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    Feb 21, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Carl Washington, a former assemblyman, to plead guilty to fraud

    L.A. NOW
    A top L.A. County Probation Department executive who once was a state assemblyman has agreed to plead guilty to federal bank fraud charges, admitting he bilked financial institutions out of nearly $200,000 by falsely claiming to be an identity theft......
    2. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. S&P helped cause financial crisis with faulty ratings, Feds allege

    WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's Corp. helped cause the financial crisis by misleading investors with falsely high credit ratings on bonds backed by toxic subprime mortgages, federal officials alleged Tuesday in announcing a civil suit against the company.
    WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's Corp. helped cause the financial crisis by misleading investors with falsely high credit ratings on bonds backed by toxic subprime mortgages, federal officials alleged Tuesday in announcing a civil suit against the company....

    Tags: Justice System, Automotive Equipment, Ratings, Credit Ratings, Securities

    3. Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 'After the Music Stopped' looks back at the fiscal collapse

    -------------------- After the Music Stopped The Financial Crisis, the Response and the Work Ahead Alan Blinder Penguin Press: 496 pp., $29.95 -------------------- "Obamanomics was an incoherent blur to most citizens — and a not very...

    Tags: Entertainment, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, U.S. Congress, The Wall Street Journal

    4. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog.
    WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...

    Tags: Mary Schapiro, Mary Jo White (Pennsylvania politician), Elizabeth Warren, Lawyers, Elisse Walter

    5. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 11 EU nations to plan tax on financial transactions

    LONDON – Pressing ahead where others have balked, 11 European countries received the green light Tuesday to plan a financial transaction tax that could generate billions of dollars in revenue for cash-strapped governments.
    LONDON – Pressing ahead where others have balked, 11 European countries received the green light Tuesday to plan a financial transaction tax that could generate billions of dollars in revenue for cash-strapped governments. Led by Germany and...

    Tags: David Cameron, Government, European Union, Politics, International Organizations

    6. Jan 4, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  6. Goldfinger Would Envy Latest Taxpayer Shakedown

    It has become fashionable to despair of our supposed recent lack of technological progress. All the big inventions of modern society -- jet engines, television, nuclear weapons -- were on the scene by the early 1960s.
    It has become fashionable to despair of our supposed recent lack of technological progress. All the big inventions of modern society -- jet engines, television, nuclear weapons -- were on the scene by the early 1960s. Proponents of this view should...

    Tags: James Bond (fictional character), University of New Hampshire, Government Debt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economy, Business and Finance

    7. Sep 18, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  7. The Rhubarb Patch: A tough discussion about ‘hard truths’ in the presidential race

    Change of Subject
    In Wednesday's Tribune I debate the 2012 presidential race with conservative activist Chris Robling, a WGN-TV commentator and former executive director of the Cook County Republican Party. To Chris, from Eric: On the first night of the recent Republican...
    8. Oct 15, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Fed crackdown shows MS-13 gang is real threat, experts said

    L.A. NOW
    The decision last week by federal authorities to classify the Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 gang as a “transnational criminal organization" has some experts hoping the move will put the gang on the run....
    9. Oct 11, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. In a first, U.S. labels MS-13 street gang 'criminal organization'

    L.A. NOW
    Federal authorities Thursday designated the notorious Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 as a “transnational criminal organization,” giving federal authorities more tools to fight the street gang that has its roots in Los Angeles. Under the designation,...
    10. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Apodaca: Be careful about swiping cards as you shop

    On the day after Thanksgiving, I ate leftovers, went to a movie, ate more leftovers, and put gas in my car in preparation for a trip to the Rose Bowl for the UCLA-Stanford football game the following day. Oh yes, I might also have been the victim of a...

    Tags: Consumers, Politics, Theft, UCLA Bruins, Personal Data Collection

    11. Nov 26, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Digesting the Twinkies' lessons

    "All Gods were immortal."
    "All Gods were immortal." -- Stanislaw Lec WASHINGTON -- And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind. But about the...

    Tags: Hostess Brands, Inc., International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Breads, Unions, Politics

    12. Nov 23, 2012 |Column| Hartford Courant

  12. Unions, Boomers Digesting Twinkies' Lesson

    The Hartford Courant
    "All Gods were immortal." — Stanislaw Lec And also brands, the gods of the marketplace. Earthquakes may strike, dynasties may fall and locusts may devour the crops, but Oldsmobile and Pan Am are forever. Never mind. But about the death of...

    Tags: Hostess Brands, Inc., Breads, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Unions, Career and Workplace

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