Bill Blain: The Tragedy of HSBC
"HSBC has become as yesterday as Deutsche Bank."
"HSBC has become as yesterday as Deutsche Bank."
"For some strange reason, a riot in the heart of Central London, and the daylong assaults on and abuse of British police officers, is not considered newsworthy by the BBC."
"The cholera may come again next summer—I pray God it may not; but if it does, it matters not to me: I will toil and visit the sick by night and by day, until I drop; and if it takes me, sudden death is sudden glory."
"Looking upon investment bankers today, one is reminded of those sad addicts in the casino who are ruined and lose everything, except the difference is, they are given the option to sell their neighbour’s family into slavery to pay off their debt."
"She pointed particularly to local gang leaders and drug dealers as filling a vacuum for young boys who don’t have any other father figures in their life."
"The battle will be hard and long."