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Samson financial books in disarray

Monday, January 18, 2010
By The Speaker
Samson financial books in disarray

Björgólfur Guðmundsson and his son Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson cannot explain loans, money transfers for more then 2 billion ISK to at least six companies belonging to them, located in Cyprus, Luxembourg and the island of Tortola (Virgin Island’s main island) The explanation they give is that the only man who can explain the money transfers... »

Landsbanki. Bad management or personal gain?

Monday, January 18, 2010
By The Speaker
Landsbanki. Bad management or personal gain?

The newly restored Landsbanki is full of secrets. For a government bank it should seem incredible that the information flow is blocked by the bank director Ásmundur Stefánsson and... »

Is the Special Investigation Commission doing it’s job?

Monday, January 11, 2010
By The Speaker
Is the Special Investigation Commission doing it’s job?

The Icelandic Parliament started the Special Investigation Commission (SIC) after much public pressure after the economic collapse of the Icelandic financial system. The committee has been said to be a... »

Was the President right?

Thursday, January 7, 2010
By The Speaker
Was the President right?

There are very mixed emotions about this decicion of President Ólafur R. Grímsson to refuse to sign the laws, and by that press the matter into a national referendum. On... »

A different veiw

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
By The Speaker
A different veiw

A different view is set forth by Sheldon Filger, a journalist at the Huffington Post and the founder of the Global Economic Crisis website. Some of the people who write... »

Indefence, currency restictions and bad PR

Wednesday, January 6, 2010
By The Speaker
Indefence, currency restictions and bad PR

One Icelandic blogger is talking about how strange it is to have Magnús Árni Skúlason leading the Indefence group when he was forced to resign as a board member... »

Presidential madness and political illiteracy

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
By The Speaker
Presidential madness and political illiteracy

The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, refused to sign the laws from the parliament regarding the payments of the ill fated Icesave deal. Apparently 53 thousand people edged... »

The Landsbanki Russian associations, 1996-2009

Monday, December 7, 2009
By The Speaker

UPDATE: The documents seem to be from the court case against Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson from the around 1998 or so. Do not have the exact date at this point. The documents... »

Reign of error continues

Thursday, September 24, 2009
By The Speaker
Reign of error continues

Davið Oddsson the former PM and the former director of the Central Bank of Iceland was just hired as the editor of Morgunblaðið newspaper. Morgunblaðið has been a pillar of... »

Are the media stupid or just controlled?

Monday, September 14, 2009
By The Speaker

The media in Iceland have been accused of being either stupid or under the control of those who are to blame for the economic collapse.  Both explanations seem to... »

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