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SEC Reportedly In Settlement Talks With BofA And UBS

Reuters | Posted 11.01.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in settlement talks with several large financial institutions to resolve investigations...

Britain's New Royalty -- The Oil Potentates

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

Kowtowing to moneyed Middle Eastern and African oil interests may not be new, but as the release of the Lockerbie bomber shows, this has become Britain's new norm.

Can You Trust Your Psychiatrist?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living


Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

If you can't trust big Pharma with its capacity to influence doctors then how can you trust your psychiatrist?

Government Forced to Back Down on Misdirected Halliburton Case

Ray Hanania | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Ray Hanania

The U.S. Justice Department withdrew its 10-count major frauds charge against Jeff Mazon and instead accepted a misdemeanor plea agreement -- a victory for Mazon and a black eye both for the Justice Department and Judge McDade,

Democrats To Press For Commission To Oversee War Contracts

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say they will push ahead with a presidential commission designed to root out waste and fraud in military contracts despit...

Ashcroft No-Bid Contract Brings Scrutiny To Justice Department

New York Times | PHILIP SHENON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


When the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey needed to find an outside lawyer to monitor a large corporation willing to settle criminal charges out o...

DOJ Investigating Price Fixing Among Chocolate Makers

Reuters | Aarthi Sivaraman, Justin Grant and Diane Bartz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The U.S. Justice Department is looking into possible price fixing in the chocolate industry, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday on its Web s...

US Justice Department Opposes Idea That All Data On Net Should Be Treated Equally

BBC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The agency said it was opposed t...