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Aug. 6, 1999 News Feature
Off The Bookshelf
Short reviews of recently published books
"...funeral parlor, Marcus Goldman founded one of the greatest banking enterprises of the twentieth century." Make that one of..."
April 16, 1999 Books Feature
Opinion: Austin Can Do Better Than Crypto
As a city that values equity, we shouldn't prop up an exploitative scam
"...not hucksterism. The crypto industry needs federal securities and banking regulation. At every level of government, we need to..."
March 18, 2022 Column by Mike Siegel
How the Democratic Primaries Could Affect Down-Ballot Races in Austin
See what happens when the circus is in town
"...of wave of new voters that Sanders, especially, is banking on this time...."
Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Cuisine From Spain, Salt From Iceland, Whiskey From Scotland
This past week, the best things came in a sequence of three
"...BBVA – that’s Spanish banking conglomerate Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria – decided it was..."
Oct. 31, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Democrats and Their Campaign Teams Train Up to Turn Texas Blue
The Texas Democratic Party focuses on flipping the state as early as 2020
"...area who just recently got her start block-walking and phone-banking for the O'Rourke campaign in 2018. "My background is..."
Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Roxy Bonafont
City's Racism Task Force Unveils Report
Group focuses on five issues to combat institutional racism
"...tackling five interrelated issues: criminal and civil justice; finance, banking, and industry; education; real estate and housing; and health...."
April 4, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma
John Wick: Chapter 2
The body count increases exponentially in this new installment
"...showing the inner workings of the international phone and banking network that gets set in play as soon as..."
Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Vacation
Rude and crude; make other vacation plans
"...Banking on the nostalgia factor, the filmmakers err in making..."
July 31, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Public Notice: First, Do No Harm
Council dives in
"...5: Comprehensive Plan / Imagine Austin; Housing (including land banking, bonds, Section 8 vouchers)..."
Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro
A Most Violent Year
Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain anchor this simmering drama set in the semi-lawless New York City of 1981.
"...suspenseful unlikely scenarios – the blackout-inducing number-crunching behind the banking crisis in Margin Call, the ultra-slow systems failure of..."
Jan. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Saving Mr. Banks
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson star in this story about how Walt Disney convinced the prickly author of Mary Poppins to sell her creation to Hollywood.
"...Poppins – is an unhappy man toiling in the banking profession. But the similarities between fact and fiction stop..."
Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Hightower Report
Oh joy – the branch bank of the future is here!
"...JPMorgan's head of consumer banking, who's overseeing this project, confesses that, "To be honest,..."
May 10, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower
Disconnect
This mawkish, preachy picture about technophobia has already dated itself.
"...for two hours with the perils of smartphones, online banking, and chat rooms. Its ready-made datedness spotlights the general..."
April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner
What To Expect When You're Expecting
The gamut of the modern babymaking experience is explored by a small batallion of entertainers.
"...miscarriage – with au courant topics like cord blood banking and the "breast is best" movement woven in to..."
May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Pennies From Heaven
The new streaming economy is here, with or without royalties
"...operates and our marketing plan even if we're not banking on our Spotify check."..."
May 18, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman
Soccer Watch
The Top 10 soccer stories of 2011
"...brought the L.A. Galaxy the MLS title they'd been banking on. Banking indeed: Beckham and fellow Galaxy superstars Robbie..."
Jan. 6, 2012 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro
City Hall Hustle: Agreeing To Disagree
Outside City Hall, crowds gather; inside City Hall, clouds form
"...End corporate personhood, reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act separating commercial banking and high-flying investment banking (i.e., speculation), and meaningful regulation..."
Oct. 7, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Inside Job
This documentary, which is narrated by Matt Damon, illuminates the U.S. economic crisis with detailed yet engaging analysis.
"...30 years of economic policy have created a deregulated banking and monetary system in which the remaining watchdogs are..."
Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Booming in the Bust
ACC advances its higher-ed march across the region – but not everyone is happy
"...purchases in those districts (a process known as "land banking")...."
Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols
The Hightower Report
Plutonomism; and Don't Regulate – Restructure
"...they? The American people demanded reform, said the Senate banking committee chairman, and, "This [bill] is their victory."..."
June 11, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Banking Reform Gone Bad; and Abacus Among Us
"...Banking Reform Gone Bad..."
May 7, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower
SXSW Showcases
All the SXSW showcases that fit
"...sidekick in Gutta Girlz and a part of the (still-banking) Cash Money crew. And take note of the uniquely..."
March 19, 2010 Music Feature
Amreeka
In this delightfully human and sweetly comic ode to the contemporary immigrant experience in a post-9/11 “Amreeka,” a Palestinian mother and son create a world of possibilities.
"...to those newly arrived from Muslim un-countries. Seeking a banking position worthy of her not-inconsiderable skills, Muna instead ends..."
Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Libertarians: DC Dems and GOP "Socialists"
LPT Chair Patrick Dixon slams Republicans (yet again) as not real conservatives
"...government has already-under a conservative Republican administration-effectively nationalized the banking and mortgage industries. That seems a stronger sign of..."
Feb. 16, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Hold Those Responsible Accountable
"...light of the nearly trillion dollar “bailout” of the banking industry and Wall Street investment firms. These men took..."
Nov. 18, 2008 Postmarks
Letters at 3AM
The economic future of the United States is no longer in our hands
"...bank investor" (CNBC, Street Signs, Oct. 15). "The U.S. banking sector will be tied to the federal government for..."
Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
The Hightower Report
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights; and Wall Street Bank Robbers
"...fairness do not impose any unbearable burdens on the banking behemoths, and – who knows? – the changes might..."
Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Corporate Creeps Bilk the Elderly; and Al Qaeda Banks on Bush
"...also a scam that's abetted by an outrageous national banking rule...."
June 8, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
America: Freedom to Fascism
Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary by producer-turned-director Aaron Russo presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes – and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.
"...for being the work of a rich cabal of banking interests. The decline of the gold standard and the..."
