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- SEC: Goldman Sachs Research Analyst Conflicts of Interest
- Alleged that the research team was aligned with and pitched the firm's investment banking activities.
- 142
- SEC: Goldman Sachs Traded Based on Non-Public Information
- Determined that the form willfully violated the provisions of the Exchange Act that prohibit fraud by broker-dealers and government securities dealers.
- 144
- Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root 'overcharged' US in Iraq
- A Pentagon audit says the oil services group charged inflated prices for petrol to US troops in Iraq, officials say. [BBC] (December 11, 2003)
- 145
- HardOCP Takes Legal Action Against Infinium
- "News website HardOCP has filed a legal action against broadband console proponent Infinium Labs, in a move which it says is aimed at 'clearing the air' following a number of demands and threats made by Infinium in the past weeks." [gamesindustry.biz]
- 146
- SEC Charges JP Morgan Chase In Connection With Enron's Accounting Fraud
- Alleges that the investment bank aided and abetted Enron's manipulation of its reported financial results.
- 147
- The J.P. Morgan Chase Watch
- News and allegations about this firm, including predatory lending practices and the proposed acquisition of Bank One.
- 148
- The Kaiser Papers
- An advocacy site opposed to several practices of Kaiser Permanente. It offers personal accounts, allegations, news, and links.
- 149
- Many Texas Homeowners Clash With Builder Over Tract Houses
- KB Home attributes conflict to activist who faces criminal prosecution. [Wall Street Journal/CPEO] (August 18, 2003)
- 150
- A Look at Cooked Books
- "Staging Broadway spectacles like 'Ragtime' made Livent one of the worlds most successful theater companies. But telling tall tales in its accounting books may send its founders up the river." [CNN and Fortune] (July 28, 1999)
- 151
- US Officials Indict Former Livent Execs
- "The former chairman and president of Toronto-based Livent Inc., the producer of the Broadway show 'Phantom of the Opera,' were indicted Wednesday on charges they bilked about US$4.6 million and 'cooked the books' at the theatrical company to cover massive losses." [CNN/Money] (January 13, 1999)
- 152
- Livent Files for Chapter 11, Sues Co-founders
- "Troubled Broadway show producer Livent Inc. Wednesday filed for bankruptcy protection, restated its earnings for the last nine quarters, fired co-founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb and filed a C$225 million lawsuit against them." [CNNfn] (November 18, 1998)
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- Livent Does Phantom Biz
- "Livent Inc., an entertainment company backed in part by entertainment mogul Michael Ovitz, disclosed Monday that its new management has uncovered 'serious' accounting irregularities that could represent 'millions of dollars' of fake revenue." [CNNfn] (August 10, 1998)
- 155
- Does The Distorted Barbie violate Mattel's copyright?
- Author of The Distorted Barbie speaks out about Mattel's legal threats.
- 156
- McLibel
- Reviews of and background articles concerning a 60-minute documentary on the 2.5-year court case by McDonald's against a London couple who passed out anti-McDonald's leaflets.
- 157
- Spotlight on: SEC v. WorldCom
- Provides links to SEC and court documents regarding the WorldCom case.
- 158
- SEC Charges WorldCom’s Former CFO with Financial Fraud
- The commission charged Scott D. Sullivan, WorldCom's former Chief Financial Officer, with altering WorldCom's books and making false and misleading statements about the health of the company. [SEC] (March 02, 2004)