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Lucy Kellaway mentioned this Gazprom corporate anthem in her FT column today. So I checked it out, and determined that it must be shared:
I’ve long been a big fan of Pricewaterhousecoopers’ “Your worlds, our people” (if anybody has a link to an actual recording of that, let me know.) But this may top it.
Thursday’s $25 billion foreclosure settlement received praise from some consumer groups, but the reaction was not all positive. One detail of the deal that has raised questions and concerns is reports that the five major U.S. banks will get credit for principal reduction of mortgages they do not own. While the fine print of the plan has yet to be released, mortgage investors fear they will be forced to write down the value of their holdings.
A powerful member of Congress is under investigation for possible insider-trading violations, following a series of reports detailing how lawmakers benefit from high-level information they receive during the course of their jobs. Rep. Spencer Bachus, an Alabama Republican, faces an inquiry by the Office of Congressional Ethics over his trading activity, including bets he made against the financial markets at the height of the 2008 banking crisis, when he was receiving closed-door briefings from top officials describing the severity of the situation.
