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Donald Trump knew a man he named as a senior business adviser in 2010 had been convicted in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme, according to Associated Press interviews and a review of court records.

April 3, 2008 Ben Bernanke admits Bear Stearns was hours from collapse Dearbail Jordan US Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, today revealed that Bear Stearns was just one day away from going bust when the central bank stepped in to save the Wall Street bank to prevent chaos and a "severe" impact on confidence. Speaking for a second day in front of US Congress, Mr Bernanke attempted to justify JP Morgan Chase's rescue of Bear Stearns, in a deal that included the US Fed agreeing to back $29 billion of the troubled investment bank's assets. Mr Bernanke said: "... on...

<p>PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opinion Research Corporation, a leading provider of global market research and consulting services, today announced the establishment of a formal polling partnership with CNN, one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN Poll will become the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll.</p>

EADS, the parent company of Airbus, is facing twin probes by French stock market authorities and its main shareholders following its shock profit warning and admission of delays on its flagship A380 airliner. Arnaud Lagardère, one of the Franco-German aerospace group's co-chairmen, said EADS was in a "major crisis". The AMF, France's stock market regulator, is understood to be looking into share sales by several directors in March, including Noël Forgeard, the joint chief executive who made a gain of about €2.5m ($3.2m) just weeks before the board was alerted to problems in the world's biggest passenger aircraft. On Thursday...

Jan. 29--Facing an uphill battle to recover $144.7 million lost investing in Enron Corp., the University of California has hired America's most successful and controversial securities-fraud law firm -- a firm that has recovered billions of dollars for shareholders but is reportedly under investigation for improper tactics. The firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &amp; Lerach has a phenomenal history of recouping money for investors. But some experts say the sheer magnitude of Enron's collapse -- billions gone, relatively few dollars available and a slew of people demanding their money back -- could make it difficult for any shareholder to ...

FUGITIVE IN $8 MILLION KOREAN STOCK FRAUD NABBED Arrest Results from Collaboration by ICE, U.S. VISIT, & Interpol OLD TAPPAN, N.J.-Acting on information supplied by Interpol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in New Jersey arrested Heung Joo Kim, a man wanted by the Republic of Korea for embezzling stock and currency valued at $8 million. The Korean national is the subject of an Interpol "Red Notice." He is now in ICE custody facing a deportation hearing and an extradition request from the Republic of Korea. The arrest is the result of a cooperative effort between a special Compliance...

One would think that our journalists, who profess a commitment to the Bill of Rights, would raise the alarm. But they're too busy filling out grant applications to the Soros Open Society Institute. Last fall, in our report on George Soros,we noted that "The media consistently ignore the fact that this so-called 'philanthropist' has had several brushes with the law," including a conviction in France for insider trading. On March 24, that insider trading conviction was upheld. The Washington Post gave the story one paragraph on page 2 of the Business Section of the paper. By contrast, the story was...

After five months in prison, Martha's primed and ready for her next act: two TV shows and a marketing blitz stage-managed by a new A-list team. Inside the Martha Makeover Machine. Stewart: What a difference a prison stay makes NewsweekMarch 7 issue - Just after 5 on a recent frigid winter morning, Debbie Gettings lined up outside a Detroit TV studio for a chance to work for her idol: Martha Stewart. The 34-year-old suburban homemaker was not deterred by the fact that Stewart, at that moment, was sleeping in a prison cell in West Virginia. To the contrary, Gettings is...

<p>March 4, 2004 -- ONE of the first things Sen. John Kerry will do now that he has won de facto control of the party is to oust Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, say top insiders in the Kerry campaign.</p>

Original Song By Walter Kittredge (1864) Update-Parody by Coral Snake (2003) MIDI - TENTING ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND click on the WHITE title for the midi 1. We're surfing tonight on the Linux box. We see something to cheer SCO's pump 'n' dump was found out now, As SCO execs should fear. (CHORUS) Many are the hearts that are happy tonight, Now our Linux shall stay free; SCO execs in jumpsuits of orange bright Means penguin victory. Surfing tonight, Surfing tonight, Surfing on the Linux Box. 2. Been surfing tonight on the Linux box, Watching SCO FUD and lie,...

SGI compares Linux, Unix source code IDG News Service 10/6/03 Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, San Francisco Bureau An open letter to the Linux community published by Silicon Graphics Inc. indicates that SGI has conducted a comprehensive comparison of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code owned by The SCO Group Inc. According to the letter, authored by SGI Vice President of Software Rich Altmaier, SGI conducted an "exhaustive comparison" of the Linux kernel and the Unix System V source code, which turned up only "trivial" code segments that "may arguably be related" to SCO's software. The...

<p>MT. JULIET — The corner office of the small shopping center is unimpressive, considering the ''massive'' stock fraud that federal authorities say originated there.</p> <p>Accurate Business Forms is lettered on the door of the 1301 N. Mt. Juliet Road location. Next door, preschoolers romp at a day-care center, while on the opposite side is a kids' clothing store.</p>

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Wednesday, July 17, 2002 Sen. Corzine's Wall Street Sleaze Sen. Jon Corzine, one of the loudest Democrats trying to blame others for corporate corruption, led an investment banking firm that stands accused of inflating stock prices in the 1990s and contributing to the market crash. "Goldman Sachs, the firm that Mr. Corzine left as chairman in May 1999, has been a target of class-action lawsuits and accusations by a former broker who complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the investment house engaged in a scheme to...

IMAGINE A patient at a medical checkup. Let's say she's important: She runs a major company or she runs in the Olympics. There's a lot riding on her health, so she gets wired up to a vast battery of medical equipment, and a team of high-priced doctors notes her pulse and blood pressure and other vital measurements. After long and learned study, the doctors pronounce the patient healthy and publish her charts to prove it. But the numbers in the charts turn out to be fictitious. The machines didn't work, and the doctors all knew it. The patient soon falls...