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So much for your day in court
If you think you will have your day in court when aggrieved by civil injustice, think again. More likely, you will be headed for a meeting run by a professional arbitrator. Ironically, the Supreme Court is to blame. It is leading a quiet transformation by...Tags: Litigation, Air Transportation Industry, Corporate Crime, Fraud, George Washington University
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Bad loan gave 1st Mariner a stake in Cecil Bancorp
The parent of 1st Mariner Bank said Monday that it took a minority stake in a small Cecil County bank after a customer defaulted on a loan — not as part of an acquisition strategy. 1st Mariner Bancorp. declined to identify the customer who lost...Tags: Florida Gators, Elkton, Cecil Bancorp Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Foreclosures
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Baltimore's Millennial Media files for IPO
Baltimore's Millennial Media Inc., one of the dominant companies in the rapidly growing field of mobile advertising, plans to raise $75 million in a public stock offering — money it will use to expand its operations overseas and go head-to-head...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Technology, AOL LLC, Companies and Corporations, LinkedIn Corp.
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Baltimore man is accused of securities fraud
Maryland's attorney general alleged Wednesday that a Baltimore man had defrauded investors of nearly $500,000 and ordered him to stop selling securities and acting as an investment advisor, activities for which he was not registered. Attorney General...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Douglas F. Gansler, Fraud, Retirement, Corporate Crime
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Auditors raise doubts about First Mariner's future
Auditors have raised doubts about First Mariner Bancorp's ability to remain in business, according to financial statements that the largest Baltimore-based bank, founded by prominent businessman Edwin F. Hale Sr., filed with regulators late Thursday....Tags: Annual Reports, Finance, Ed Hale, Accounting and Auditing, Financially Distressed Companies
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Court reverses conviction of Enron auditor
Sun National StaffThe Supreme Court threw out the government's high-profile conviction against Arthur Andersen yesterday, saying in a unanimous and swift decision that jurors relied on flawed instructions in 2002 when they found that the accounting giant had obstructed...Tags: U.S. Army, Business Enterprises, Prosecution, Employees, Local Government
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AIG fires chief financial officer, VP for not aiding investigation
From Wire ReportsNEW YORK - American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer, has fired Chief Financial Officer Howard I. Smith and another executive for failing to cooperate with government investigations, a company spokesman said yesterday. The New York...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Newspaper and Magazine, Stock Market, Insurance, American International Group
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General Re officer to admit guilt, settle suit
From Wire ReportsNEW YORK - An executive for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s General Re insurance unit has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge of helping American International Group Inc. use reinsurance to distort its finances, his lawyer said yesterday. Under...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Criminals, Criminal Laws, Republic of Ireland, Stamford
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Citigroup agrees to settle fraud suit
From Wire ReportsNEW YORK - In the first significant shareholder settlement since Enron Corp. collapsed more than three years ago, Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay $2 billion to investors who accused the bank of aiding Enron in its huge accounting scandal by selling the...Tags: Financial Services, Stock Market, Financial and Business Services, WorldCom Incorporated, Business Enterprises
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Ferris offers victims millions
Sun reporterBaltimore brokerage Ferris Baker Watts Inc. has offered a settlement worth more than $16 million to victims of an investment fraud that was aided by a former broker at the firm, according to court documents filed this week. The proposed settlement, which...Tags: Criminals, Finance, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Trials
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U.S. to seek life term for Ebbers, ex-CEO of WorldCom
From Wire ReportsNEW YORK - Federal prosecutors want former WorldCom boss Bernard J. Ebbers to go to prison for the rest of his life, and have urged a federal judge to brush off his pleas for leniency. In court papers made public yesterday, the government encouraged U.S....Tags: Criminal Laws, WorldCom Incorporated, Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Prisons
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International macroeconomist on Rita's effect
Lori, Baltimore: Do you think gas prices will spike and then rise after Rita passes through? Dr. McIntyre: Gas prices have recently jumped based on where the futures market (a market where traders buy and sell oil contracts at a specified price in the...Tags: Foreign Aid, Disasters, Hurricanes, Wildlife, Natural Disasters
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