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Bankers
'The world's most important number' and the man who manipulated it
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 21, 2017
LIBOR is the interest rate that sets other interest rates. 'The Spider Network' tells how a British banker nudged it to make a lot of money.
Not even bankers can predict Puerto Rico's fiscal future
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2016
The people whose job it is to know what's going to happen in the markets are in the dark.
How the Fed became a Central Superbank
Aug 20, 2014
Is it a bird? Its it a plane? No! It's the Federal Reserve!
An end to vulgar bankers
May 16, 2014
Deutsche Bank warns traders to stop being ‘boastful, indiscreet and vulgar.’
Young Wall Street heads to Silicon Valley
by
Molly Wood
Feb 28, 2014
Many would-be bankers are heading west.
Maggie Walker: Banking and civil rights
Feb 27, 2014
Walker was a bank president, newspaper editor, and fraternal leader.
For public good, not for profit.
Investment bankers don't approve of casual Fridays
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 2, 2013
Barclays gets super-casual Fridays -- sneakers and jeans allowed -- but old-time bankers aren't impressed.
A little alchemy to save the global economy
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 10, 2013
In Neil Irwin's new book, "The Alchemists," central bankers conjure magic to bolster their economies after the financial crisis of 2008.
Why Wall Street pay won't be curbed, ever
Feb 28, 2013
The European Union sparked a bankers’ revolt when it moved to curb their bonuses. Despite Americans’ dismay with Wall Street, caps won’t happen here.