Tag Archives: 2008

Anti-Fur Activists Target Pamela Skaist-Levy Of Skaist Taylor At Her Beverly Hills Home (PHOTOS)

This story comes courtesy of Dog Park Media.By Leighton WoodhouseJuicy Couture, the brand that built a fashion empire out of rhinestone-studded velour track suits with “Juicy” emblazoned across the ass, became a darling of animal lovers in 2008 when it pledged to go fur-free.Read More…
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Kurt Loder on Killing Them Softly

The concept of organized crime as a dark
mirror image of American capitalism was firmly established in
The Godfather 40 years ago. But as Kurt Loder observes, it
seems to be a hot new idea for writer-director Andrew Dominik, who
beats it to death throughout his new movie, Killing Them
Softly. The picture is a talky noir set in the meltdown year
of 2008 starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, and James Gandolfini. It’s
littered with Obama campaign sound bites and radio bank-bailout
reports, and the thudding political allegory keeps poking you in
the face while you’re trying to keep track of the story. View this article.

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Did Citigroup defraud billions from Abu Dhabi?

This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Wikileaks, the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi sent a communication to the U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Treasury on Read More

U.S. Admits Its Surveillance ‘Circumvented the Spirit of the Law’

A senior aide to the U.S.’ top intelligence official has admitted that unspecified recent government surveillance efforts “sometimes circumvented the Read More

Barclays CEO Resigns as Bank Frames a Defense – New York Times

New York TimesBarclays CEO Resigns as Bank Frames a DefenseNew York TimesBy BEN PROTESS and MARK SCOTT Carl Court/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The bank's headquarters in Canary Wharf in East London. When Barclays bank manipulated key interest rates to bolster profits during the 2008 financial crisis, …King Succession Race for BOE Roiled as Libor Furor RagesBloombergWhat if Barclays hadn't lowered Libor submissions?ReutersBOE's Tucker Requests Hearing at UK Libor ProbeBusinessweekBBC News -Forbes -The Associated Pressall 7,391 news articles » Read More