" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...
" What a week and it’s only the second day. Today, at the breakfast table, I was surprised to find this editorial from the stately. conservative Dallas Morning News - Palin’s Troopergate actions disturbing. Keep in mind, this is a newspaper more than likely to...
1. Nutmeg Four people fell ill, experiencing severe headaches and dizziness after eating an apple cake that was made from a recipe published in the August 2008 issue of the Swedish food...
The milk scandal in China continues to worsen: nearly 60,000 children have been affected, numerous people have been arrested and some face death if convicted, countries are banning the import of Chinese milk...
" The Peruvian government has stepped down over a continuing scandal about the allocation of oil concessions. President Alan Garcia said he was accepting the resignation of the full cabinet offered on Thursday...
A website that has been set up to illustrate John McCain's involvement in the S&L crisis has been getting a lot of attention lately. It's worth a watch."The current economic crisis demands that we...
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" On Monday the Obama campaign will start hitting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his role in the late 80s/early 90s Keating 5 scandal, despite previous indications by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, made months ago, that...
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Most people who are familiar with the Texas Youth Commission (TYC), know that education and TYC is indeed a oxymoran. A recently released, detailed report about the statewide education program in TYC verified that youth are provided with a poor education. Many were well...
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It has been reported that the Chinese authorities silenced the media from reporting and investigating on the tainted milk that has caused the deaths of at least 4 children in the country. It did so in view of the Beijing Olympics and to prevent China's reputation from being...
Two kinds of Chinese-made cookies have been pulled of the shelves in the Netherlands beause they contained high concentrations of the chemical melamine. This latest recall is the latest addition to the list of melamine-tainted products being found in food products...
The milk scandal has sparked widespread anger among Chinese mothers, many of whom are reliant on cheap baby formula to feed their infants. Acting tough on the baby milk scandal Chinese Police arrested 12...
New milk powder tests are underway in Europe as regulators concluded that even though Chinese milk imports are banned within the European Union, there may still be contamination within products in Europe that pose a...
Numerous people have been arrested, the head of China's quality watchdog resigned and at least four children have died after tainted milk made its way into homes over the last few months. Tests have confirmed the...
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" It is a feature of markets that they do not always act in an entirely rational manner. You would think, for example, that the series of scandals emerging in the Dubai real estate sector might dampen demand across...