Infamous

Dropping the (crystal) ball: This crisis duped executives and regulators
Statements given as the financial meltdown unfolded indicate how much its severity was misread. "Nobody could have predicted this," Wall Street pros like to say as they seek to absolve themselves for failing to foresee the financial system meltdown of 2008. Well, almost nobody at the top of the financial industry saw what was coming, that's for sure. Either that, or they were just flat-out lying to us along the way. Here, listed chronologically, are nominees for the most infamous pronouncements made as the crisis unfolded this year:
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2008 memories: Infamous moments from the meltdown
Money & Co. blog: How wrong were our financial leaders and regulators about the unfolding financial system crisis? This list of bloopers will remind you.
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With unearthing of infamous jail, Richmond confronts its slave past
Black and white residents walk together across the excavated site where tens of thousands were imprisoned while they waited to be sold. The place called Lumpkin's Slave Jail was indeed a jail, but it was much more than that. It was a holding pen for human chattel.
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Infamous Platforms launches line of powerful gaming computers
M&A Technology, a manufacturer of supercomputers and high-performance servers, announced today the launch of its new division, Infamous Platforms, which will offer gamers access to advanced computing technology that will run today’s most demanding video games. “Through its new Infamous Platforms division, video gamers can now benefit from M&A Technology’s 25 years of experience, deep knowledge ...
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M&A Technology Enters Video Games Industry with Launch of Infamous Platforms
Infamous Platforms launches with a comprehensive line of powerful gaming computers for the ultimate in video gaming and multimedia entertainment. M&A Technology, a leading manufacturer of supercomputers and high-performance servers, announced today the launch of its new division Infamous Platforms ( http://www.infamousplatforms.com ), which will offer video gamers access to advanced computing ...
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"MiniaTurk" aka Insanely Detailed Models of Infamous Structures
Cool, some photos of legendary buildings…oh, but wait. That person to the left seems to be rather large in comparison.
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DJ Whoo Kid & Snoop Dogg:Landy & Egg Nog
Snoop's Xmas isn't too bad, or too good according to O...
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Roy Greenslade: Bizarre saga of Telegraph's battle with The
There was an infamous occasion back in July 2006 when the Telegraph Media Group's chief executive Murdoch MacLennan made a concerted...
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'Audit was done within existing rules'
In its first official stand on the infamous Satyam fraud, accounting firm Pricewaterhouse on Thursday defended itself, saying it conducted the audits...
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CES 2009: See Sony’s Booth
Better yet, developers Guerrilla Games (Killzone 2), Sucker Punch Productions (inFamous), and SCEA Bend Studios (Resistance Retribution) are...
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TJX Maxx hacker sentenced to 30 years
...attackers involved is going to prison."Maksym Yastremskiy, the Ukrainian accused of being a key figure in the infamous TJX Maxx Wi-Fi hack of...
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The Krypton Factor 2009 S01E02 WS PDTV XviD-SPAREL
Each week four contestants are tested on their memory, logic and general knowledge, as well as enduring the infamous army assault course.
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