The government’s $25 billion settlement Thursday with banks over fraudulent foreclosure practices begins a long-promised reckoning with the financial industry over its role in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, officials said. Read full article > >
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Settlement launches foreclosure reckoning
Court hearings meant to protect New York homeowners from foreclosure are hopelessly slowed by endless paperwork and requests for additional information.
The charges against DocX, which provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, are one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprieties against homeowners.
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DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri
Congressional ethics investigators concluded there “is substantial reason to believe” that Florida’s Rep. Vern Buchanan, one of the top Republicans in the House, violated ethics laws by failing to report his position with a half-dozen firms, according to records released Monday. Read full article > >
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Children’s laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.
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Gruffalo author pens protest poem
A sweeping new ethics bill would also require disclosures by thousands of employees in the executive branch.
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Senate Approves Ban on Insider Trading by Congress
Legal assistance is being offered to users affected by the recent closure of file storage site Megaupload.
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The Senate on Monday began its most substantial debate on congressional ethics in nearly five years, a proposal that would formally prohibit insider stock trading on Capitol Hill and bring the chamber’s financial disclosure laws up to date with technology. Read full article > >
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Senate begins debating insider-trading bill
Mitt Romney’s campaign said Thursday it was working to correct the Republican candidate’s financial disclosures following reports that nearly two dozen funds, including a now-closed Swiss bank account, were not included on the forms as required. Read full article > >
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Romney campaign to correct financial disclosure forms to include overseas income
The Pentagon budget will actually shrink next year, for the first time since 1998, under a proposal released by the Obama administration that will cut the size of the Army and Marine Corps, trim the number of fighter aircraft and ships, and seek congressional approval for another round of military base closures. Read full article > >
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Pentagon budget set to shrink next year
Some large online file storage sites have been reacting to the closure of Megaupload by disabling features and blocking access.
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Storage sites unnerved by action
Some large online file storage sites have been reacting to the closure of Megaupload by disabling features and blocking access.
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Storage sites unnerved by action
Disclosure has often become an endpoint in the chain of responsibility, an act of compliance with the letter of the law rather than the spirit of transparency.
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News Analysis: Hard Truths About Disclosure
Hundreds of protesters join a march over concerns about a ward closure and cuts in opening hours at a hospital.
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Hundreds join in hospital protest
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program. Another newspaper quoted a senior commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guard force as saying Tehran’s leadership has decided to order the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic oil route, if the country’s petroleum exports are blocked. Revolutionary Guard ground forces also staged war games in eastern Iran in an apparent display of resolve against U.S. forces just over the border in Afghanistan. Read full article > >
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Congressional investigators find ‘reason to believe’ Buchanan broke ethics laws
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