Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

By Michael Hudson

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

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"… rn Julian Hattem contributed research to this article. …"

"… interest and other concerns.”The report describes how one Deutsche Bank trader repeatedly warned his coworkers about the poor quality of the loans backin …"

"… e deals, calling some of the securities “pigs.” At one point, the trader sneered at the marketability of one security but said he “would take it …"

Reform Reading: Consumer agency eyes crowdsourcing to police industry

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law....

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"… kind of lucrative trading, and are simply going to give it a new name. One trader was quoted as saying he will use a loophole to continue proprietary tradin …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part four

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — Throughout his political career, Bill Bradley has defined himself by what he is not. ...

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"… keteer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Four other partners and a trader from Drexel Burnham Lambert were also found guilty in the case. All six co …"

"… llion in fines. Wells also defended Salim “Sandy” Lewis, a Wall Street trader who pleaded guilty to manipulating the share price of Fireman’s Fund Cor …"

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A brief history of Bush, Harken and the SEC

By John Dunbar

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2002 — In 1976, George W. Bush was a freshly minted graduate of the Harvard Business School looking for a job. ...

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"… ng into the oil business, and moved back to his childhood home of Midland, Texas.The early yearsIn 1977, Bush organized his first company, Arbusto Energy I …"

"… ng fee while he worked full time for his father. He regularly flew back to Texas or to New York to attend Harken board meetings; the trips were paid for by …"

"… of the company’s trading partners in the commodities market was another Texas-based company Enron. A June 20, 1990 Harken memo referenced Enron and a $3 …"

"… , Bush had become general partner of a group that would eventually buy the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team. To help pay off a loan used to invest …"

Conflict diamonds are forever

By Mungo Soggot

De Beers Mines strike major diamond find in area previously believed to be worthless

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"… ley Diamond Exchange. After submitting their tenders, or bids, the diamond traders usually fly out the same day.The sudden renaissance of Kimberley has been …"

"… the Kimberley Diamond Exchange, and is popular with international diamond traders. Corns does not believe his exchange deals in conflict diamonds, but he i …"

"… gence sources have named some players in the Kimberley Diamond Exchange as traders in conflict diamonds. One prominent diamond trader who is a De Beers "sig …"

"… ey Diamond Exchange as traders in conflict diamonds. One prominent diamond trader who is a De Beers "sightholder" – the term used to denote the elite cadr …"

The adventure capitalist

By Mungo Soggot and Phillip van Niekerk

Niko Shefer's takeover of Africa

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"… British Foreign Office Minister Peter Hain in the British Parliament as a trader in illegal Angolan diamonds on behalf of the rebel movement UNITA. He deni …"

"… es. This was a source of great aggravation for Congo's traditional diamond traders, especially members of the local Lebanese population who had dominated th …"

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The counterfeit cops

By Te-Ping Chen

Private investigators fight a hidden war against knock-off cigarettes, electronics, toothpaste, and more

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"… cords obtained by ICIJ show he also hoped to meet with another Dubai-based trader — Ahmed Barakat, who worked as a consultant for Philip Morris Internatio …"

"… irst year of their courtship, his wife-to-be thought he was a high-rolling trader from Dubai.)But while getting the evidence is one thing, persuading author …"