It is a common practice among news organizations to make it look like scoops were the result of initiative on their own part when in fact the original tip may have come from an outsider.
Reuters | Jason Szep | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business
Hundreds of people in the United States are under investigation for financial scams, many involving Ponzi schemes, a U.S. regulator said on Friday, ca...
Steve Parker | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business
Why does Detroit get only 10% of what the banks and Wall Street have been loaned?
Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
For the good of the American people, Madoff's victims, and the American financial regulatory system, Madoff should be tried in open court.
Tom Engelhardt | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.
Sunny Hostin | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business
As news spreads of Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud, many are wondering what exactly a Ponzi scheme is and how to avoid becoming a victim.
Rory O'Connor | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business
Few accounts of the Madoff scandal have delved into the back-story of who "Ponzi" actually was, and how he became the legendary swindler whose name has since been enshrined in the financial Hall of Shame.
Steve Young | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business
Family of Famed Pyramid Schemer Loses Millions In Madoff Fraud A spokesman for the Charles Ponzi estate revealed that the Ponzi family had lost unto...
Martin Varsavsky | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business
After a telephone conversation with Andres, I heard that he and many family members including his father-in-law lost enormous amounts of their personal net worth in Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
Russ Baker | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media