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    Feb 12, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. The vendetta against S&P, part II

    WASHINGTON -- My last column on the federal suit against the bond-rating rating agency Standard & Poor's drew some critical reactions that are worth sharing with readers. In the column, I argued that S&P, which badly erred in rating bonds tied to home mortgages, was being made a scapegoat for the financial crisis. As is well-known, this crisis -- with some exceptions -- was not foreseen by government officials, economists or bankers. S&P's sins, I wrote, stemmed more from this over-optimism than from a deliberate effort to mislead markets.
    WASHINGTON -- My last column on the federal suit against the bond-rating rating agency Standard & Poor's drew some critical reactions that are worth sharing with readers. In the column, I argued that S&P, which badly erred in rating bonds tied to home...

    Tags: Financial and Business Services, Finance, Citigroup Incorporated, Mortgages, Financial Markets

    2. Feb 11, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. The vendetta against S&P

    WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's suit against the rating agency Standard & Poor's makes for riveting headlines and lousy history. We want to blame the financial crisis and Great Recession on greed and dishonesty. The charge that S&P rigged bond ratings for its own gain -- providing artificially high ratings on the mortgage-backed securities that inflated the credit bubble -- fits this self-serving morality tale. The discomforting reality is that the financial collapse resulted from an extended period of prosperity, which led to weakened credit standards and inspired wishful thinking about the permanence of economic growth.
    WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's suit against the rating agency Standard & Poor's makes for riveting headlines and lousy history. We want to blame the financial crisis and Great Recession on greed and dishonesty. The charge that S&P rigged bond...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Business Enterprises, Bank of America Corp., Banking, Washington, DC

    3. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  3. MF Global Settlement, recovery of 93 percent of missing money

    Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the following statement on the settlement deal approved by a bankruptcy court judge that paves the way for customers of the...

    Tags: MF Global, Washington, DC, Financial Markets, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Bankruptcy

    4. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  4. Northern Crops Institute announces 2013 short course schedule

    Pasta Production and Technology April 16-18, 2013 Fee: $900 This course provides fundamental and applied aspects of manufacturing extruded and sheeted pasta products. Raw material quality criteria, specifications, and processing variables and...

    Tags: Foods and Beverages, Short Course Swimming, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sports, Financial Markets

    5. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Is S&P to blame?

    Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The cases raise difficult questions about the freedom to express an opinion without being held liable if it's wrong. Nevertheless, it's worth exploring whether S&P and its rivals deliberately soft-pedaled how risky those securities were in order to boost their bottom lines.
    Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...

    Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Kamala D. Harris, Prosecution, Justice System, Ratings

    6. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. California accuses S&P of deception in $4-billion lawsuit

    California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, charging the firm with violating the state's False Claims Act by using “magic numbers” and “guesses” to inflate ratings that ultimately cost California public pension funds an estimated $1 billion.
    California has filed suit against Wall Street's biggest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, charging the firm with violating the state's False Claims Act by using “magic numbers” and “guesses” to inflate ratings that...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Bonds, Kamala D. Harris, Politics, Justice System

    7. Dec 21, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  7. Morgan Stanley's Farcical Facebook Settlement

    Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin this week accused Morgan Stanley of breaking the law as lead underwriter in Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, triggering a $5 million fine.
    Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin this week accused Morgan Stanley of breaking the law as lead underwriter in Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, triggering a $5 million fine. What had Morgan Stanley done wrong? The...

    Tags: Banking, Lobbying, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Research, Initial Public Offerings

    8. Nov 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Ex-Angels player Doug DeCinces indicted in insider-trading case

    L.A. NOW
    Former Angles baseball player Doug DeCinces and three others were indicted on insider trading charges for allegedly using non-public information to buy stock in a Santa Ana medical device company, federal authorities said Wednesday afternoon....
    9. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate hits 3.4%, highest in 8 weeks

    With employment improving and the fiscal cliff averted, fixed mortgage rates have jumped to their highest level in two months, with lenders offering the 30-year home loan at 3.4% this week, up from 3.34% last week, according to Freddie Mac. The...

    Tags: Bonds, Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Mortgages, Barack Obama

    10. Jan 5, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt

    If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys.
    If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...

    Tags: University of California, Irvine, Countrywide Financial Corp., Corporate Crime, Criminals, Prosecution

    11. Dec 13, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Fed's easy money will eventually trigger inflation

    Bar the door, Nelly — the Fed has abandoned all restraint and will now print money to finance the federal deficit. To support the weak recovery, the Federal Reserve continues to keep short-term interest rates near zero, purchase mortgage-backed...

    Tags: Banking, Government, Politics, Financial Markets, Japan

    12. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Fed renews stimulus efforts, ties interest rates to jobless rate

    WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, maintaining its aggressive efforts to stimulate a slow-growing economy burdened by high unemployment, said it would continue its large-scale bond-buying programs in the new year and, for the first time, announced explicit unemployment- and inflation-rate targets for when the central bank would raise interest rates.  
    WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, maintaining its aggressive efforts to stimulate a slow-growing economy burdened by high unemployment, said it would continue its large-scale bond-buying programs in the new year and, for the first time, announced...

    Tags: Bonds, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Fiscal Cliff

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