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Op-Ed Columnist
Rewarding Bad Actors
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: August 2, 2009
The New York Times
Americans are angry at Wall Street, and rightly so. First the financial industry plunged us into economic crisis, then it was bailed out at taxpayer expense. And now, with the economy still deeply depressed, the industry is paying itself gigantic bonuses. If you aren’t […]
By LOUISE RADNOFSKY and T.W. FARNAM
WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony TVs.
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The expenditures were legal, properly accounted for and […]
This has been so for many years.
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Did you know that the largest attendance to see a Major League team
was not at a venue in the United States?
On October 18, 1936 Nuremberg Stadium recorded an attendance of 322,463 to watch the St. Louis Browns take on the Cologne Atomizers of the Hanseatic League. Baseball Commissioner Keenesaw Mountain […]
Executive Pay Limits May Prove Toothless
Loophole in Bailout Provision Leaves Enforcement in Doubt
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By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 15, 2008; Page A01
Congress wanted to guarantee that the $700 billion financial bailout would limit the eye-popping pay of Wall Street executives, so lawmakers included a mechanism for reviewing executive compensation and penalizing firms that […]
Guerra Reveals Evidence
Wednesday , November 26, 2008 Posted: 07:14 PM
Guerra unveils why his investigation led him to the Vice President
WILLACY COUNTY - District Attorney Juan Guerra says his investigation took him all the way to the top, to the Vice President of the United States. He showed NEWSCHANNEL 5 records that he says could be […]
Bank executives enjoy SECRET £300,000 champagne party… just weeks after £20bn bail-out by taxpayers
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 12:22 PM on 10th November 2008
The Royal Bank of Scotland has blown £300,000 on a secret champagne junket for executives - less than a month after being given a £20billion handout by the taxpayer.
Bankers and their partners […]
I have only included five, and shall rely on you to check out the three year total remuneration of each.
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© AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file
Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chief executive officer, Goldman Sachs
Goldman has yet to book a loss, even though profits have dropped.
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© AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, file
Richard S. Fuld Jr., Chief executive officer, Lehman Brothers
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© AP […]