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January 10, 2015 4:15 PM
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Senator Credits Day-Old Republican Congress With Last Year’s Economic Growth

Senator Credits Day-Old Republican Congress With Last Year’s Economic Growth | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claims the economic uptick coincides with the anticipation of a newly elected Republican Congress.
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January 8, 2015 5:05 PM
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Top Bankers in Europe Making Big Bonuses, According to Latest Data

Top Bankers in Europe Making Big Bonuses, According to Latest Data | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Figures recently released show that Goldman Sachs paid, on average, $4.7 million to 121 people classified as “material risk takers” in 2013, while JPMorgan Chase, paid an average of $2.4 million to 209 people.
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January 7, 2015 2:30 PM
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Mo. GOP Lawmakers Admit Right-to-Work Lowers Wages

Mo. GOP Lawmakers Admit Right-to-Work Lowers Wages | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
It’s becoming a predictable routine: another legislative session, another push for right-to-work in Missouri.
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January 7, 2015 1:40 PM
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WI GOP Targets Respected Chief Justice for Removal

WI GOP Targets Respected Chief Justice for Removal | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it

By Mary Bottari and Jessica Mason

For almost 40 years, Wisconsin's judges have been working without a mandatory retirement age. But all of a sudden, some state GOP leaders have decided...

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January 5, 2015 3:37 PM
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Morgan Stanley Fires Employee, Saying Data on 350,000 Clients Was Stolen

Morgan Stanley Fires Employee, Saying Data on 350,000 Clients Was Stolen | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
The bank reported the case to authorities after discovering account names, numbers and transaction data for over 900 clients on the Internet.
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January 2, 2015 1:56 AM
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Court Filing Illuminates Morgan Role in Lending

Court Filing Illuminates Morgan Role in Lending | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Emails and documents filed in court provide a look at the extent to which Morgan Stanley influenced New Century’s push into riskier mortgages in the run-up to the financial crisis.
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December 31, 2014 10:28 PM
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Ousted VA Official Received Gifts from Consultant Who Was Her Ex-Boss

Ousted VA Official Received Gifts from Consultant Who Was Her Ex-Boss | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
The consultant who lavished Sharon Helman with airline and concert tickets was once her boss at the agency.
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December 29, 2014 7:42 PM
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Facebook has an empathy team to teach employees that users are human beings

Every so often I like to go back and watch Facebook's first-ever TV commercial from 2012. It's only 39 seconds long, and it features a lot of chairs. I never get very far because the commercial is...
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December 29, 2014 6:49 PM
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Christmas Day layoffs? This firm did it

Christmas Day layoffs? This firm did it | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
A bitter war of words has erupted between a workers' union and the owners of a U.K. delivery company.
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December 27, 2014 12:26 AM
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FRAUD: 7 in $15 million foreclosure scam sentenced

FRAUD: 7 in $15 million foreclosure scam sentenced | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
FRAUD: 7 in $15 million foreclosure scam sentenced | million, scam, sentenced, defendants, seven, foreclosure, fraud
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December 26, 2014 9:57 PM
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The Need for Bank Cyberinsurance

The Need for Bank Cyberinsurance | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
In the wake of this summer's attack on JPMorgan Chase, the market for insurance against computer breaches is growing. That will help, but companies still need to invest in cyberprotection and detection, says Richard Beales of Reuters Breakingviews.
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December 25, 2014 3:18 AM
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Pam Bondi lawsuit: Naples man ripped off elderly investors

Pam Bondi lawsuit: Naples man ripped off elderly investors | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
NAPLES — State Attorney General Pam Bondi has sued a Naples businessman on racketeering and fraud charges, alleging he stole millions of dollars from victims nationwide — many of them elderly — by making false promises and offering stocks that turned out to be worthless.
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December 25, 2014 2:00 AM
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Facebook Inc faces legal action for scanning users’ personal messages for advertising purposes

Facebook is in trouble again. And this time around, it is going to be a legal tussle. A U.S. District Court in California ruled on Wednesday that a lawsuit be brought against the networking site fo...
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January 9, 2015 12:33 AM
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Former NSU vice rector sentenced for $1.4 million fraud

Former NSU vice rector sentenced for $1.4 million fraud | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
W. Wayne Perry Jr., former owner of a Norfolk-based home health care company, was given five years and three months in prison. His wife, Angela, received 25 months.
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January 7, 2015 3:03 PM
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GOP Lawmaker Idiotically Tells Newspaper They Can’t Write About Him Without His Permission

GOP Lawmaker Idiotically Tells Newspaper They Can’t Write About Him Without His Permission | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
A Republican councilman in Maryland has threatened to sue his local newspaper for having the audacity to use his name in an article that involved the county council in which he serves.
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January 7, 2015 2:10 PM
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Senate Republicans going slower on right-to-work bill : Wsj

Senate Republicans going slower on right-to-work bill : Wsj | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says Republicans are still trying to figure out whether they can tackle issue.
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January 5, 2015 7:21 PM
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FBI: Indicted doc stashed cash in kids’ bank accounts

FBI: Indicted doc stashed cash in kids’ bank accounts | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it

Detroit – — A Bloomfield Hills doctor charged with fraud in a series of spinal surgeries allegedly laundered money by stashing as much as $600,000 in his kids’ bank accounts, according to the FBI.

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January 2, 2015 6:56 AM
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2014 Golden Duke Awards Winners Announced!

2014 Golden Duke Awards Winners Announced! | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
TPM is pleased to announce the winners of the Eighth Annual Golden Dukes recognizing the year's best purveyors of public corruption, outlandish behavior, The Crazy and betrayals of the public trust. The awards are named in honor of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who epitomizes the iconic modern scandal.
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January 1, 2015 7:14 PM
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Media Liar Of 2014 Winner Is...

Media Liar Of 2014 Winner Is... | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
It was a strong competition, but one clear winner emerged.
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December 30, 2014 1:43 AM
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Facebook's 'Year in Review' brings up tragic events

Facebook's 'Year in Review' brings up tragic events | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Facebook's "Year in Review" didn't go over well with everyone. Its algorithm gave weight to tragedies in some cases, upsetting users.
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December 29, 2014 7:29 PM
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Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals

Kids For Cash: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Shocking Juvenile Justice Scandals | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it

Today a special on "kids for cash," the shocking story of how thousands of children in Pennsylvania were jailed by two corrupt judges who received $2.6 million in kickbacks from the builders and owners of private prison facilities. We hear from two of the youth: Charlie Balasavage was sent to juvenile detention after his parents unknowingly bought him a stolen scooter; Hillary Transue was detained for creating a MySpace page mocking her assistant high school principal. They were both 14 years old...

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December 27, 2014 12:27 AM
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Visalia man pleads guilty in $2.5M foreclosure scam

Visalia man pleads guilty in $2.5M foreclosure scam | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Juan Ramon Curiel, 36, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bankruptcy fraud through his business, Star Reliable Mortgage, with offices in Bakersfield, Visalia and Salinas.
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December 27, 2014 12:25 AM
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Northern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public Foreclosure Auctions

Northern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud at Public Foreclosure Auctions | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it

harles Rock was indicted on Dec. 3, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland, California. The indictment alleged that Charles Rock and others agreed not to compete at public foreclosure auctions in Contra Costa County, California, and diverted money to themselves that should have gone to mortgage holders and other beneficiaries. Charles Rock pleaded guilty to one count of bid rigging and two counts of mail fraud.

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December 26, 2014 9:42 PM
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Colorado AG Files Civil Suits Against Two Law Firms For Foreclosure Fraud - DSNews.com

Colorado AG Files Civil Suits Against Two Law Firms For Foreclosure Fraud - DSNews.com | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it
Colorado AGl John Suthers has filed civil lawsuits against two Colorado foreclosure law firms and their affiliated title companies for foreclosure fraud.
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December 25, 2014 3:18 AM
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State sides with oil companies in lawsuit by landowner over saltwater spills : Business

State sides with oil companies in lawsuit by landowner over saltwater spills : Business | Backstabber Watch | Scoop.it

DICKINSON, N.D. -- As North Dakota's government faces criticism for its alleged failure to regulate the oil and gas industry, state officials have sided with three oil companies in an

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