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The Irrelevance of Mitt Romney

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Repeal, Epa, Republican Congress, Nlrb, Koch Boys, Veto, Media, Right-Wing, Mitt Romney, Blunt-Rubio Amendment, Lilly Ledbetter Act, Ryan Budget, Dodd-Frank, Title X, Sarbanes-Oxley, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Politics News
Paul Abrams

There is only one thing important to know about Mitt Romney, and we already know it. He has no deep convictions. Without convictions, he is not going to step in front of the machine that brought him the White House, his cherished dream, and say "no."

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Romney Will Be a Tea Party/Neocon Puppet: DeMint's (Not So) Secret Strategy for Taking Over the U.S.

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Social Security, Roads Bridges Tunnels, Food Stamps, Mitt Romney, The Kochs, Medicaid, Iraq, Iran, Dodd-Frank, Planned Parenthood, Sarbanes-Oxley, Evangelicals, Epa, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Neocons, Medicare, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The goal of the DeMints, with the backing of the Kochs and their fellow travelers, is not to let the American people have what they want. And, they will take whatever steps necessary to buy elections, to suppress the vote, to select robotic judges.

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Supreme Court Shoots Down Part Of Key Post-Enron Reform

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Worldcom, Tyco, Enron, Supreme Court Rulings, Sarbanes-Oxley, Constitution, John Roberts, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of the anti-fraud law enacted in response to the Enron and other corporate scandals fr...

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CIA Memo To Destroy Tapes Omitted Lawyers

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cia, CIA Torture, CIA Tapes, CIA Tapes Memo, Jose Rodriguez, Alberto Gonzales, CIA Lawyers, Waterboarding, Torture, CIA Interrogation, Justice Department, Sarbanes-Oxley, Politics News

WASHINGTON — When the CIA sent word in 2005 to destroy scores of videos showing waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics, there was a...

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Do Your Controls Create Complexity?

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Ashkenas

Unless you periodically step back and assess the cost and benefit of control procedures and policies, you run the danger of creating more complexity than competitive advantage.

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Top Derivatives Regulator: "We Haven't Filled The Gaps"

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Derivatives, Office of Thrift Supervision, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gary Gensler, Cftc, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Video, Business News

Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, sees the U.S. financial system still "vulnerable" to the murky world of privately negotiat...

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Fixing One Wall Street Scandal, Forgetting the Last

Rep. John Sarbanes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worldcom, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Financial Reform, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Regulation, Business News
Rep. John Sarbanes

When companies of any size choose to access the capital markets, they hold themselves to a higher standard. Investors deserve the same level of reliable financial reporting from all public companies.

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The Danger of Backsliding

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, David Sirota, Offshoring, Economics, Investment, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley, Politics News
Mike Lux

In a political system like ours dominated by big money and the lobbyists that money hires, democracy requires eternal vigilance, even in years when Democrats control of Congress and the White House.

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