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Letter: Get facts straight on Congress
Regarding a recent letter to the editor, "Congress exempts itself" May 4, the writer is certainly entitled to his own opinions, but not his own facts. It is not OK for members of Congress to participate in insider trading. It never was legal for...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Politics
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Federal workers relieved by limits on online disclosures
Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, National Government
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Shorter prison sentence for former Enron CEO
Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling reached an agreement with federal prosecutors that could shave 10 years off of his 24-year prison term. Skilling has already served more than 6-1/4 years in prison following his May 2006 conviction by a...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Herbalife says KPMG's resignation hindered stock buybacks
Herbalife Ltd. said it had to scale back plans to repurchase its shares after KPMG resigned in early April as its auditor and withdrew its review of the company's annual financial statements for the last three years. The Los Angeles nutritional products...
Tags: Carl Icahn, Business Enterprises, Finance, Mutual Funds, Corporate Crime
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Herbalife posts record results
Herbalife Ltd. has now notched 17 consecutive quarters in which its profits sailed past Wall Street projections. The Los Angeles nutritional products company told investors Monday that earnings during the first three months of the year climbed nearly...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Mutual Funds, Companies and Corporations, Earnings, Herbalife Limited
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Herbalife effort to replace KPMG 'nearing completion,' CFO says
Herbalife Ltd. is making progress in its search for a new accounting firm, executives said during a conference call with analysts Tuesday. The Los Angeles nutritional products company was forced to hire a new accounting firm after KPMG resigned...
Tags: Carl Icahn, Business Enterprises, Finance, Mutual Funds, David Einhorn
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Jeweler agrees to plead guilty in KPMG insider-trading case
A San Fernando Valley jeweler agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge and return nearly $1.3 million in stock-trading gains he made from allegedly illegal tips provided by a former partner at accounting giant KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52, of Lake Sherwood...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Judges, Herbalife Limited
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Naive study ignores that mergers and acquisitions are good
Normally, an academic study as inane as "M&A Confidential: What Happens When Deals Leak" would be dismissed for what it is: a blatant, lame attempt to gin up some public attention for its sponsors. Yet things turned out differently this time — it...Tags: Banking, Finance, Companies and Corporations, The New York Times, Shareholders
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Herbalife posts better-than-expected earnings, again
Los Angeles nutritional products company Herbalife Ltd. reported $1.1 billion in first-quarter sales and profit that soundly beat analysts' expectations and its own guidance. The company reported earnings of $118.8 million, or $1.10 a share, up from...
Tags: Mutual Funds, Companies and Corporations, Earnings, Herbalife Limited, Fraud
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Jeweler agrees to plead guilty in KPMG insider-trading case
A San Fernando Valley jeweler has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy for allegedly making illegal stock trades based on inside information given to him by a KPMG partner. Bryan Shaw, 52, of Lake Sherwood admitted in a plea agreement that he...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Herbalife Limited, Judges
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LETTER: Congress exempts itself
How many of you know that it is once again OK for our congressmen to participate in insider trading? After passing a bill during one of the past few years making it illegal, they quietly passed another bill making it OK for them not to report using... -
Herbalife says KPMG 'concluded it was not independent' as auditor
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.KPMG has resigned as Herbalife's auditor after the auditing firm fired a senior partner in its Los Angeles office because of an alleged insider-trading scheme. "KPMG stated it had concluded it was not independent because of alleged insider trading in...Tags: Carl Icahn, Accounting and Auditing, Mary Jo White, Corporate Crime, JC Penney Company Inc.
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