Quick Picks: Pill Mills and Bailout Maneuvers
Broward County, Florida, has become the painkiller capital of the U.S., attracting thousands of out-of-state visitors with its glut of "pill mills," pain clinics that dole out prescription drugs, reports the Miami Herald. Drug overdoses are skyrocketing, but "regulators and police can't control the problem -- handcuffed, they say, by tepid Florida laws that allow these clinics to open in-house pharmacies and sell drugs directly to clients walking in off the street."
Also, the Obama administration is trying to skirt restrictions … more…
Quick Picks: Peanut Safety and Saving Citi
Our editors' picks of the latest investigative stories around the Web:
Following the salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanut … more…Regulators to IndyMac: No Need to Keep Accurate Books
A regulator at the laid-back Office of Thrift Supervision has been demoted for allowing the bank IndyMac to misstate its books. … more…
SEC Report: Employees Browsed Porn, Ran Private Businesses
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking a drubbing these days for its abject failure―despite detailed tips―to catch Bernie … more…
SEC Culpa!
Yesterday, we ran through the reasons why the SEC might have missed Bernard Madoff’s long-running Ponzi scheme. SEC Chair Christopher … more…
Bush Moves Forward With ‘Secret’ OSHA Rule
Remember that "secret" Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule? The one that would make it tougher to protect workers from … more…
Regulatory Failure Redux: 2006 Rules Failed to Rein in Risky Lending
There are plenty of examples of missed opportunities by regulators to pre-empt or at least dull the impact of the current financial … more…
New Midnight Regs!
Today we added five rules to our Midnight Regulations Chart, where we're tracking the rules and regulations that the Bush administration … more…
Banks’ Favorite (Toothless) Regulator
It might strike you as problematic that a regulator be sought after by big business. But to the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), it … more…
Can Obama Reverse Bush’s Midnight Rules?
Whether it’s relaxing pollution-control standards for power plants or allowing loaded weapons into national parks, the Bush … more…
Higher Corporate Spending on Election Ads Could Be All but Invisible
Kansas and Vermont Are the Latest Unemployment Insurance Debtors
Pfizer CEO Gets Pay Raise for Influencing Public Policy
House Passes Bill Banning Deceptive ‘Census’ Mailings
Investigating the Investigators: How the House Ethics Committee Works
October 20, 2009
FDIC Failed to Limit Commercial Real Estate Loans Alison Vekshin, Bloomberg, October 20, 2009
October 08, 2009
Top Derivatives Regulator: ‘We Haven’t Filled the Gaps’ Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, October 08, 2009
October 07, 2009
Financial Overseers Fight Overhaul Alan Wirzbicki, Boston Globe, October 07, 2009
SEC Probing Biggest Hospital Company Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post, October 07, 2009
July 08, 2009
Treasury Works on ‘Plan C’ to Fend Off Lingering Threats David Cho and Binyamin Appelbaum, Washington Post, July 08, 2009
July 02, 2009
Big Pay Packages Return to Wall Street Aaron Lucchetti, Wall Street Journal ($), July 02, 2009
June 18, 2009
Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial Overhaul Joe Nocera, New York Times, June 18, 2009
Born in a Previous Crisis, OTS Faces Extinction Brady Dennis, Washington Post, June 18, 2009
June 08, 2009
U.S. to Propose Wider Oversight of Compensation Louise Story and Eric Dash, New York Times, June 08, 2009
June 05, 2009
White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar Deborah Solomon, Wall Street Journal ($), June 05, 2009
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