Money & Markets – Week of 09.28.14

Meet the Prison Bankers Who Profit From the Inmates
Time | 30 September 2014
With the ultimate captive markets, prison bankers and state jailers make money off high fees for financial services…

Investors Head for Exit as Commodities Extend Slump
Bloomberg | 30 September 2014
Investors are betting that the worst isn’t over for commodity prices that already are the lowest in five years…

Hong Kong Dollar, Stocks Retreat Amid Protest Crackdown
Bloomberg | 29 September 2014
Hong Kong’s stocks fell the most in almost three weeks…

Oil and Gas Company Debt Soars to Danger Levels to Cover Shortfall in Cash
The Telegraph | 11 August 2014
Energy businesses are selling assets and took on $106bn in net debt in the year to March…