Presidential Pardons Heavily Favor Whites

by Dafna Linzer and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica, Dec. 3, 2011, 11 p.m. White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination has found.

Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Barclays, Wal-Mart in Court News - BusinessWeek

Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Barclays, Wal-Mart in Court News BusinessWeek Higgs and Siddiqui both implicated their former boss, saying Serageldin told them to overstate the value of mortgage- backed assets in a Credit Suisse trading book after the collapse of the US housing market. Both men, who have plea agreements with the ... and more »

Equities Sector Coverage: Opportunistic Investors Help to Reverse Early Losses - Equities.com

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Equities Sector Coverage: Opportunistic Investors Help to Reverse Early Losses Equities.com Arkansas Best (ABFS) is lowered to Neutral from Buy at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Norfolk Southern (NSC) is moved to Neutral from Overweight at Atlantic Equities. In afternoon trading: Shares of Pinnacle Airlines (PNCL) are up about 23%. and more »