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SEC Probes Deutsche Bank's 'Crap' CDOs

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.30.2012

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The Securities and Exchange Commission investigates a Wall Street behemoth over claims that it assembled and sold a package of subprime mortgage-backe...

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GE's Former Subprime Unit Probed for Possible Fraud

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 01.20.2012

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It's been three long years since the housing bubble cratered the economy and not a single top mortgage executive sits behind bars. But sometimes the w...

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GAO Report On Proprietary Trading Slammed By Senate Dems As 'Misleading'

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 09.12.2011

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A new government report on banks' controversial practice of trading and investing for their own profit was condemned Wednesday by congressional Democr...

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Inspector General Says SEC Routinely Exempts Companies From Rules Without Adequate Follow-up

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.30.2011

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Companies are routinely exempted from the Securities and Exchange Commission's panoply of rules and regulations, as long as they meet certain conditio...

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Army Probes Big Pharma Payments To Military Doctors

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.20.2011

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The U.S. Army is probing payments by pharmaceutical companies to military physicians in the wake of a recent settlement between Novo Nordisk and the J...

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Mystery Of Deadly Chlorine Leak Solved

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.17.2011

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Late one night in January 1994, a chlorine leak that seeped through the sewer system of the city of Cali in Colombia killed three children in their be...

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The Wake-Up Call: McConnell Slams EPA During Speech To Coal Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.02.2011

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• In a speech before a coal industry group in Kentucky on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate's top Republican accused the Environmental Protection Agency of...

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The Wake-Up Call: Oil Company Faulted For Rig Fire

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.31.2011

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released the findings of its investigation into a fire last September on a ...

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The Wake-Up Call: Car Accident Victims Left Behind In Huge Bailouts Of GM, Chrysler

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 07.27.2011

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• Thousands of car accident victims were left behind by the massive government bailouts of GM and Chrysler. The $50 billion rescue of GM and the res...

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Risk Of Radiation Release From Spent Fuel Is Greater In The U.S. Than Japan

Posted 07.25.2011

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• The risk of a catastrophic release of radiation from an accident at a spent nuclear fuel pool is much higher in the United States than at Japan's ...

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