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Don't know if there's anything here, but in trying to get information about Ed Shohat, quite an intriguing web is revealed. He's the attorney for the alleged "maid" to Rush Limbaugh who's reported turning him in for illegal prescription drug purchasing. His Democrat Party ties are known .. but there's more. Shohat is also the attorney for Eduardo and Hector Orlansky, whose financial intrigue is described here: Miami Herald Article about Espirto Santo Bank and the Orlansky brothers It just show happens that Espirito Santo Bank formed a partnership with the Orlansky brothers for the purpose of funding their lucrative...

<p>McLEAN, Va. — The former top executives at WorldCom Inc. ruled with unquestioned authority, steering the telecommunications company into multibillion-dollar acquisitions on a whim and intimidating underlings who questioned their conduct, according to two reports released today.</p> <p>A report by former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh outlined a corporate culture thoroughly dominated by former chairman Bernard Ebbers and ex-chief financial officer Scott Sullivan, fostering an environment that led to the largest U.S. bankruptcy and an $11 billion accounting scandal.</p>

NEW YORK -- Top management at WorldCom Inc. , including former Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers, and dozens of employees conspired together beginning in the late 1990s to carry out massive and systematic fraud at the company, according to the findings of two long-awaited external investigations released Monday. The reports describe how members of WorldCom's management worked to falsify nearly every financial result reported by the company, in an increasingly desperate bid to keep its sagging fortunes concealed from investors. The reports criticize not only top management, but also fault an utter breakdown in the cornerstone of the company's corporate-governance...

John McCain fancies himself a reformer, a trustbuster, a progressive. But the truth is he's a hypocrite. Putting aside his dealings with convicted felon Charles Keating (as the mainstream media does), he's now all over radio and television, and in the print media, demanding corporate accountability. In fact, on a radio program this morning, McCain decried "unfettered capitalism." Now, anyone who has tried to start a small business, or has been in business for all of three minutes, knows that American capitalism is far too "fettered." You can't start a business in most places without securing and paying for a...