NY State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, Son Arrested on Corruption Charges
New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were arrested and charged Monday in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to profit from the senator's political power, marking the latest federal corruption allegations to buffet Albany and ...
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Wall Street pushes back on foreign bribery probe
Wall Street pushes back on foreign bribery probe
It has already chilled overseas hiring in the finance industry, many bankers have said. The investigation is one of the first on Wall Street under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bans U.S. companies from giving anything of value to a foreign ...
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Skelos, Son Could Be Arrested on Corruption Charges as Early as Monday
... on corruption charges as early as Monday. Federal prosecutors have been looking into business deals involving Skelos and his 32-year-old son Adam. They are investigating if Skelos used his influence to help his son. The New York Times and Wall ...
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Brazil's Petrobras Reports Nearly Billion in Asset and Corruption Charges
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets in two mass protests in recent weeks to demand the ouster of the president and her ruling Workers' Party, whom many blame for Brazil's faltering economy and a climate of corruption that has ...
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News – John Kerry, Barack Obama, Michael Steinberg Steinberg
New push for Mideast peace as John Kerry heads back
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evoking the U.S. shuttle diplomacy of decades past, Secretary of State John Kerry is making his third trip to the Middle East in a span of just two weeks in a fresh bid to restart long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
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President Obama says there is 'No conflict' between respecting gun rights, enacting gun controls
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will insist "there's no conflict" between respecting gun rights and enacting new gun controls as he tries to use the power of his office to prompt a reluctant Congress to take action in the wake of the Newtown shootings.Obama flew to Colorado to advocate for a Senate bill requiring background checks for every gun buyer; a new law in the Centennial State requires...
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Corruption at Hedge Funds Even More Rampant Than You Think, Study Shows
If a new report about hedge fund corruption is to be believed, the industry is overrun with unethical and illegal activity. Some 46% of people at hedge funds believe their competitors break the law or act unethically and 30% say they've seen wrongdoing themselves. Less than a week after F.B.I. agents handcuffed SAC Capital portfolio manager Michael Steinberg and escorted him from his Park Avenue apartment, the report, released yesterday, says that more than a third of hedge fund professionals believe they have to break the rules to get ahead.
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Law & Crime News – Craigslist, Barack Obama, Michael Steinberg
Ohio man sentenced to death for Craigslist plot
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers posted on Craigslist.
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President Obama says there is 'No conflict' between respecting gun rights, enacting gun controls
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will insist "there's no conflict" between respecting gun rights and enacting new gun controls as he tries to use the power of his office to prompt a reluctant Congress to take action in the wake of the Newtown shootings.Obama flew to Colorado to advocate for a Senate bill requiring background checks for every gun buyer; a new law in the Centennial State requires...
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Corruption at Hedge Funds Even More Rampant Than You Think, Study Shows
If a new report about hedge fund corruption is to be believed, the industry is overrun with unethical and illegal activity. Some 46% of people at hedge funds believe their competitors break the law or act unethically and 30% say they've seen wrongdoing themselves. Less than a week after F.B.I. agents handcuffed SAC Capital portfolio manager Michael Steinberg and escorted him from his Park Avenue apartment, the report, released yesterday, says that more than a third of hedge fund professionals believe they have to break the rules to get ahead.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/04/03/corruption-at-hedge-funds-even-more-rampant-than-you-think-study-shows/
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