Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… eady courting the “bundlers,” well-connected Wall Street and corporate executives who can rope in hundreds of thousands each. That’s no mean feat: under …"

"… White House and have been irked by its tough rhetoric aimed at Wall Street executives.Messina’s first stop was Manhattan, to soothe anxieties about the admin …"

"… Democratic fundraiser.Those attending the cocktail party included Evercore executive Charles Myers; Orin Kramer, a general partner of Boston Provident, a big h …"

Bank of America, tech VP clash over money-laundering detection

By Michael Hudson

Bank of America Corp. faces myriad disputes with whistleblowers, state attorneys general, and homeowners after surviving the U.S. financial

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"… computer program that would red-flag questionable movements of money. Bank executives were so excited by the “cutting-edge” quality of the prototype they d …"

"… iscussed seeking a patent.So it came as a surprise to Bucky Feagans, a top executive in charge of risk technology at the bank, when one of his computer gurus e …"

"… crap.”In what has become a four-year legal battle, Galinksy claims that executives ignored his concerns that the bank was developing a computer program that …"

"… ork Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged Bank of America and former chief executive Ken Lewis with misleading shareholders and the federal government in order …"

Tobacco company penalties may signal U.S. crackdown on industry practices overseas

By Traver Riggins and Ricardo Sandoval Palos

A flurry of federal enforcement action targeting payoffs by subsidiaries of two U.S. tobacco companies may signal a broader regulatory assau

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"… p. did not admit to wrongdoing in the SEC actions. One former Alliance One executive pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a separate case brought by state pro …"

"… ials at both companies did not respond to requests for interviews.A former executive at Alliance One predecessor Dimon, Inc. pleaded guilty last week in a rela …"

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Overview: The tobacco lobby goes global

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

The tobacco lobby goes global

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"… eloped nations like Australia and France. The global reputation of tobacco executives ranks near the bottom in public standing surveys. Market growth in the de …"

"… undreds of anti-tobacco activists, public health specialists, and industry executives from around the world. Held in Geneva the past two years, it is fitting t …"

"… tion to talks by the influential Eurasian Economic Community included four executives of tobacco industry lobbying groups and two employees of Philip Morris in …"

"… was applying legal pressure from abroad, the country’s domestic tobacco executives were privately pushing Mujica to strike a deal. The reason: Uruguayan man …"

Haley Barbour’s money juggernaut for 2012

By Peter H. Stone

The Mississippi governor, a legendary fundraiser, is calling in chits with friends and allies to raise money for a possible GOP presidential

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"… bbyist Scott Reed, who ran Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign and was executive director of the RNC under Barbour; former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie; Don F …"

"… has been run by Henry Barbour, was a $100,000 check from Jamal Daniel, an executive with Crest Investment Corp, a Texas energy and finance company, who has ti …"

"… aign and a net negative with the public,” predicted Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.When Barbour be …"

NASA inspector general dismisses contractor complaint

By Laurel Adams

NASA’s inspector general has dismissed complaints from Honeywell, which claimed that the government violated federal procurement laws when i

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"… act in 2008 to a competitor, ITT Corporation.Honeywell claimed former NASA executive Robert Spearing violated revolving door policies by assisting ITT, as a co …"

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Medical device industry lobbies IRS, Congress to dodge health law tax

By Joe Eaton

Device makers lobbying to get out from under tax imposed by health care reform law

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"… ing door connecting K Street with Capitol Hill.In December, former AdvaMed executive Brett Loper, who lobbied against the excise tax, was named House Speaker J …"

"… e instead referred to a comment by David Nexon, the association’s senior executive vice president: “Each AdvaMed member company will have to individually d …"

More transparency sought from White House’s OMB in regulation reviews

By Jim Morris

Under President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, the White House Office of Management and Budget became known as the place where promising

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"… mail that OIRA “conducts its activities in full compliance with standing executive orders.”ABOUT THE DATAWhat: “Before and after” documents showing cha …"

Obama’s new chief of staff sought to loosen post-Enron corporate reforms

By Michael Hudson

William M. Daley, President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, is a major Wall Street player who sought to loosen corporate reform laws and

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"… rving as president of SBC Communications Inc. and, most recently, as a top executive at one of Wall Street’s most powerful firms, JPMorgan Chase & Co.At …"

"… protect corporate auditors from lawsuits and investigations.Ira Rheingold, executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a Washington, …"

"… giving, and environmental and community affairs.”JP Morgan and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, have been credited with navigating the financial crisis bett …"

"… that “when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel called a top JPMorgan executive to ask for the bank's support in creating a new consumer-protection agency …"

The end of Lehman, part 2

By Michael Hudson

What did Dick Fuld and other Lehman executives know, and when did they know it? Staff writer Michael Hudson reviews some of the evidence. Fo

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"… 6:45 a.m. Each attendee was handed a dossier of about 30 pages. One former executive who was at the meeting, Lawrence G. McDonald, says that it was “as close …"

"… lband didn’t stop pressing the issue. He used his position on Lehman’s executive committee to try to persuade the firm to pull back from its massive bets o …"

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