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Backchannels Lies, damned lies, and LIBOR: Barclays, Diamond, and a devalued benchmark

The story of how Barclays tried to rig an interest rate benchmark called LIBOR, which cost CEO Robert Diamond his job today, may seem obscure. But it's the latest evidence of bankers taking every inch regulators leave to them.
Barclays scandal prompts furious public backlash in Britain

Barclays CEO Robert Diamond resigned today. As investigations of lending rate manipulation continue a government official says a 'culture that had flourished in the age of irresponsibility' must end.

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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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