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Financial Crisis Commission Referred Criminal Securities Fraud Violations to Justice Deparment a Year Ago
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The crux of the matter is that Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a Republican commissioner on the FCIC who did not sign onto the final report, made some statement to the media about how the FCIC already investigated the areas of inquiry concerning the crash of the...
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Reddit and several other major websites are going dark to protest proposed anti-online piracy laws. Politics and technology writer Nancy Scola discusses what exactly they’re protesting and why you should care. Plus: former chair of the Financial Crisis...
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Phil Angelides, chairman of Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, participates in a Senate Banking Committee hearing, May 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the final report of the Financial Crisis... View Photo »
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Crisis Inquiry Commission Chairman Phil Angelides speaks at the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, in this April 29, 2010 file photo. New York (Reuters) - Phil Angelides, formerly the chairman of a federal commission who led...
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In addition, Thomas has been active in local and statewide politics. She worked as finance chairwoman on former state Treasurer Phil Angelides' unsuccessful campaign for governor in 2006. Thomas was also a friend and political supporter of the late...
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Maybe it did, but I have my doubts. Consider this: I was talking about Poizner's likely anger over the failure of his oppo research team with think-tanker, author and journo Joe Mathews on my KOG0 600 AM radio show the other night. Joe said a colleague...
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Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, "Reviewing the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's Final Report." View Photo »
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But so what. Being leveraged over 200-to-1, as was the GSE guarantee business, is a recipe for disaster regardless of credit quality. As even Democrat Phil Angelides admits in today’s WSJ, Fannie and Freddie “had a flawed business model in which...
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Commission Chairman Phil Angelides about the cause of the 2008 economic crash. Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, also joins us. He argues that the biggest banks ought to be broken up, or at least required to have...
About Phil Angelides
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Philip Nicholas "Phil" Angelides (pronounced /ˌændʒɨˈliːdɨs/) (born June 11, 1953 in Sacramento, California), is a California politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. Full Article
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Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, "Reviewing the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's Final Report."
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Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, "Reviewing the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission's Final Report."
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