Shake-ups at high-profile coal industry group

By Marianne Lavelle

With its hefty bankroll and polished messaging, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity looked like a juggernaut going into the cl

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"… ssional investigation continues.The large power company Duke Energy, whose chief executive James Rogers has long advocated climate legislation, withdrew from the coa …"

Florida lawsuit cites Center’s investigation of BP refinery violations

By M.B. Pell

A class-action lawsuit against BP seeking compensation on behalf of Florida condominium owners for decreased property values as a result of

Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

By Rick Schmitt

Center story detailed loopholes in current system

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"… showing its age.  “It is a Tower of Babel,” says Elliot Fineman, chief executive of the National Gun Victims Action Council, a Chicago-based advocacy group …"

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Inside the shell: Drugs, arms and tax scams

By Gerard Ryle

The man behind shell companies linked to arms deals, drug lords and tax fraud.

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"… secondary sharemarket in New Zealand. At its height, the company – whose chief executive was McAskill, the Melbourne businessman sentenced to six months' jail in 2 …"

Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Yet another senior vacancy among banking regulators

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"… pport Obama the way they did in 2008 with campaign contributions, one bank chief executive told the newspaper. But some bankers say they still plan to vote for Obama …"

"… h are required to have 10 percent capital ratio,” writes Rusty Cloutier, chief executive of MidSouth Bancorp Inc. “When you hear them crying about how unfair the …"

Next stop for fight over Wall Street reforms: Federal court

By Shirley Gao

The financial industry is preparing to move its fight against the Dodd-Frank law into the courts

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"… ves trading, and requirements for companies to report the pay ratio of the chief executive versus an average employee.In general, a federal regulation cannot be chal …"

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Toward a stalemate in Copenhagen

By Marianne Lavelle

Industry pressures and national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty

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"… ity. But the concessions have not won over opponents like Don Blankenship, chief executive of Massey Energy, the largest coal producer in central Appalachia, wh …"

A case of lowered expectations in the US

By Marianne Lavelle

U.S. businesses work to keep expectation for America's climate change effort as low as possible

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"… all on electricity consumers, the power industry has argued. James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, which serves customers in the Midwest and the Carolin …"

"Brown down" in Australia

By Marian Wilkinson, Ben Cubby and Flint Duxfield

Business interests thwart carbon controls on the hottest, driest continent

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"… became a Labor Party minister, Wong argued forcefully with many corporate chief executives during the initial negotiations over the climate bill. The crux of her ar …"

"… tations in Australia, according to emissions analyst Dr. Hugh Saddler. The chief executive of TRUenergy in Australia, Richard McIndoe, kicked off his campaign by wri …"

"… e a much higher cost of doing so in the future.The problem is that many of chief executives from the biggest polluting companies appear to be more focused on the bot …"

Greasing the skids of corruption

By Phillip van Niekerk and Laura Peterson

Money from multinational oil companies moves through labyrinths of international bank accounts, avoiding national budgets and banks

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"… further open its books. Though there are signs of progress – the Angolan Finance Ministry in summer 2002 posted sales on its Web site showing oil production and val …"

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