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Large firms awarded small business contracts by U.S. agencies

An analysis by The Washington Post found "U.S. government agencies made at least $5 billion in mistakes in their recent reports of contracts awarded to small businesses, with many claiming […]
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Pollution credits profitable for landfills

Jeffrey Ball of the Wall Street Journal reports that landfills all over the country may be capitalizing off the sale of carbon credits for environmental initiatives they already had in […]
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Dangerous Fakes

"The American military faces a growing threat of potentially fatal equipment failure—and even foreign espionage—because of counterfeit computer components used in warplanes, ships, and communication networks," according to a report […]
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AIG benefited from founder's Washington connections

The Washington Post's Carol D. Leonnig gives readers a glimpse into the power and influence Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg wielded as the CEO of the AIG financial firm. Under Greenberg's […]
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St. Louis towing lot illegally sold impounded cars

Reporters Joe Mahr, David Hunnand and Jeremy Kohler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have uncovered a scandal involving St. Louis police and a private towing contractor. St. Louis police, who […]
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US policies lead to crackdown on Iranian businesses in Dubai

The Boston Globe's Farah Stockman reports that small Iraqi businesses in Dubai and across the United Arab Emirates are suffering as the UAE refuses to register Iranian work visas or […]
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Treasury secretary issued ultimatum to Lehman Brothers

With Wall Street undergoing a major crisis, Deborah Solomon, Dennis K. Berman, Susanne Craig and Carrick Mollenkamp of the Wall Street Journal report that New York Federal Reserve Bank president […]
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Weak rules hinder appraiser oversight

Mitch Weiss of the Associated Press found that the system set up to protect consumers from rogue appraisers following the savings and loan crisis nearly 20 years ago has failed, […]
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San Diego redevelopment chief resigns, projects in peril

A voiceofsandiego.org investigation has led to the resignation of San Diego’s downtown redevelopment chief and put the future of a $409 million hotel and condo project in question. The investigation […]
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Labor exploitation rampant in Chinese-owned mining companies

In China in Africa and China in Peru, parallel investigations for Bloomberg Markets, Simon Clark, Michael Smith and Franz Wild report on the exploitation of indigenous peoples by Chinese-owned mining […]
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