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Pensions Giant Joins £54M Gov't Housebuilding Partnership
by Gunnar Larson 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Pensions Giant Joins £54M Gov't Housebuilding Partnership <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256835?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Sam Tabahriti Pension Insurance Corp. has entered into a £54 million ($70 million) joint venture with a national developer and a government housing agency to build 3,000 low-carbon, affordable rental homes across England. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256835?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256835?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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European Union Overhauls Insurance Capital Regime
by Gunnar Larson 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

European Union Overhauls Insurance Capital Regime <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256884?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Martin Croucher The European Union said Tuesday it has signed off on its long-awaited overhaul of capital adequacy rules for insurers, which it said will likely boost economic investment and make the sector more resilient. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256884?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256884?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Forbes Loses TM For Some Financial Services In Europe
by Gunnar Larson 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Forbes Loses TM For Some Financial Services In Europe <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256243?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Hanna Vioque U.S. media company Forbes has partially lost a trademark over its name as European officials ruled that consumers might believe it was linked to investment firm Alexander Forbes. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256243?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256243?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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FCA Sets Out Final Rules To Simplify Bond Trade Reporting
by Gunnar Larson 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

FCA Sets Out Final Rules To Simplify Bond Trade Reporting <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256861?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Alex Davidson The Financial Conduct Authority set out on Tuesday final rules for publishing data on pricing and volume in bonds and derivatives more efficiently, with separate proposals to give asset managers greater flexibility on how to pay for investment research. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256861?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2256861?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Greensill Bank Says Marsh Can't Dodge Australian Litigation
by Gunnar Larson 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

Greensill Bank Says Marsh Can't Dodge Australian Litigation <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884438?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Joel Poultney Greensill Bank AG has said that it should be allowed to add Marsh to litigation in Australia linked to the wider group's collapse, arguing in a court filing that it is not bound by an English jurisdiction clause in its contract with the insurance broker. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884438?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1884438?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Re: [spam] Non-Canon Traffick Boss Spinoffs Reboot 3
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 06 Nov '24

06 Nov '24

> traffick boss is furious at the lemonade that is going to be served to > a visiting demigod from an alternative dimension that managed to > survive when he nuked it with a spacetime fractalization bomb and > convinced was sending a gift rather than an attack karl's consciousness part is the demigod T_T

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The U.S. Has Failed Its Children – In the Most Unconscionable Ways
by Gunnar Larson 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/11/the-u-s-has-failed-its-children-in-t… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: November 5, 2024 ~ U.S. Capitol With Storm CloudsYesterday, the National Association of Realtors released their annual Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. It showed that by the time Americans have saved enough money for a downpayment to buy their first home in America, they will be close to middle age. The study recorded the median age of first-time home buyers as the oldest in the history of the study, at 38 years of age. (In the 1980s, first-time home buyers were in their 20s.) At the same time the age of first-time home buyers was hitting a record high, the percentage of first-time buyers was hitting a record low – just 24 percent of the market in the latest survey. That is the lowest percentage share of first-time home buyers since the National Association of Realtors began conducting the survey in 1981. The study reminded us of a series of articles we had written previously on the plight of college and university students who had been become debt slaves to high interest student loans from the megabanks on Wall Street and saw a bleak future in terms of being able to buy a home or afford to have children. (See here, here and here.) In the series, we quoted a complaint filed with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by Allison L. of Rego Park, Florida, who had written about her loans from Citigroup’s Citibank as follows: “I have made over $110-125K in the past 4 years with working overtime as a nurse. My base pay is $59,000. I cannot keep this pace any longer. I do not own a home, and it seems that I never will. I have paid my credit card and student loan debt on time for the past 13 years. I have paid $50,000 towards my student loans, but $25,000 has gone to interest. I will end up paying at least double on my student loan money by the time it is over. This was not clear to me when I had initially borrowed the money. Now my credit card interest rates are too high for me to be able to pay for food and gas. I am thinking about filing for bankruptcy, but of course my ‘student loan’ debt is not dischargeable.” What Allison didn’t know about Citigroup was that as she was paying the megabank high interest rates on her student loans, it was secretly being bailed out to the tune of $2.5 trillion in cumulative loans from the New York Fed for its reckless mismanagement – with many of the loans made at ½ of one percent interest or less. For the 38-year olds who are finally able to afford to buy their own homes, they will increasingly have to worry about those homes washing away in a raging river from a flash flood caused by two feet of rain pouring down in a day’s time as a result of record-setting global warming and the U.S. hypocrisy on fossil fuels. Today, Kevin Crowley has a courageously honest report on the digital front page of Bloomberg News where he writes as follows: “Today, the US is producing more oil than any other country in history. Further increases to US output are planned next year and beyond, no matter who prevails in the presidential election….” “The US now produces nearly 50% more oil each day than Saudi Arabia….” “…the US recently became the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, jumping ahead of Australia and Qatar after flooding the market at home. American gas executives are scouring the world for new markets, locking buyers into fossil fuels for decades to come.” How did the United States of America, with 435 elected representatives in the House and 100 elected senators in the U.S. Senate, become a slave to the fossil fuel industry? We explained it as follows in 2022: “Imagine a country that allows a private fossil fuels conglomerate (or its billionaire boss, Charles Koch, the 17th richest person in the world according to Forbes) to get away with the following: Meet secretly with big political donors twice a year to plot a coordinated strategy to put their chosen people in public office; Meet at his private club with a sitting Supreme Court justice who will then rule on key legislation that benefits his interests; Fund an organization that then sluices money to the wife of the Supreme Court Justice; Run a highly sophisticated voter registration database, data mining and get-out-the-vote operation called i360, in order to pack Congress with people who will pursue an antiregulatory agenda; Install dozens of its lawyers and operatives into the highest offices of the federal government; Run a sprawling, opaque trading operation that could potentially be raising the prices of the fossil fuel products it sells via the futures market; Continue to operate major factories in Russia, ignoring sanctions and a murderous regime waging an unprovoked war on Ukraine, until a pressure campaign forced it to say it will look for an exit strategy; Fund a sprawling network of taxpayer-subsidized front groups to deny climate change and foment hate; Provide funding to groups involved in sending a mob to attack the seat of government of its own home country on January 6; Fund groups that use dark money and propaganda to put lifetime justices on the highest court to pass legislation friendly to the fossil fuels conglomerate.” This is the future we have charted for our children and grandchildren. It’s enough to make you sick to your stomach – but is it enough to make you demand change?

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Ohio Justices Tap 3 To Mull Suspension For Indicted Mayor
by Gunnar Larson 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Ohio Justices Tap 3 To Mull Suspension For Indicted Mayor <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256356?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> By Ryan Harroff The Ohio Supreme Court appointed three retired judges Monday to decide whether East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King should be suspended in light of his felony indictment for allegedly using his position to funnel public funds to his own companies. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256356?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256356?nl_pk=4126fe73-…>

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Ex-LA City Hall Lobbyist Dodges Jail For Bribery Scheme
by Gunnar Larson 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Ex-LA City Hall Lobbyist Dodges Jail For Bribery Scheme <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256609?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> By Craig Clough A California federal judge Monday sentenced a former Los Angeles City Hall lobbyist to six months home confinement for his role in conspiring to bribe a then-city councilmember, telling the defendant he started the day planning to sentence him to prison but changed his mind after hearing his "sincere" comments. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256609?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/2256609?nl_pk=4126fe73-…>

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Whistleblowers Win Cut Of Medical Kickback Settlement
by Gunnar Larson 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Whistleblowers Win Cut Of Medical Kickback Settlement <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2256688?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> By Lauren Berg Three whistleblowers who tipped off the federal government to a medical device company's multimillion-dollar kickback scheme are entitled to a cut of the $3 million in False Claims Act settlements paid by surgeons who admitted participating in the sham consulting ploy, a Boston federal judge ruled Monday. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2256688?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/health/articles/2256688?nl_pk=6422bbc2-a823-4be5-9a9…>

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