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Accounting firm partner di Florio named to head SEC inspections office blamed in Madoff fiasco
A partner in big accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has been named to head a key division of the Securities and Exchange Commission blamed for contributing to the breakdown that allowed Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud to go undetected for 16 years. Comment?
SEC Names PwCa s di Florio to Head Broker Exams...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission named Carlo di Florio, a partner at audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to oversee inspections of money managers and brokers, the unit faulted for missing Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Comment?
Cy Vance takes over as Manhattan DA
... Vance said. Vance's priorities include a crackdown on white-collar crime, like the massive Ponzi scam run by Bernie Madoff. He also wants a new focus on domestic violence. And he wants his office out and about in the city, which is one reason why ... Comment?
... the greatest golfer of our generation and onetime Stanford standout took over the airwaves at the end of 2009. Bernie Madoff. The billion-dollar Ponzi schemer cost colleges and countless other organizations millions upon millions of dollars. As if ... Comment?
Savannah Artist Chuck Hamilton
... booklet: such as - -- I love Chuck's art -- it's not only a STEAL , it's a great investment , recommends him Bernie Madoff from inside his cell. -- I know I'm on a budget but I couldn't resist getting 8 portraits [from Chuck], muses Nadia Sulaiman ... Comment?
Gibbons, Limbaugh, Health Care in American is Just OK
... Limbaugh our health care system is just AOK, hunkey-dorey, fine and dandy. In Gibbons' world: " This is the Bernie Madoff of the federal government not controlling your health insurance," Gibbons said. "This is the worst thing. The federal ... Comment?
The Year of Ponzi Schemes Ushers In Tighter Regulation
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2009 may go down in the annals of business notoriety as the "Year of Ponzi schemes." In early 2009, Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme unraveled to a world in disbelief. The former Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange in March pleaded guilty ... Comment?
Tracking trouble from Doylestown, Ohio to Lima, Peru
... January 4, 2010 An alledged Ponzi schemer resurfaces ten years later WKSU's Jeff St. Clair reports Long before Bernie Madoff made headlines for his admitted Ponzi scheme, Northeast Ohio had Eric Bartoli and his Cyprus Funds. Local investors maintain ... Comment?
Best of 2009: Regulation
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The year 2009 was a traumatic one for financial regulators, no less than for the publicly traded companies and the accounting firms they oversee. Comment?
Northwest Flight 253's Lessons for Leaders
The botched bombing of Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit haunts millions of air travelers facing tighter airport security. Comment?
Avoiding financial scams
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How do we avoid suffering these big financial scams? Like the Bernie Madoff ripoff. Comment?
Madoff moniker draws bidders to Concord auction
At Sunday's "Bernie Madoff Auction" in Concord, the connection to the jailed Ponzi schemer was thin. Comment?
Gino Cutting Its Nose To Spite Its Face?
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... . Judging from the boite's much lauded paper ledger for house accounts -- which includes Frank Sinatra and Bernie Madoff -- the bigger problem might be that most of the old customers are either dead or in prison. The stubborn refusal to cut staff or ... Comment?
Tiger Woods and the Decade of Deception
... as Tiger) was watching his marriage and his endorsement deals fall apart, the Heenes were preparing for jail, Bernie Madoff was already in jail and George W. Bush was as invisible as it is possible to be for a man who was president of the United ... Comment?
... S.D. (AP Photo/David Bohrer, White House, File) Here's a review of 10 what-were-they-thinking moments. 1. Bernie Madoff has been called many names. For one federal regulatory sleuth, he was ... "a wonderful storyteller." For years, the Securities ... Comment?
Al Sanea resists investigators' interview demands
... people last year. If the allegations are proven true, the scheme would rank among the top five frauds, behind Bernie Madoff's $65bn swindle that came to light last year, the Enron saga in 2001 and the scandals at the Bank of Credit and Commerce ... Comment?
... us Ken Lay and Richard Fuld as corporate anti-heroes. A supposed pillar of the New York financial community, Bernie Madoff, turned out to be the rankest crook. The great authorities of the 1990s boom, Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin, were diminished ... Comment?
... as a 'crime' than trafficking in humans. More severe? Like what? Maybe death by bus. In China, US swindler Bernie Madoff would probably have been sentenced to termination and his final ride may have been on an execution bus. Because they really ... Comment?
What Could Possibly Go Wrong in 2010? Answer: Lots
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... Street called-get this-Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.A I can't imagine that people, who still remember Bernie Madoff less than fondly, are going to be terribly interested in watching Gordon Gekko et al come back to theaters after a twenty plus ... Comment?
2009 meltdown doomed Ponzi schemes
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MIAMI - It was a rough year for Ponzi schemes. In 2009, the recession unraveled nearly four times as many of the investment scams as fell apart in 2008, with "Ponzi" becoming a buzzword again thanks to the collapse of Bernard Madoff's $50 billion plot. Comment?