In a world of Too Big To Fail giants, Florida-based firm sees opportunity as a Wall Street alternative. RJF Acquires Morgan Keegan: onforb.es More Paul Reilly: onforb.es Exile On Wall Street: blogs.forbes.com

Jan. 9 – Star of new thriller about the 2009 Wall Street market crash says, “It could happen again.” Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Occupy Wall Street protesters vowed to shut down Wall Street this morning, streaming from Zucotti Park at 7 am and flooding the financial district. Chanting protesters gathered at entrances to the New York Stock Exchange, sometimes clashing with riot police. Protestors blocking an intersection were arrested. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)

US politicians, including President Barack Obama, have been calling on Europe to fix its debt crisis, amid fears it will have a negative impact on the fragile US economy. But there is evidence that the Greek debt crisis began on Wall Street, at the hands of one controversial US bank. According to former financial regulators, Goldman Sachs made a dozen derivative deals with the Greeks a decade ago, writing its debt off its balance sheet for a number of years. They also say that Goldman and Greece were not the only ones working such transactions. Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane investigates the morality versus legality of who is to blame for the financial crisis that is scaring the world.

Visit the Financial Times at: www.ft.com for more news on how the US has been shaped and redefined in the decade since the 9.11 attacks. Sep 9, 2011: A decade after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States enmeshed in two wars and recovering from a devastating financial crisis. The national mood, briefly unified following the attacks, has turned angry and divisive. On the 10th anniversary of this historic event, business and political leaders from Alan Greenspan to Jon Corzine and Eliot Spitzer tell the FT how the world has changed.

NEI’s President and Chief Executive Officer Marvin Fertel briefed the financial community on July 26, 2011, on the post-Fukushima outlook for the US nuclear energy industry. Among the topics discussed were: the 90-day report recently issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Fukushima task force, financing for new nuclear plants, and lessons learned from the accident at Fukushima. For more information and to see the PowerPoint presentation from the briefing, visit NEI’s website: bit.ly

This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the one in 66 Americans now classified as psychotic and the matter of ‘selective default’ as the over prescribed anti-psychotic medication for financial marketss. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Adrian Salbuchi about the similarities between the financial attack on Greece and what happened to Argentina in 2001/2002. KR on FB: www.facebook.com/keiserreport

Watch the full Keiser Report E167 on Tuesday. This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, look at the one in 66 Americans now classified as psychotic and the matter of ‘selective default’ as the over-prescribed anti-psychotic medication for financial markets. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Adrian Salbuchi about the similarities between the financial attack on Greece and what happened to Argentina in 2001/2002. KR on FB: www.facebook.com/KeiserReport

Watch the full Keiser Report E163 on Tuesday. This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on declaring war on ratings agencies and buying refrigerators to save the economy. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Professor Emeritus, Guy McPherson, who has exited empire to build a post-carbon community. KR on FB: www.facebook.com/KeiserReport

This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on how to improve your self esteem with mountains of debt. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Demetri Kofinas in Athens about the global insurrection against banker occupation happening in Syntagma Square and the role of credit default swaps and mountains of debt in making that occupation possible in the first place. KR on FB: www.facebook.com/KeiserReport