Did San Bernardino County Violate California’s Brown Act in Eminent Domain Talks?

This story has been updated with comments from San Bernardino County Groups that represent the interest of mortgage bond investors have been caught off guard by a move San Bernardino County, Ca might make to use eminent domain to buy underwater mortgages with the help of wealthy private investors and a San Francisco based venture […]

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UPDATE: Why is this Third Point Trader being Sued for Civil RICO?

UPDATE 9-5-12: Hedge Fund publication FinAlternatives is writing today about news of the Perry divorce/Civil RICO suit which was reported here first over a month ago. They mention accusations about Jeff Perry leaking news to the New York Post during their coverage of the balance sheet problems with Fairfax Financial. Perry’s ex-wife Elizabeth is off-base […]

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Court orders SEC whistleblower evidence on JP Morgan Hedge Fund fraud released

I’m on RT’s top financial show, Keiser Report, today talking about JP Morgan and the cascade of fraud the bank keeps trying to cover up. We learned last week Jamie Dimon had model the bank’s whale trade loss at a possible $9 billion but didn’t mention this when congress asked him to come in for […]

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JP Morgan Managers Being Told Trade Loss is $9 Billion

This news report has been updated Banking competitors are trying to lure away top talent at JP Morgan by highlighting the recent prop trading losses are likely to affect bonuses and Jamie Dimon isn’t being honest about how bad the loss will be. On July 13th the banking giant will announce 2nd quarter earnings and […]

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Poytner Finds More Fabricated Stories by Hearst: Shows Deeper Editorial Problems

UPDATE 6-26-12: Poytner’s Silverman found another made up story by Paresh Jha that the Hearst editors haven’t identified yet. He wrote this morning he’s going to stay on the story until Hearst starts answering questions and details which stories are made up so the reader can figure out what’s news v. fiction. Now that’s my […]

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Hearst Journalist Paresh Jha Fired for Fabricating Sources at New Canaan News

Update 6-25-12 (2:15pm): A former elected political official from New Canaan told me they were misquoted by Paresh while running for local office and complained to his editor Ashley Varese last year but no changes were made. Varese has not responded for comment Hearst Newspaper’s lead reporter for New Canaan, Ct was fired yesterday after […]

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Greenwich Realtors Use Cops to Try and Silence Blogger Christopher Fountain

Christopher Fountain, a popular and outspoken Greenwich real estate blogger, is being strong armed by the Greenwich Association of Realtors for his writings on the distressed state of local McMansion sales. The GAR went so far as to try to use the local police to scare him off but he’s fighting back with plans to […]

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