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The Economist on the Libor scandal
What happened and why it matters
By Ryan Chittum Jul 6, 2012 at 02:08 PM
If you haven't paid much attention yet to the Libor scandal, this Economist piece will get you caught up quickly.... More
Audit Notes: Bloomberg on Libor, “can’t find workers” in the WSJ
At least 34 traders are under investigation in the widening scandal
By Ryan Chittum Jul 20, 2012 at 12:57 AM
Bloomberg names names in the Libor investigation, reporting that at least 34 traders from more than a dozen banks are... More
Audit Notes: Ignoring Libor, Barron’s, rich kids and TV news
ABC and NBC evening newscasts ignore the huge scandal in its first two weeks
By Ryan Chittum Jul 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple points to Media Matters research that shows ABC's and NBC's nightly newscasts completely ignored the... More
Audit Notes: Libor Rain Man, fraud without fraudsters, George Will on TBTF
The Journal spotlights an RBS banker at the center of the scandal
By Ryan Chittum Feb 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Wall Street Journal's David Enrich has some great reporting on Tom Hayes, the RBS banker at the center of... More
Audit Notes: Singing on Libor, another bank scandal, Star Tribune
The NYT on how banks are turning each other in
By Ryan Chittum Aug 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times, in a good page-one story, reports that giant banks are selling each other out trying to... More
Audit Notes: Spain’s Dilemma, Brits’ outrage on Libor, Audit Radio
Martin Wolf on how the country’s woes show the roots of the euro crisis
By Ryan Chittum Jul 3, 2012 at 01:32 AM
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times has an excellent blog post pointing out how wrong Germany and Co. are about... More
Audit Notes: WSJ Libor scoop, Business Insider, reader revenue
Deutsche Bank made big money betting on the rigged rate
By Ryan Chittum Jan 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
The Wall Street Journal posts an interesting page-one report on Deutsche Bank and the big profits it made betting on... More
The corrupt City culture behind the Libor scandal
The Wall Street Journal’s excellent investigation digs up the dirt
By Ryan Chittum May 3, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In the real word, big conspiracies are hard to maintain. People talk. Disagreements develop. Word tends to get out. But... More
The Libor Lag
Why are investigators only now looking into things that happened three and four years ago?
By Ryan Chittum Mar 16, 2011 at 07:12 PM
The business papers all report news that the Department of Justice, SEC, and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (and apparently other... More
The Libor lie unravels
A big win for the business press
By Ryan Chittum Jun 28, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Way back in September 2007, the Financial Times's Gillian Tett started raising questions about the benchmark London Interbank Offered Rate—Libor—a... More
The WSJ Editorial Page and the Libor scandal
Blaming everybody but the bankers
By Ryan Chittum Jul 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM
When wrongdoing by Big Business is in the news, you can usually count on the WSJ editorial page to do... More
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