Judge Halts Award Of Iraq Contract
By Alec Klein and Steve Fainaru
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, June 2, 2007; Page D01
A federal judge yesterday ordered the military to temporarily refrain from awarding the largest security contract in Iraq. The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U.S. Army veteran filed a protest against […]
Posted in Business, administration, Military, Bush, Iraq, Graft, Pentagon, War, Greed |
May 26, 2007
The New York Times
Suit Sheds Light on Clintons’ Ties to a Benefactor
By MIKE McINTIRE
When former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took a family vacation in January 2002 to Acapulco, Mexico, one of their longtime supporters, Vinod Gupta, provided his company’s private jet to fly them there.
The company, infoUSA, one of […]
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Wall Street, Crime, Bill Clinton, Greed, Elderly, infoUSA |
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Lou Pearlman (far right), founder of the boy bands Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, is on the lam from federal authorities. Pearlman allegedly stole millions of dollars in a pyramid scheme that targeted senior citizens. (abc news)
Pop Music Manager Goes From Living Large to Living at Large
Brains Behind Boy Bands Steals Millions From Seniors in […]
Posted in Television, Neo-Romanovs, Music, Greed |
Ford CEO: $28M for 4 months work
Former Boeing exec got $18.5 million bonus, almost $9 million in stock and options and base salary at annual $2 million rate, according to proxy.
April 5 2007: 6:31 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Struggling Ford Motor Co., which posted a record $12.7 billion net loss in 2006, gave its […]
Posted in Business, Society, Baseball, Automobiles, Greed |
Smithsonian’s Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry
By Jacqueline Trescott and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; Page A01
Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small, the banker who took over the world’s largest museum complex seven years ago, has resigned under pressure following revelations regarding his housing allowance and office and travel expenditures.
Museum officials announced […]
Posted in administration, Museums, Greed |
March 26, 2007
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
By CHARLES DUHIGG
The New York Times
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Jacqueline Wheeler with her mother Mary Derks, who bought a long-term-care policy from Conseco, which denied coverage. ( Anne Sherwood for The New York Times)
CONRAD, Mont. — Mary Rose Derks was a 65-year-old widow in 1990, when she began preparing for […]
Posted in Business, Society, Health, Indiana, Greed, NBA, Elderly |
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