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Arizona developer's checkered past

Mark Flatten of the East Valley Tribune in Phoenix completed a series on Jim Rhodes who has become in the most influential developer in Arizona's East Valley. In December of […]
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Squeezing millions from pennies

Ron Campbell of the Orange County Register reports on Irvine businessman Mark Ellis who made millions of dollars through his money-losing penny stock company, Winsted Holdings. By reverse-splitting the stock […]
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Insurance settlements often undercut victim's expenses

Investigative correspondent Drew Griffin, of CNN
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NJ taxpayers bankrolling Meadowlands development gamble

John Brennan and Jeff Pillets at The (Bergen County, NJ) Record went deep into the financial underpinnings of a developer's promise to transform the state's most infamous landmark from smelly […]
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Auto execs' flight costs questioned

Steve Wilson of WXYZ-Detroit looked into Big Three auto executives' use of corporate jets for personal trips, despite cost-cutting pressures in the industry. The story estimated that non-business travel for […]
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Gates Foundation investments scrutinized

Charles Piller, Edmund Sanders and Robyn Dixon of the Los Angeles Times explore the investments held by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and found that it "reaps vast profits […]
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Law opens boardroom doors

Jill Riepenhoff and Doug Haddix of The Columbus Dispatch used U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proxy statements to examine the boards of directors of 30 companies based in central Ohio. […]
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Complaints rampant in insurance industry

Mike Casey of The Kansas City Star reports on the rampant dissatisfaction many consumers have with their insurance providers. The paper conducted an 11-month investigation into insurance problems and analyzed […]
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Hurricane shutter fraud on the rise

Sarah Okeson of Florida Today reports that hurricane storm shutter fraud is on the rise in Florida. Records from the Better Business Bureau of Central Florida show that at least […]
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Empire Zone abuses afford millions to a lucky few

The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard's Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach expose abuses of New York's "Empire Zone" tax breaks which negate the programs intended purpose:" to create jobs in targeted impoverished […]
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