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Wall Street on Spitzer’s Peccadillo: “There is a God”

Posted in Crime, Finance, Politics on Mar 10th, 2008

Dealmaker.com’s Bess Levin sees glee emanating from Wall Street regarding the fall of NY Gov. Elliot Spitzer:
Obviously, overall, Wall Street is happy about the news. One trader told (CNBC’s) Bob Pisani it means “there is a God.” But we want more individualized, firm-specific responses. Like, Merrill Lynch was one of (Spitzer’s) first targets. Are […]

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More Axium Bankruptcy Fallout

Posted in Accounting, Crime, Employees, Law on Jan 18th, 2008

A week has passed since we posted this item about Axium International, a payroll firm that suddenly closed its doors and went bankrupt. Since then, the firm’s primary financier has sued two principles, John Visconti and Ronald Garber, and has made a number of stunning allegations. Many details are at the […]

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Crime Waves of Grain

Posted in Agriculture, Crime, Dolan Media on Jan 11th, 2008

Oil is not the only commodity getting an historic high price this year. According to the Journal Record, wheat prices have broken $10 per bushel, up from $3 a year ago due to high worldwide demand and bad weather in some wheat-growing places like Argentina and Australia.
So here come the wheat rustlers, writes Brian […]

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