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Risky Business
The investigation revealed “how a school district’s use of risky “swaps” - derivatives that are bets on interest rate swings - caused huge losses and higher taxes for the district”. These “swaps”, given by financial advisors and investment banks, brought in millions of fees for them and left the school district in debt. Further, the school and adviser failed to terminate two swaps, which cost taxpayers millions more.
Tags: Bethlehem Area School District; education; tax system; finances; board; administration; Stanley J Majewski; Joseph Lewis
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Golden Opportunities
The series "examined how businesses and investors are reaping enormous profits by exploiting the soaring number of older Americans."
Tags: elderly; policyholders; grievances; lawsuits; nursing homes; telemarketing fraud; financial advisors
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CIA Gave at Least $10 Million to Peru's ex-Spymaster Montesinos
Angel Paez, a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists links the U.S. government to Vladimiro Montesinos, a "corrupt advisor to former Peruvian President Fujimori, who stands accused of human rights abuses and murder. Not only did the story confirm a long-suspected belief that there was a relationship between the two offices, but it also affirmed that even though U.S. authorities knew about Montesinos' corrupt ways, they were willing to support him financially (with at least $1 million a year) in order to have Peru as an ally in the drug war. All the while, Montesinos was buying weapons from Jordan and selling them to the very Colombia guerrillas the United States was at war with."
Tags: Center for Public Integrity; International Consortium of Investigative Journalists; CIA; Peru; Fujimori; Montesinos; Colombia; guerrillas; drug war; Jordan
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Municipal Bond Deals Threatening California Town (series of articles)
San Francisco Examiner series reports on the misuse of municipal bond moneys by local officials and financial advisors who persuaded California taxpayers and bondholders to borrow tens of millions of dollars to build municipal projects that will not be built; finds that bond underwriters walked off with with millions of dollars after showering elected officials with lavish gifts, meals and campaign contributions, May 19, 1991.
Tags: CA Lucas