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  • Gambling debt, stock tip lead to $1 million settlement but no charges for Mickelson

    05/19/2016 5:44:38 PM PDT · by george76 · 22 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 19, 2016 | Joseph Ax
    Late in July 2012, Phil Mickelson, one of the world's most famous golfers, received a phone call from a well-known professional sports gambler, William "Billy" Walters. At the time, U.S. authorities say, Mickelson owed Walters a gambling debt, and Walters had a hot stock tip: buy shares in the food company Dean Foods Co. Four days later, Mickelson owned $2.4 million worth of Dean Foods shares, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A few weeks after that, he reaped a $931,000 profit when the company announced a spinoff that sent its share price soaring. Mickelson then paid off...
  • Brokerage mistakenly transferred shares...legal recourse?

    04/19/2016 4:00:30 PM PDT · by Homer1 · 56 replies
    https://www.google.com ^ | 04/20/2016 | Vanity
    I have a brokerage account. A person with the same name as me passed away and the broker transferred all of my shares to his heirs. What legal actions can I take? What rights do I have? Anybody in the financial industry that can weigh in...it would be appreciated. Thanks
  • Panama Papers Reveal Clinton’s Kremlin Connection

    04/07/2016 11:23:53 AM PDT · by InvisibleChurch · 17 replies
    Observer ^ | 4-7-16
    The revelations of the so-called Panama Papers that are roiling the world’s political and financial elites this week include important facts about Team Clinton. This unprecedented trove of documents purloined from a shady Panama law firm that arranged tax havens, and perhaps money laundering, for the globe’s super-rich includes juicy insights into how Russia’s elite hides its ill-gotten wealth. Almost lost among the many revelations is the fact that Russia’s biggest bank uses The Podesta Group as its lobbyist in Washington, DC. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO...
  • MUST SEE=> Did Mitt Romney Just File Papers to Run for President?

    03/04/2016 3:41:37 PM PST · by bobsunshine · 59 replies
    GatewayPundit ^ | March 4, 2016 | Jim Hoft
    This document is making the rounds today in conservative circles. It looks like Mitt Romney, who pushed for a brokered RNC convention earlier today, filed documents in January to be eligible to run for president in 2016. At least, that’s what a few websites are pushing.....
  • Here are the results sources for super Tuesday

    03/01/2016 4:31:53 PM PST · by FormerRep · 51 replies
    multiple links | multiple
    http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president?lo=ut_d1 http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/calendar/march http://rsbn.tv/abc-news-live-breaking-news-streams/ Trump has Georgia already.
  • Racist Anti-Trump Robocalls Hit SEC Primary States – Looks Like Coordinated Attack

    03/01/2016 1:02:54 AM PST · by Helicondelta · 22 replies
    There are reports of racist anti-Trump robocalls hitting the SEC primary states tonight. This is after a weekend of racist smears by the liberal media and GOP establishment – including Marco Rubio – on Donald Trump. The calls are reportedly coming from the Rubio Conservative Solutions PAC. ... I just got a robocall from a Nazi group and they made a mistake. I was able to track it to 'Conservative Solutions Pac" THAT IS A RUBIO PAC— DJ Lewis (@umpire43) February 29, 2016
  • FIREWALL CRUMBLES: Cruz prepares for election day massacre by pulling out of Alabama events

    02/24/2016 8:30:17 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 492 replies
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The “southern firewall” Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign has been building for months appears to be crumbling under the weight of Donald Trump’s staying power and Marco Rubio’s resurgence. The Cruz campaign told Yellowhammer Wednesday night they are pulling out of the Presidential Forum set to be held at Samford University in Birmingham on Saturday, and will not be holding any other events in Alabama ahead of election day. Senator Marco Rubio’s campaign, however, reiterated their commitment to the event. The move is one of the most open indicators to date that Cruz has failed to pick up...
  • EXCLUSIVE: TIME Guide to Official 2016 Republican Nomination Calendar

    02/21/2016 7:03:38 PM PST · by Be Careful · 17 replies
    Time ^ | October 2, 2015 | Zeke Miller
    The official road map for the GOP candidates
  • REPORT: Cruz Camp Worried BIG South Carolina Loss an Ominous Sign for Super Tuesday

    02/19/2016 6:25:05 PM PST · by Sybeck1 · 132 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Jim Hoft
    On the eve of the South Carolina primary Cruz insiders are reportedly privately beginning to fear that a big loss to Donald Trump would signal more defeats in the SEC states. CNN reported: What if the firewall crumbles? That’s the worry of a growing number of people close to Ted Cruz’s campaign, who are privately beginning to fear that a big loss in South Carolina to Donald Trump on Saturday could signal more defeats to come in the so-called SEC states that are the lynchpin of Cruz’s strategy. “If they’re pretty far back from Trump and they can’t get southern...
  • New Virginia Poll Shows the Race Clarifying

    02/16/2016 10:15:38 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 51 replies
    Red State ^ | February 16, 2016 | Leon H. Wolf
    A new poll has been released for the State of Virginia, and it confirms a lot of the conventional wisdom about how the race is shaping up. Virginia is a Super Tuesday state and is probably a pretty good representation of how many of the Southern Super Tuesday states are thinking right now. On the Democrat side, Hillary leads Bernie Sanders, but by less than you would expect, at 52%-40%. You would think that, of the Southern states, Virginia might be especially friendly territory to Hillary, given that one of her stooges is Governor and given the increasingly high number...
  • GOP asks: Can Trump and Cruz be stopped? [This time the shoe is on the other foot]

    02/11/2016 4:27:22 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 127 replies
    The Hill ^ | February 11, 2016 | Neil Stanage
    The Republican establishment is grappling with an uncomfortable reality: No single candidate is about to be crowned as its standard-bearer after New Hampshire's primary. And that means Donald Trump and Ted Cruz could be sprinting toward the presidential nomination before a third rival gets out of the starting blocks. "The only way for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz to be stopped is for the establishment to finally rally around one candidate - and it doesn't look like that is going to happen anytime soon," said Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist and a former aide to GOP leaders on Capitol Hill....
  • Two Anonymous Whistleblowers Are Pounding on the SEC’s Door Again

    02/05/2016 6:10:55 PM PST · by Lorianne · 5 replies
    Wall Street on Parade ^ | 04 February 2016 | Pam Martens and Russ Martens
    Last night ABC began its two-part series on the Bernie Madoff fraud. Viewers will be reminded about how investment expert, Harry Markopolos, wrote detailed letters to the SEC for years, raising red flags that Bernie Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme – only to be ignored by the SEC as Madoff fleeced more and more victims out of their life savings. Today, there are two equally erudite scribes who have jointly been flooding the SEC with explosive evidence that some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that trade on U.S. stock exchanges and are sold to a gullible public, may be little...
  • Obama's Vendetta With Gun Makers Gets Personal: Smith & Wesson Shares Plunge After Call For SEC

    12/16/2015 5:48:49 PM PST · by lowbridge · 63 replies
    zero hedge ^ | december 15, 2015 | tyler durden
    has decided to take his vendetta with US gun makers to the next level and as the NYT reported overnight, "the New York City public advocate on Monday asked federal regulators to investigate whether the gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson had made adequate disclosures in its financial statements." One would think that being in compliance with all existing SEC regulatory requirements would be sufficient, but when one is on Obama's black list there are additional requirements for "adequate disclosure" one must follow, especially the ones that one does not know about because they appear only after the fact. The NYT...
  • Deutsche Bank Lawyer Found Dead in New York in Suicide

    10/25/2014 8:51:15 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 24 replies
    Wall Street journal ^ | 10-25-14 | DAVID ENRICH, JENNY STRASBURG and PERVAIZ SHALLWANI
    Calogero Gambino Had Been Closely Involved in Negotiating Legal Issues for Deutsche Bank ino, has died of a suicide in New York, according to New York City officials and others familiar with the circumstances of his death.
  • Gary Pinkel Will Resign Due to Lymphoma: Details, Reaction

    11/13/2015 2:42:24 PM PST · by PAR35 · 14 replies
    Bleacher Report ^ | Nov 13, 2015 | Adam Wells
    Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel is resigning after the season as he continues treatment for lymphoma.
  • NYT Has Hillary Fundraiser, Fined CEO Steven Rattner Writing About Fiorina

    10/06/2015 9:19:09 AM PDT · by george76 · 2 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 27 Sep 2015 | Greg Richter
    Steven Rattner, a fundraiser for Democrat Hillary Clinton and someone who was fined by the SEC, has a column criticizing Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina in The New York Times titled "Carly Fiorina Really Was That Bad." ... "Not mentioned by the Times is the fact Rattner was once President Obama‘s 'Car Czar' back during the Cash-for-Clunkers days. He’s also a major fundraiser for (drumroll…) Hillary Clinton." Rattner also paid $10 million in fines to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2010 for alleged involvement in a New York State pension fund scandal. ... What’s next, Grey Lady? Can we...
  • The New York Times and the rehabilitation of Steven Rattner

    10/06/2015 9:04:49 AM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    Columbia Journalism Review ^ | FEBRUARY 20, 2013 | Ryan Chittum
    The New York Times is declaring that disgraced private equity mogul Steven Rattner has gotten his reputation back in the Manhattan lunch circles that matter. This was probably only a matter of time given that it was the Times itself that played a leading role in his rehabilitation. It’s Andrew Ross Sorkin, naturally, who pronounces the cleansing complete, even wondering aloud if Rattner could be a Treasury secretary someday. This about a guy who just two years ago paid $16 million to settle SEC and New York lawsuits against him for taking part in a kickback scheme with public officials...
  • Fiorina Misleads on HP and Iran

    09/23/2015 6:06:13 AM PDT · by jimbo123 · 9 replies
    Annenberg Public Policy Center ^ | 9/22/15 | Lori Robertson and Eugene Kiely
    Carly Fiorina made several false, misleading and unsubstantiated claims in responding to questions about Hewlett-Packard’s involvement with a foreign subsidiary that sold products in Iran. The former HP CEO claimed that a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation “proved that neither I nor anyone else in management knew about” a Hewlett-Packard subsidiary doing business in Iran. We have found no such ruling from the SEC, nor could Fiorina’s campaign provide one. She also claimed that the company that actually sold HP products in Iran was “not honest” with HP about its dealings. But that company said in a 2003 press release...
  • Agencies Say They Need Access to Americans’ Emails Without a Warrant [FTC and SEC]

    09/16/2015 5:45:27 PM PDT · by markomalley · 20 replies
    Nextgov ^ | 9/16/15 | Kaveh Waddell
    A bi­par­tis­an bid to re­form an elec­tron­ic-pri­vacy law has the sup­port of the tech com­munity and the White House, but fed­er­al law en­force­ment of­fi­cials tell Con­gress the changes would hamper civil pro­sec­u­tion. Civil law en­force­ment agen­cies like the Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion and the Se­cur­it­ies and Ex­change Com­mis­sion would not be able to ob­tain crit­ic­al in­form­a­tion if the law were changed to re­quire crim­in­al war­rants for ac­cess to data stored on cloud ser­vices, ac­cord­ing to wit­nesses from those agen­cies testi­fy­ing in front of the Sen­ate Ju­di­ciary Com­mit­tee Wed­nes­day. The law en­force­ment of­fi­cials were re­act­ing to bills from Sens. Mike Lee and...
  • SEC Not So Loud And Proud After Week 2

    09/14/2015 11:32:45 AM PDT · by C19fan · 54 replies
    The Post Game ^ | September 14, 2015 | Samuel Chi
    First impressions can be as deceiving in college football as it was with Josef Stalin. Both FDR and Truman were initially charmed by the Soviet dictator, only to be stabbed in the back by him later. Kinda like how AP voters must have felt right about now. A week ago, a record 10 SEC teams were ranked in the AP top 25, as the voters were smitten by the conference's 10-1 opening week record, including four victories over Power 5 opponents. SEC coaches wasted little time to crow, with LSU's Les Miles proclaiming that all top 25 teams should be...