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Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta may face more allegations: US
Zeenews
New York: Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble who is the highest-ranking executive charged in a US crackdown on insider trading, could face additional allegations, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday. | Prosecutor Reed Brodsky told a New York federal judge that ...
A broker works at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The euro fell against the dollar Friday as world markets retreated further on worries that strains in the financial system would persist and growth would suf
(photo: AP / Michael Probst)
The Rise Of Dark Inventory In Housing And Oil
Business Insider
The Automatic Earth | URL | The Automatic Earth is a blog about the credit crunch Recent Posts The Storm Surge Of Decentralization Is Coming The End Of The Euro And The End Of The Investor EUROPE: You're Either At The Table Or You're On The Menu The Automatic Earth January 14 2012: Housing and Oil: ...
SEC is avoiding tough sanctions for large banks
The Charlotte Observer
| WASHINGTON Even as the Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its investigations of Wall Street in the past decade, the agency has repeatedly allowed the biggest firms to avoid punishments specifically meant to apply to fraud cases. | By...
New York sues banks over home seizures
The Wichita Eagle
| ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general on Friday accused some of the nation’s largest banks of deceit and fraud in using an electronic mortgage registry that he said puts homeowners at a disadvantage in foreclosures while sa...
Toms River woman, 71, bilked out of $11,200 in scam promising her $500,000
Asbury Park Press
| TOMS RIVER - A 71-year-old Toms River woman was bilked out of $11,200 after she received a phone call telling her she had won $500,000 but would need to first pay the taxes owed, according to Police Chief Michael Mastronardy. | The woman was instru...
County officials speak out during senior scam seminar
Asbury Park Press
| STAFFORD - Esther Lienschek felt she had to do something to help local senior citizens avoid scammers who prey on them. | Lienschek said she became aware of the numerous scams targeting seniors from the victims who would visit the bank where she wo...
The Rise Of Dark Inventory In Housing And Oil
Business Insider
The Automatic Earth | URL | The Automatic Earth is a blog about the credit crunch Recent Posts The Storm Surge Of Decentralization Is Coming The End Of The Euro And The End Of The Investor EUROPE: You're Either At The Table Or You're On The Menu The ...
Morris Twp. promoter expects to be sent to jail in Angola over no-show Nas
Asbury Park Press
| Patrick Allocco, the Morris Township promoter being held in Angola after two New Year's concerts fell through, said on a Facebook post Thursday that he has been charged with fraud and expects to be thrown into a Luanda jail after a court appearance...
Sports
Arouna (second left) warms up with Ivorian teammates at African Cup of Nations 2008 in Ghana.
(photo: Public Domain / Kumordzi)
Ivory Coast and Ghana heavily fancied for finals
The Guardian
By Mark Gleeson LIBREVILLE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast and Ghana are heavily fancied to succeed in Wednesday's African Nations Cup semi-finals and set up a dream finish to the tournament at the weekend. The two countries are not only neighbours but also the continent's top-ranked sides and the form sides at the tournament co-hosted by Equatorial...
Business
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.
(photo: AP / Chris Carlson)
Looking to reset campaign, Santorum hits 3 states
The Guardian
| PHILIP ELLIOTT | Associated Press= COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Looking for a campaign-boosting win Tuesday, Republican Rick Santorum urged supporters to reset the Republican presidential race and deny the aura of inevitability to front-runner Mitt Romney. Santorum also said they must reject President Barack Obama's secular policies. | "You'v...



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