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To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tim Phillips, C-Span, David Koch, President Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, Ann Coulter, Enron, Frank Capra, Koch Industries, Newt Gingrich, Capitalism, Tsa, Savings and Loan Scandal, The 2016 Olympic Games, Henry Clay Frick, Cnbc, Tyco, Free Market Fundamentalism, Americans for Prosperity, Laura Ingraham, Worldcom, Afp, Larry Kudlow, Supply-Side Economics, Knights of Labor, National Defending the American Dream Summit, Megan McCain, Long-Term Capital Management, John Birch Society, Pinkertons, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

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Moving Beyond Anger and Rhetoric, The Conference Board Introduces Guidelines for Real Compensation Reform

Raj Gupta | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Cisco, AFC Enterprises, Tyco, Hewlett-Packard, Conference Board Governance Center, Best Practices, Oversight, Task Force on Executive Compensation, Nasdaq, Business News
Raj Gupta

Abuses in executive compensation have contributed to a loss of trust, and our Task Force report provides a set of guidelines that can make significant inroads in restoring credibility in our corporations.

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Executive Compensation: Cisco, HP, AT&T, Tyco Agree To Pay Limits

wsj.com | DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Hewlett-Packard, At, Executive Compensation, Pay Reform, Tyco, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A group of blue-chip companies is lining up behind efforts to voluntarily change their pay practices, in part to head off potentially mo...

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More Pigs at the Trough: What Enron and WorldCom Can Teach Us About Goldman and AIG

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Ken Lay, Joseph Cassano, Pigs at the Trough, Worldcom, Tyco, Enron, Financial Crisis, John Rigas, Bernard Ebbers, Business News
Arianna Huffington

In 2003, when I wrote Pigs at the Trough, America's corporate crooks were largely playing with shareholders' money. The new batch of Pigs I cover in the just-released updated version is playing with taxpayer money -- trillions of it.

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Defining Extravagance Up

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Worldcom, Aig, Tyco, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Bonuses, Enron, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, Politics News
Jamie Malanowski

It's admirable that our leaders now want to be frugal with our money but let's remember what the taxpayers themselves have been buying with money not rendered unto Uncle Sam.

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The Big Lie Exposed: Wall Street as Institutionalized Fraud

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Merrrill Lynch, Tyco, Mutual Funds, Wall Street, Madoff, Economy, Enron, Scandals, Drexel, Business News
Jeff Schweitzer

While investors express dismay and shock about Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme, nothing about the affair is even slightly surprising. The s...

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Jailed Ex-Tyco CEO Misses His Dogs

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dennis Kozlowski Dogs, Dennis Kozlowski Sentence, Tyco, Karen Kozlowski, Dennis Kozlowski, Dennis Kowlowski Divorce, Dennis Kozlowski Jail, Barry Epstein, Business News

He ripped off shareholders to the tune of $400 million, but Dennis Kozlowski still has his sensitive side. The former Tyco czar, now doing eight to 25...

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