Cuomo Hits 5 BofA Directors With Subpoenas
Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed five members of Bank of America’s board of directors today in his probe to uncover whether the bank was truthful to shareholders about losses at Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street...
View ArticleFeds Probe BofA-Merrill Deal
Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch is the focus of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and Justice Department, sources tell the Charlotte Observer, the bank's hometown paper. The SEC and...
View ArticlePaterson Out, Spotlight Turns to Cuomo
As David Paterson officially deep-sixed his non-existent chances of a second term in New York yesterday, all eyes swung around to Andrew Cuomo. But the state's AG and former gubernatorial candidate was...
View ArticleCuomo Files $26M Suit Against Steve Rattner
Talk about timing. On the same day that Steve Rattner got to trumpet GM’s new IPO , Andrew Cuomo filed a trio of lawsuits against the ex-auto czar related to a pay-to-play scandal involving New York’s...
View ArticleErnst & Young Hit With Civil Fraud Suit
Andrew Cuomo filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Ernst & Young today, following reports that the company allegedly helped Lehman Brothers mislead investors . According to the complaint, the...
View ArticleFeds Sue JPMorgan for Mortgage Bond Fraud
The mortgage task force of the Justice Department, including New York's attorney general, has launched its first lawsuit—against JPMorgan, charging wide-scale misconduct by Bear Stearns in the selling...
View ArticleWyclef Jean's Charity Quietly Goes Bust
Wyclef Jean's ineffective and scandal-plagued charity Yéle quietly went belly up last month, after CEO Derek Johnson announced his resignation. "As the foundation's sole remaining employee, my decision...
View ArticleIn Face of Gas Woes, Great News at the Pump
More steps in the effort to ease the post-Hurricane Sandy fuel crisis: UPI reports that the EPA lifted clean diesel regulations in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and NYC area, allowing vehicles to use...
View ArticleTrump U Sued for Fraud, $40M
Trump University just took a hit from the School of Hard Knocks: New York's attorney general yesterday sued the Donald and his eponymous school for a hefty $40 million for defrauding students. "Trading...
View ArticleRex Tillerson Used Email Alias 'Wayne Tracker' at Exxon
An investigation into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors regarding its knowledge of climate change has revealed that former CEO and current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an alias email...
View ArticleFeds Sue JPMorgan for Mortgage Bond Fraud
The mortgage task force of the Justice Department, including New York's attorney general, has launched its first lawsuit—against JPMorgan, charging wide-scale misconduct by Bear Stearns in the selling...
View ArticleWyclef Jean's Charity Quietly Goes Bust
Wyclef Jean's ineffective and scandal-plagued charity Yéle quietly went belly up last month, after CEO Derek Johnson announced his resignation. "As the foundation's sole remaining employee, my decision...
View ArticleIn Face of Gas Woes, Great News at the Pump
More steps in the effort to ease the post-Hurricane Sandy fuel crisis: UPI reports that the EPA lifted clean diesel regulations in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and NYC area, allowing vehicles to use...
View ArticleTrump U Sued for Fraud, $40M
Trump University just took a hit from the School of Hard Knocks: New York's attorney general yesterday sued the Donald and his eponymous school for a hefty $40 million for defrauding students. "Trading...
View ArticleRex Tillerson Used Email Alias 'Wayne Tracker' at Exxon
An investigation into whether Exxon Mobil misled investors regarding its knowledge of climate change has revealed that former CEO and current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an alias email...
View ArticleTrump Foundation Woes: That $10K Portrait Didn't Help
President Trump's controversial charitable foundation is shutting down. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said Tuesday that the Donald J. Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve itself under...
View ArticleAmid NRA's Rift, NY Announces Investigation
New York state's attorney general has begun an investigation into the finances of the National Rifle Association, reports the AP . "The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James has...
View ArticleTrump Calls Investigation of NRA Finances Illegal
The National Rifle Association is "under siege," President Trump said Monday in response to New York state's decision to investigate the organization's status as a tax-exempt nonprofit, the AP reports....
View ArticleA $6M Mansion for the NRA's CEO Was ... Whose Idea?
That NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre scoped out a $6 million Dallas mansion as a possible new residence isn't being contested. What is: Whose idea it was and where the money was going to come from. The Wall...
View ArticleWeinstein Victims at Odds Over $18.8M Settlement
Nine women who accused the Weinstein Company of a hostile work environment, in which they were forced to facilitate Harvey Weinstein's sexual conquests , have reached a settlement of $18.8 million. A...
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