are. Like The 17Billion Dollars In…
Equifax And FICO Team Up To Sell Your Financial Data To Banks (#GotBitcoin?)
Partnership is an effort to diversify beyond the nuts and bolts of credit reports and scores. Equifax And FICO Team Up To Sell Your Financial Data To Banks (#GotBitcoin?) Two consumer-credit giants plan to start working together to sell consumers’ data to banks, the latest attempt to feed banks’ appetite…
Venmo To Users: If You Owe Us Money, We’re Coming For It (#GotBitcoin?)
The payments service is trying to curb its losses, but some users say Venmo is going after the wrong people. Venmo To Users: If You Owe Us Money, We’re Coming For It (#GotBitcoin?) Venmo, the digital money-transfer service operated by PayPal Holdings PYPL +0.07% Inc., is ratcheting up pressure on…
Hundreds of Millions Spent on Racehorses Based on False X-Rays, Buyers Claim (#GotBitcoin?)
Bobby Flay, George Soros and the sheikh who rules Dubai helped push proceeds past $377 million last year for the most important annual sale in the thoroughbred industry. But behind the ebullience, trouble was brewing. Hundreds of Millions Spent on Racehorses Based on False X-Rays, Buyers Claim (#GotBitcoin?) Last September,…
Cargo Ships Fire Sends Thousands Of Luxury Autos To The Sea Bottom (#GotBitcoin?)
Companies point to mislabeled, mishandled dangerous goods as likely source of unusual spate of fiery, costly incidents since last year. Cargo Ships Fire Sends 2k Luxury Autos To The Sea Bottom (#GotBitcoin?) The international shipping industry is wrestling with a spate of fires aboard vessels at sea in recent months…
How To Beat The Credit-Card Companies At The Rewards Game (#GotBitcoin)
The Points Guy, a rewards-card review site, enjoys a lucrative symbiotic relationship with banks. How To Beat The Credit-Card Companies At The Rewards Game (#GotBitcoin) A recent party in Manhattan had the trappings of a hot ticket, including a red carpet, a drag queen and a former “Real Housewives” star.…
Inverted Yield Curves And What Know You Need To Know (#GotBitcoin?)
Long-term bond yields plunging below short-term ones is a good predictor of Fed rate cuts and an economic slowdown or a recession. Inverted Yield Curves And What Know You Need To Know (#GotBitcoin?) The market’s most-reliable recession indicator is finally flashing red. With the Treasury yield curve inverting on Friday—the…
Retrocausality: Can the Present Affect the Past? (#GotBitcoin?)
The entire field of becoming is open and accessible; past and future coexist in the eternal now. Retrocausality: Can the Present Affect the Past? (#GotBitcoin?) ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj The present moment is the source of a chain of interdependence. This absolute point includes all changing phenomena, all impermanent existence, the…
The Faithful Are Considering Abandoning The Church (#GotBitcoin)
Thirty-seven percent said they were questioning this year whether to remain part of the church, up from 22% in 2002. The Faithful Are Considering Abandoning The Church (#GotBitcoin) More than a third of U.S. Catholics say the sexual abuse crisis rocking the Catholic Church has made them consider leaving the…
Dream Vacations: The New Age of Sleeper Trains
Good news for train romantics: The once-endangered sleeper is back on track. Here’s where—and why—you should ride the midnight express. Dream Vacations: The New Age of Sleeper Trains (#GotBitcoin?) [caption id="attachment_9213" align="aligncenter" width="415"] Artist Daniel Sean Murphy Constructed This Night Train And Its Mountainous Setting Entirely Out Of Paper.[/caption] …
Is Elite College Worth It? Maybe Not (#GotBitcoin?)
Wealthy parents who spend heavily to get their kids into top schools aren’t giving them as big an advantage as commonly thought, research shows. Is Elite College Worth It? Maybe Not (#GotBitcoin?) We’re told ad nauseam that college is the key to success. Is it any wonder that some parents…