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U.S. Justice Dept tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department's latest effort to backpedal from statements made in March by Attorney General Eric...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Prisons, HSBC Holdings plc, Prosecution, Finance
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Letters: Enron's Skilling and his jail cell
Re "Skilling doesn't deserve a break," Column, May 19 Jeff Skilling, the chief executive of Enron when it defrauded investors before its collapse in 2001, still believes he has the power to extort or bribe his way out of jail. It scares me to think that...Tags: Bernard Madoff, Prisons, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Accenture buying Acquity for $316 million
Tribune reporterGlobal consulting firm Accenture has agreed to buy digital marketing company Acquity Group for $316 million, the companies announced Friday. Founded in Chicago in 2001, Acquity Group works with such brands as Adobe, American Express, General Motors,...Tags: American Express Company, E-Commerce Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, General Motors Corp., Marketing
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MOVES-ResCap, Northern Trust, Houlihan Lokey
ReutersMay 6 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. RESIDENTIAL CAPITAL LLC ResCap Chief Executive Thomas Marano has resigned as the...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Finance, Northern Trust Corporation, Wells Fargo & Co., Economy, Business and Finance
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Anxiety high at KPMG's office in Los Angeles
Accounting offices are normally so staid and quiet you can hear the gentle purr of the air-conditioning system. Not so at KPMG’s Los Angeles office in the wake of an unfolding insider-trading investigation involving a former colleague. Full...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Accounting and Auditing
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Insider-trading scandal poses risks to KPMG's reputation
NEW YORK -- A former senior KPMG auditor's leaks could threaten the reputation of one of the country's biggest accounting firms, industry experts said. Auditors like Scott London, a former senior partner in KPMG's office in Los Angeles, are privy to...
Tags: Columbia University, Herbalife Limited, U.S. Department of Justice, Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Geneva District 304 candidates discuss goals
Geneva residents will have eight choices, from retired professionals to a young homeowner to a longtime incumbent, when they choose who will fill four slots on the Geneva Community Unit School District 304 Board of Education. Incumbents Bill Wilson...
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Rosenthal: U.S. lawsuit against S&P carries risk
Lady Justice is famously blind, a scale in one hand, a double-edged sword in the other. Nothing in the personification connotes efficiency. Nothing suggests she takes or gives satisfaction in her work. So here we are with muted expectations, six to...
Tags: National Government, U.S. Department of Justice, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Trials, Lisa Madigan
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BP is not a criminal -- but its executives might be
The Justice Department has entered into the largest criminal settlement in U.S. history with the giant oil company BP, in connection with the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history....Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Trials, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, U.S. House of Representatives
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Chicago lawyer pleads guilty in tax shelter scheme
The tax-shelter-fraud case against Chicago lawyers and accountants took another strange twist Thursday when one defendant pleaded guilty to criminal charges months after her conviction was overturned. Donna Guerin, a former partner in defunct law firm...Tags: Criminal Laws, Business Enterprises, Laws, Trials, Prosecution
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Baltimore Grand Prix group in turmoil
IndyCar executives met with Baltimore officials Monday to discuss the future of the company planning the city's Grand Prix — and whether the leader of the group should depart. Downforce Racing LLC, which took over the troubled event earlier this...
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New Grand Prix chief is racing fan and driver
Construction magnate and self-described "gearhead" Dale Dillon has built offices for high-speed racing teams, laid tracks for IndyCar contests in two cities and, despite having only one leg, raced open-wheeled cars competitively around the country.
Now,...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Oriole Park at Camden Yards, College Sports, Cancer, Finance
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