Alex Schaefer, a California artist, has tapped into some of the frustration with the financial system via a visual statement: a series of paintings of burning banks. His reasoning: Schaefer tells The Los Angeles Times that his painting is a “visual metaphor for the havoc that banking practices have caused to the economy.” Works for [...]
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Bank Of America Ranks First In Something
September 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · all ur bankz, fail
Taking the award for the most layoffs so far this year, a title previously held by Merck – it’s Bank of America ($BAC)! They’ve confirmed 30,000 layoffs: “As the decisions are implemented, employment levels in the areas under review during Phase I are expected to be reduced by approximately 30,000 jobs over the next few [...]
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Bernanke: Gold Isn’t Money, Gold Is Tradition
July 13th, 2011 · 21 Comments · all ur bankz, bailout, bernanke, breaking news, commodities, fail, markets
Ben Bernanke tells Ron Paul that gold isn’t money, gold is tradition.
Citi’s Reverse Split – We Saw What You Did There
May 8th, 2011 · 5 Comments · all ur bankz, bandit
^Not investment advice, just lulz. It’s been a while since we’ve turned our attention to the Bandit, but you can’t possibly have thought we’d let this one go by without comment. While Citi may not have discovered the art of turning lead into gold, they’ve figured out a way to make their share price increase [...]
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Believe In Your Bank: The Bankfail Irony Edition
April 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · all ur bankz, fail
First National Bank of Central Florida – whose web site is titled “Believe In Your Bank” is shut down! Delicious bankfail irony!
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