Maryland challenges online payday lender owned by tribal member

By Amy Biegelsen

Western Sky Financial’s website features a logo with three teepees and a toll-free number for customers to apply for an overnight loan. A no

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"… es, critics say, trap borrowers in a cycle of debt.An investigation by the Center for Public Integrity published last month found that affiliating with tribes is a method some I …"

Payday lenders boost spending on lobbying, campaigns as consumer agency takes shape

By Julie Vorman

Payday lenders more than doubled their spending on federal lobbying to $9.2 million in 2009-10, an investment that defeated Congressional at

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"… an tribes to shield themselves from lawsuits and government oversight, the Center for Public Integrity reported in a February investigation as part of its “Debt Deception” s …"

Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

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"… The lenders and tribes involved in these cases could not be reached by the Center for Public Integrity for comment. An attorney for one group of tribal-affiliated lenders said i …"

"… ing where the Miami Nation conducts its business. When a reporter from the Center for Public Integrity visited in December, the front door was locked. A receptionist said no one …"

"… ot looking to screw others over.”Michael Hudson is a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity and author of THE MONSTER: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street …"

"… rmer Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which recently became part of the Center for Public Integrity. …"

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Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

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"… is the activity of Koch Industries in the trenches in Washington, where a Center for Public Integrity examination of lobbying disclosure files and federal regulatory records re …"

Koch buys online advertising to attack report on its lobbying influence

Oil firm takes out online ads attacking Center reporter’s project on lobbying

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"… .org …"

"… ave followers a step-by-step process on how to report the ad as misleading.Center for Public Integrity Executive Director Bill Buzenberg noted that Farrell’s story was based o …"

Green bundler with the golden touch

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Investor Steve Westly straddles the worlds of venture capital, presidential fundraising and government advising

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"… grants or stimulus money from the Obama Energy Department, a review by the Center for Public Integrity and ABC News has found.Relatively few companies succeed in winning such be …"

"… rogram that aided Tesla and four other car firms.Documents obtained by the Center for Public Integrity under a Freedom of Information Act request show that one of the firms turn …"

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The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

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"… —a ratio of more than four-to-one—according to figures compiled by the Center for Public Integrity.In many ways, the $30 billion energy legislation is a classic example of m …"

"… dollars to lobby Congress and the Bush Administration. An analysis by the Center for Public Integrity found that the oil and gas industry reported spending $143.3 million in lo …"

"… natural gas industry on wilderness preserves and closed federal lands.The Center for Public Integrity found the oil and gas companies on the Fortune 1000 list had given $165,67 …"

Treasury Dept. anti-foreclosure program "abysmal," says watchdog

By David Heath

Desperate homeowners beware: Getting help from the federal government to lower your monthly mortgage bill may actually force you into forec

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"… for them to get borrowers into a permanent modification, Barofsky told the Center for Public Integrity in an interview earlier this week.In testimony before the House Oversight …"

Boiler rooms, foreclosure mills: The story of America’s mortgage industry

By Michael Hudson

The news about the nation’s foreclosure scandal has been coming fast and furious, driven by tales of backdated documents, false affidavits a

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"… far from alone, at Ameriquest and other lenders around the country.As the Center for Public Integrity documented in its 2009 report, Economic Meltdown: The Subprime 25, many of …"

Bank of America pays $108 million to settle latest case against troubled Countrywide unit

Struggling homeowners who were overbilled by two Countrywide Financial subsidiaries for services such as lawn care and home inspections at t

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"… 8 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday.The Center for Public Integrity previously identified Countrywide as the biggest U.S. subprime lender in a …"

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