Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ever get off the ground?

Latest on loan limit debate in Washington. Now to Nov 18 is key.

Sunday links: latest on Greece, jobs, blogging, Wall St lies

This is going to get uglier. MF Global was what is called a FCM (Futures Commodities Merchant.) It was a major player in the options and futures business. Apparently they made a big bet on Eurozone debt which turned out to be a disaster. When they tried to sell the company to another FCM it [...]

Here’s an Occupy Wall Street graphic OnlineMBA sent me. And below are a couple of my previous posts and photos on OWS.

Stocks were down and rates/bonds nearly flat on the day after Greeks rioting to protest more austerity, and investors await outcome of Eurozone crisis talks. Economic fundamentals are back seat for now. Links below.

Good video by political cartoonist Mark Fiore. Voiceover as ending credits roll is best part.

Like most, I started with a sarcastic (but hilarious) view of Occupy Wall Street: joint addled hippies decrying capitalism, lots of anger, no plan. Having spent the day at OWS base camp in New York’s Zuccotti Park Monday, I realized it’s not just hippies and the anger is real.

Pictures taken at Occupy Wall Street base camp in Zuccotti Park October 10.

Pictures taken at Occupy Wall Street base camp in Zuccotti Park October 10.