Money & Markets – Week of 12.08.13

Vatican Clean-Up ‘Has Not Sorted Out Scandal-Hit Bank and Asset Managers’
The Guardian| 12 December 2013
The Holy See’s regulators had not done full inspections of the Vatican bank or of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, which manages the papacy’s assets…

Treasury Loses $10.5 Billion on GM Bailout
The Hill| 09 December 2013
The Treasury Department sold off its remaining stake in General Motors on Monday…

Occupy Google: Income Inequality Backlash Hits Silicon Valley
Yahoo! Finance | 10 December 2013
Simmering class tension in San Francisco hit a new level yesterday…

Will Your Clients or Customers Pay in Bitcoin?
AICPA | 06 December 2013
In celebration of the AICPA’s 125 anniversary last year, we produced a powerful retrospective…

Unemployment Drop Boosts Fed QE Taper Speculation
Bloomberg | 06 December 2013
The jobless rate dropped to a five-year low of 7 percent in November as American employers added more workers than forecast…

WTO Agrees Global Trade Deal Worth $1 Tn
BBC News | 07 December 2013
In Bali the 159 member World Trade Organisation has announced a new trade agreement…

Finding The Next Samsung
Forbes | 27 November 2013
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Joohee An, fund manager for Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments, should be pleased…

Almost a Third of Bank Tellers Rely on Public Assistance
Undernews | 06 December 2013
Almost a third of the country’s half-million bank tellers rely on some form of public assistance to get by, according to a report…