Tag: Watchdog

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Nine ‘coyotes’ arrested in joint U.S.-Guatemala operation

Richard Pollock · August 7, 2014 11:03 pm

Gov’t fines Hyundai $17.35M over brake defect

Joan Lowy · August 7, 2014 9:59 pm

Ever wonder what obscure things senators buy with taxpayer money meant for their offices?ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Find out what your senator’s office is doing with your money

Kelly Cohen · August 7, 2014 4:44 pm

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What happened to $619 billion? Don’t ask the federal government

Kelly Cohen · August 7, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014, file photo, a Bank of America sign is photographed in Philadelphia. A person familiar with the matter says Bank of America has agreed to pay between $16 billion and $17 billion to settle an investigation into its sale of mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

AP source: BofA nears $16-$17B settlement with US

ERIC TUCKERJOSH BOAK · August 7, 2014 2:29 am

SEC judge fines investment advisory firm $15M

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2014 11:20 pm

Pfizer to pay $35M to settle drug marketing case

Washington Examiner · August 6, 2014 9:07 pm

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

UPDATED: CFPB exec sought ways to shield bank documents from public

Mark Tapscott · August 6, 2014 8:04 pm

Federal authorities say New York City has agreed to pay $1.05 million to settle allegations that the city's Human Resources Administration failed to stop Medicaid payments for health care coverage for beneficiaries who became ineligible. (iStock Image)

New York City to pay $1m to settle Medicaid probe

Associated Press · August 5, 2014 1:32 pm

EXography: Senators’ trips home decline with time in office, age, boosting claims of term limits advocates

Luke Rosiak · August 5, 2014 9:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 24, 2006 file photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash. For the first time in its history, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have to disclose the amount of pollutants its dams are sending into waterways in a groundbreaking legal settlement that could have broad implications for the Corps' hundreds of dams nationwide. The Corps announced in a settlement on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, that it will immediately notify the conservation group that filed the lawsuit of any oil spills among its eight dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon and Washington. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston,File)

Historic deal for Corps dam pollution

Nigel Duara · August 5, 2014 2:15 am

AIG to pay $960M to settle shareholder lawsuits

Washington Examiner · August 4, 2014 11:55 pm