Stanford Still Missing, UBS Settles Up
• Financial fraudster Allen Stanford remains missing. He's also now under investigation for his possible involvement in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels. [ABC News, Dealbook]
• More on how Stanford lured in clients and what he was promising them. [BN]
• UBS will pay $780 million to settle claims it helped its clients evade taxes. It also agreed to disclose the names of some secret account holders. [BN, NYT]
• Oppenheimer & Co.'s famously bearish bank analyst, Meredith Whitney, is leaving to start her own firm. [NYP, Dealbreaker]
• The scandal over Citigroup's lavish perks continues. [BN]
• The Fed has downgraded its outlook for the economy this year. It's now forecasting an unemployment rate near 9% by the end of the year. [WSJ]
• Take a moment to reflect on how the cuts to bonuses are affecting people beyond Wall Street, won't you? [NYT]