LIBOR loves Robmoney

[Truthmatters]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/u...tt-romney-in-banking-scandals-glare.html?_r=2


London Fund-Raisers Put Romney in a Scandal’s Glare

By MICHAEL BARBARO and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE

Published: July 20, 2012


They were envisioned as low-key, across-the-pond fund-raisers that would allow Mitt Romney to extract campaign cash from expatriates in London by night as he played statesman by day.



But the two receptions that Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, will hold for donors next week during a swing through Europe are turning into an ill-timed public relations headache for him.

Several of the events’ hosts are top executives at banks tied to the interest rate-fixing scandal that is now engulfing London’s financial and political world, linking Mr. Romney, however superficially, to a messy moment in the continuing debate over Wall Street excesses.

The British and American authorities are examining the role of more than 10 banks in the possible manipulation of key interest rates that affected how consumers and companies borrowed money around the

 

[Rat in the Hat]

How many different threads do you intend to start about LIBOR????

 

[Truthmatters]

as many as I want

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Google: Tim Geithner LIBOR Scandal

True Story!

 

[Rat in the Hat]

as many as I want

So you're admitting to spamming the board.

Kewl.

 

[Truthmatters]

oh did you already know robmoney has possible felons on his fundraising team?

 

[Truthmatters]

The former chief executive and a top lobbyist for Barclays, the bank at the center of the scandal, helped organize a Romney fund-raiser. The former chief executive, Robert E. Diamond Jr., has since withdrawn his name as the event’s co-host. The bank’s lobbyist, Patrick J. Durkin, remains a co-chairman: he has bundled $1.1 million for Mr. Romney from friends and business associates, more than any other lobbyist, according to federal records.

In late June, Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to resolve accusations that it had tried to manipulate rates to benefit its bottom line. Shortly after, Mr. Diamond resigned from his position.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/u...tt-romney-in-banking-scandals-glare.html?_r=2

 

[California Girl]

TM proves, yet again, that she has no fucking idea what LIBOR is.

 

[Truthmatters]

cali why do you never have anything of substance to say?

 

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[California Girl]

The former chief executive and a top lobbyist for Barclays, the bank at the center of the scandal, helped organize a Romney fund-raiser. The former chief executive, Robert E. Diamond Jr., has since withdrawn his name as the event’s co-host. The bank’s lobbyist, Patrick J. Durkin, remains a co-chairman: he has bundled $1.1 million for Mr. Romney from friends and business associates, more than any other lobbyist, according to federal records.

In late June, Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to resolve accusations that it had tried to manipulate rates to benefit its bottom line. Shortly after, Mr. Diamond resigned from his position.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/u...tt-romney-in-banking-scandals-glare.html?_r=2

If you have evidence against the individuals concerned, let's see it. It's a fucking bank, you delusional freak... it employs well over 150,000 people.... not all of them are guilty. In fact, most of them are just trying to earn a living.... unlike you, you lazy assed slum landlord.

 

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[Katzndogz]

Geitherner on the other hand is up in the scandal to his neck.

 

[Truthmatters]

Bob Diamond (banker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[syrenn]

Bob Diamond (banker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Truthmatters]

man so many facts you just cant erase with your "your a poopy pants" efforts.

 

[Truthmatters]

Bob Diamond (banker) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Edward "Bob" Diamond Jr. (born July 27, 1951)[4] is an American banker and former group chief executive of the British bank, Barclays Plc.[13]

He was chief executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management, comprising Barclays Capital, Barclays Corporate and Barclays Bank. Diamond was executive director of the boards of Barclays Plc and Barclays Bank Plc and had been a member of the second largest British-based banking group's Executive Committee from September 1997 until July 2012. He joined the firm in the summer of 1996.[14]

Bob Diamond was voted the 37th in the New Statesman’s annual survey of the world's 50 most influential figures Who Matter 2010.[15]

From October 1, 2010, Diamond became Deputy Group Chief Executive.[16] He succeeded John Varley as Group Chief Executive on January 1, 2011.[17]

Diamond resigned as chief executive of Barclays on July 3, 2012, following controversy over manipulation of Libor interest rates by traders employed by the bank.