A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures: Crossing Murray:... View Article
Continue readingHead of government regulator received huge payment package from former financial industry employer
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) chairwoman Mary Schapiro received nearly $9 million in compensation and retirement benefits from the Financial Industry... View Article
Continue readingNBA stars contributed to Democrats in 2008, Obama looks to raise money with them in 2010
In 2008 professional basketball players contributed some tens of thousands of dollars to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and to the... View Article
Continue readingNobel Prize in Economics goes to secret hold victim
Here’s an interesting development in the world of secret holds: the Nobel Prize committee just awarded Peter Diamond the Nobel... View Article
Continue reading‘Sunlight’ in India and Bangladesh
If you follow me on Twitter (@ellnmllr) you already know that I spent the last two weeks traveling in India... View Article
Continue readingDaily Disclosures
What we’re seeing in online disclosures and documents: Party Favors: National Republican Congressional Committee top spender on indirect expenditures ($22,175,402)... View Article
Continue readingBig Spending by Outside Groups, but No Disclosure
According to the Reporting Group’s Follow the Unlimited Money tool, the 60 Plus Association has spent $5.1 million this election... View Article
Continue readingDaily Disclosures
A roundup of what we’re noticing in the Reporting Group as we dig into government data and disclosures. Fat Tuesday:... View Article
Continue readingEthics trials to be held after midterms
The ethics trials of high profile Democrats Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters will be held after the November midterm elections.... View Article
Continue readingSimilac recall: new FDA data on beetle-infested formula, other recalls too
A few days ago I received a plain white envelope in the mail from Abbott, the infant formula manufacturer. Inside... View Article
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