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Search results for "savings and loan scandal" ...
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The Debacle that Buried Washington
The savings and loan scandal had some lasting impact in the late 90s. In 1996, the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Government had betrayed investors by changing the rules of the bailouts at the height of the crisis. The cost of that decision was to be decided by lower Federal courts and it could be as much as $50 billion.
Tags: savings and loans; investments; SEC; economy; government
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Hide And Seek
The New Times reports on the exploits of Dallas developer Lou Reese. Reese went to prison for his involvement in savings and loan scandals in the 1980s, but his creditors have been unable to collect the millions owed to him because his fortune is allegedly hidden in off-shore accounts, in his children's trust funds and in property in his wife's name. As a businessman Reese seems to be able to stay a few steps ahead of the game, even though his portfolio is full of questionable deals.
Tags: real estate; off-shore accounts; savings and loan scandal
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Banking on Fear
The American Bar Association Journal reports that "this is part revisionist history of the banking and savings & loan scandals of the 1980s-early-90s, but more significantly a look at how unprecedented powers subsequently given to regulators to clean up the mess created a 'Frankenstein monster' that harmed and destroyed a lot of innocent bankers and investors. This story shows that not only did Congress in large part create the problem by loosening regulation of savings & loans, its hasty attempt to fix the problem in 1989 with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act beefed up a bureaucracy that has failed to pull back from cases even after it learns the targets are innocent...."
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The American Spectator probes into the Whitewater controversy and reveals that knowledge of the Clinton's alleged involvement in the failed Savings and Loan was kept a secret until after the 1992 election. The article discusses damage control by White House officials before the Whitewater scandal was picked up by the press. (March 1996)
Tags: Borders Ring-Adams Filling in the blanks Madison guaranty savings and loan 6 pgs.
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The Reporter takes a close look at the savings and loans scandals, the Saladino law firm and the megafirm of Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue. It found the bonds were not backed by federal insurance and that they were not underwritten. (Vol. 17, No. 1, 1995)
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Take the Money and Run: A Rogues' Gallery of Some Lucky S.&L. Thieves
New York Times Magazine profiles some of the fortunate Savings and Loan scandal ring leaders, who were able to escape prosecution.
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The Washington Post investigates issues relating to the Whitewater scandal, including the illegal billing practices if associate attorney general Webster Hubbell at the Rose law firm, the irregularity of discussions betwen White House officials and Treasury Department, the possible diversion of funds from Arkansas financial institutions to Clinton's gubernatorial campaigns and a full account of how Clinton sexually harassed a state employee. Some of the immediate results of the stories included the resignation of Bernard Nussbaum, the White House Counsel and congressional hearings that led to the resignation of Roger Altman and Jean hanson, officials in the Treasury Department, Mar. 2 - Dec. 8, 1994.
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The Arkansa Democrat-Gazette details the involvement of Governor Jim Tucker in the Whitewater scandal. The series found that through loans and land deals aimed at diverting funds to defraud the Small Business Administration and federal regulators, Tucker recieved millions of dollars in loans, many of which have not been repayed. New information was uncovered about Whitewater-the financial schemes that caused the failure of Madison Guaranty, the role of appraisers at the savings and loan in deceiving federal regualtors, Aug. 28 - 31, 1994.
Tags: AR Hargrove Johnson Whiteley FOIA Fiske Uniform Commercial Codes
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Rolling Stone looks at the state of health of the nation's banking system in light of the savings and loan scandal; finds that an alarming number of banks are in the danger zone--still solvent but critically short of capital; Congress gave the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve extreme powers to deal with the possible crisis, Feb. 20, 1992.
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Village Voice (New York) explores the connections of George Bush to the savings and loan crisis via his friends, his family and his campaign assistants; follows up on the investigation of Houston reporter Pete Brewton; outlines the scandal by showing the ties between Neil Bush, Fred Malek, James Baker and many others close to the president, and the S&Ls that went under; shows connection between the failed thrifts and the mafia, other organized crime figures and the Iran-contra scandal, Oct. 20, 1992.
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