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New Canaan Town Council Encouraged to Talk Pension Vote Off Record

UPDATE 8-28-12: A copy of Jeb Walker’s letter to New Canaan officials telling them how he will payback the pension is attached at the end of the story. UPDATE 8-30-12: Two days after Walker’s letter was published here the New Canaan Advertiser reports First Selectman Mallozzi now says it’s up to the town, not Walker, […]

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Community Banks force New Canaan Realtor to Liquidate: Six Prime Homes Ordered for Auction

A top New Canaan real estate agent who tried to use a reorganization bankruptcy to save about a dozen of her investment properties in Fairfield County, CT is close to losing her battle with her bankers. After three years of fighting upstream in Bridgeport, Conn. federal bankruptcy court, Judge Shiff ruled last month against Ruth […]

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San Bernardino County Voters Can Still Dissolve Eminent Domain JPA

I am on finance TV show the Keiser Report today reporting from So-Cal’s Inland Empire about a private finance firm, Mortgage Resolution Partners, using San Bernardino County’s CEO Greg Devereaux as their guinea pig in a controversial eminent domain housing plan. A plan never attempted before that could effect future borrowing rates hurting local homeowners […]

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Whistleblowers say Bear Stearns lied to Raters like Mizhuo Bank- Where are the Charges?

A Japan bank, Mizuho Securities, was hit with an enforcement action and fine from the SEC today for not telling the mortgage security raters the truth about the quality of the loans they were rating on a $1.6 billion CDO. The Security & Exchange Commission says Mizuho rushed to sell a 2007 CDO called Delphinus […]

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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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