{"id":6602,"date":"2013-02-03T01:59:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T06:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6602"},"modified":"2013-02-03T01:59:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T06:59:13","slug":"a-putrid-smell-is-suddenly-emanating-from-european-banks-business-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/03\/a-putrid-smell-is-suddenly-emanating-from-european-banks-business-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"A Putrid Smell Is Suddenly Emanating From European Banks &#124; Business Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wolf Richter writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ddddff;\">\n<p>A nauseating whiff came from Barclays Friday, when it leaked out that it has been under investigation by the Financial Services Authority and the Serious Fraud Office in Britain for illegal fundraising in 2008. Allegedly, the bank secretly loaned \u00a35.3 billion (US $8.4 billion) to one of Qatar\u2019s sovereign wealth funds, which then turned around and with great public fanfare pumped that money back into Barclays &#8212; a scheme to raise capital on paper to escape a government takeover during the financial crisis&#8230;..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-putrid-smell-suddenly-emanating-from-european-banks-2013-2'>A Putrid Smell Is Suddenly Emanating From European Banks &#8211; Business Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolf Richter writes: A nauseating whiff came from Barclays Friday, when it leaked out that it has been under investigation by the Financial Services Authority and the Serious Fraud Office in Britain for illegal fundraising in 2008. 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