FDIC Chief got Bank of America loans while working on its rescue

By Keith Epstein and David Heath

Agency grants Sheila Bair retroactive ethics waiver on mortgages

Excerpts from this story referencing "executive":

"… to pay back the TARP money and thus free itself from federal oversight of executive pay and other matters. At one point Bair opposed the payback because she s …"

"… s about those issues or holding “meet and greets” with Bank of America executives."I was asked if I would — had I known she was applying for a loan — i …"

As student credit card debt rises, banks quietly reward schools

By Ben Protess and Jeannette Neumann

Colleges make millions selling access and addresses to Bank of America

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"… leges. At a March 2006 conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, Bank of America executive John Cochran described students as “an emerging market that we could rea …"

"… cy Groth, who negotiated collegiate affinity agreements as an MBNA account executive from 1998 to 2005. “Your first credit card is usually the one you keep. …"

"… mer—that was really the goal” of affinity agreements, said former MBNA executive Groth. “You’re not out to gouge them; you want a positive experience. …"

"… r. The timing was “mostly coincidental,” according to Michael Griffin, executive director of Columbia's alumni association. He said that the school had nev …"

Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison resigns

By Matthew Mosk and Ronnie Greene

House hearing will investigate DOE's refinancing of Solyndra loan

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"… d visited the homes of Harrison, company founder Chris Gronet and a former executive.Solyndra spokesman David Miller confirmed agents visited Harrison's home o …"

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Obama campaign reports more than 350 big bundlers, including Solyndra figures

By Aaron Mehta

41 bundlers round up $500,000 each for Obama's re-election

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ken Solomon":

"… nimation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg and Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Ken Solomon, the Tennis Channel CEO, and HBO executive James Costos joined them atop t …"

Inside Countrywide, a ‘counseling meeting’ then termination

By Michael Hudson

Whistleblower suffers cancer, then termination from employment

Excerpts from this story referencing "executive":

"… were falsifying documents and manipulating the home appraisal process.The executive, Eisenman later claimed in a lawsuit, chastised her for causing trouble, c …"

"… a lawsuit, chastised her for causing trouble, complaining that one of the executive’s protégés had been suspended because of her whistleblowing. Whil …"

"… mangers or coworkers, but was also carried out or condoned by upper-level executives.A spokesman for Bank of America, which purchased Countrywide in 2008, dec …"

"… ucted concerning fraud at Countrywide.Before the merger, Countrywide chief executive Angelo Mozilo and other company officials blamed market conditions for the …"

IMPACT: Credit union swaps payday loans for friendlier offering

Utah federal credit union featured in iWatch News investigation moves away from payday lending business

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"… — a business partner.In a telephone interview in April, Capital Finance executive David Taylor said that Mountain America and another large Utah credit unio …"

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Energy's risky $1 billion bet on two politically-connected electric car builders

By Ronnie Greene, Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross

Two politically connected firms get $1 billion in federal loans to build electric cars

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"… stigators say, is whether another Solyndra is in the offing.In interviews, executives with Tesla and Fisker said comparisons to Solyndra are unfounded. Each sa …"

"… rtune investing in Google, hosted Obama at a February dinner for high tech executives at his secluded estate south of San Francisco. Doerr and Kleiner Perkins …"

"… s at his secluded estate south of San Francisco. Doerr and Kleiner Perkins executives have contributed more than $1 million to federal political causes and cam …"

"… e national finance chair of Obama’s 2008 campaign.O’Connell, the Tesla executive, said political muscle played no role in the company’s award of the $465 …"

The weekly watchdog: Oct. 17 - Oct. 21

By Bill Buzenberg

In case you missed them, catch up on this week's top investigations from iWatch News

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"… st for trying to prevent fraud at the company.  Until next week, Bill Buzenberg Executive Director …"

House committee votes to subpoena White House over Solyndra loan

By Corbin Hiar, Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

A House committee voted Thursday along party lines to subpoena President Obama's inner circle for Solyndra correspondence

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"… e deliberations while Democratic leaders contended the subpoena impedes on executive privilege, a limited legal privacy protection afforded to presidential act …"

"… an overly broad subpoena "raises the strong possibility of the defense of executive privilege, an area which has much opportunity for the Congress to lose pow …"

"… sel Kathryn Ruemmler called “long-standing and significant institutional executive branch confidentiality interests.”On Friday, the White House announced i …"

"… e analyst who is now a professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.If executive privilege is invoked, Sollenberger predicted Republicans would move to fin …"

Obama donor weighed asking White House to save Solyndra, emails say

By Matthew Mosk

Emails from Obama bundler George Kaiser show he contemplated pulling government's strings to save solar firm

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"… , who was also a political donor to Barack Obama, strategized with his top executives about whether and how they should use their contacts inside the White Hou …"

"… as those relationships anymore."Kaiser replies to Steve Mitchell, a senior executive at Kaiser's venture capital firm, that he should "pursue your contacts wit …"

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