Category Archives: Investor

FBI investigating missing money at MF Global

By doris | Published: November 2, 2011

Full Story at money.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) — The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating how some $600 million of MF Global customers’ money has gone missing, CNN learned Tuesday from sources close to the probe. The investigation of MF Global (MF) is being conducted by the FBI and other federal regulators, including the U.S. Securities [...]

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Warren Buffett to headline Obama campaign event

By doris | Published: September 23, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com CHICAGO — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett will help raise money for President Barack Obama’s re-election effort at a $35,800-a-ticket fundraiser next month in Chicago, an Obama campaign official said on Wednesday. Buffett will attend the October 27 event at a private home on Chicago’s North Shore that is expected to include major [...]

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In Scotland, Donald Trump hints about presidency

By doris | Published: October 9, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com EDINBURGH, Scotland — Donald Trump used a trip to Scotland on Friday to give his strongest hint yet that he may run for president in 2012. After picking up an honorary degree from a Scottish university, the American property tycoon told journalists his country needs better leadership and he might run [...]

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The New Revolutionaries

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at Newsweek.com It’s not just the 4th of July holiday that’s raising memories of revolution. The idea of active anti-government resistance, once the province of the fringe or a mere historical parable, is now a common component of the national discourse. If all the voices actively calling for or raising the specter of [...]

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House, Senate clawing to Wall Street bill finish

By doris | Published: June 25, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) — Lawmakers are closing in on melding two different versions of Wall Street reform. Late Thursday evening, lawmakers had just started to tackle one of the last and more controversial issues: Cracking down on the big banks’ investment activities and risky bets.

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Oil inspectors took company gifts, watchdog group finds

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Federal inspectors overseeing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted meals and tickets to sporting events from companies they monitored, the Interior Department’s inspector general concluded in a report released Wednesday. In one case, an inspector in the Minerals Management Service office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, conducted [...]

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Obama: Banking system needs new regulation

By doris | Published: July 23, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The financial system has stabilized but needs new regulations to curtail behavior and practices that led to the meltdown that brought Wall Street to the brink of collapse, President Barack Obama said Wednesday night in a prime-time press conference at the White House. The president specifically mentioned regulatory changes [...]

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