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Ex-SEC chief now helps companies navigate post-meltdown reforms
By Lauren Kyger, Alison Fitzgerald and John Dunbar
Center for Public Integrity
On March 11, 2008, Christopher Cox, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said he was comfortable with the amount of capital that Bear Stearns and the other publicly traded Wall Street investment banks had on hand. Days later, Bear was gone, becoming the first investment bank to disappear in 2008 under the watch of Cox’s SEC. -
Ex-Wall Street chieftains living large in post-meltdown world
By Alison Fitzgerald
Center for Public Integrity
Five years after the near-collapse of the nation’s financial system, the economy continues a slow recovery. Many of the top Wall Street bankers who were largely responsible for the disaster are also unemployed. But they walked away with millions and they’re juggling their ample free time between mansions, golf, skiing and tennis -
Broward Sheriff Israel makes winners out of Coventry Health Care, lobbyist Rubin
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has named incumbent and low-bidder Coventry Health Care of Florida as his choice to provide group medical insurance to BSO’s 5,800 employees – a contract worth more than $355 million over the next five years. -
Aviation deal fallout: Broward commissioners want back some power over who gets contracts
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Broward County Commission unhappiness with the Aviation Department’s concession bidding procedures has led to calls for breaking down the wall between commissioners and staff selection committees that recommend which companies get government contracts. -
ATI career school company implodes amid fraud claims; $3.7 million whistleblower settlement
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
A for-profit career school operator with once-bustling campuses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties agreed this month to pay $3.7 million to the government to settle whistleblower fraud claims. -
Controversial “Wizard of Claws” dog seller back in business; target of federal lawsuit
By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
“Wizard of Claws” dog seller James Anderson, who shut his business four years ago amid numerous allegations of wrongdoing and a lawsuit by Florida Attorney General’s Office, is back in business in Fort Lauderdale under a new name and again is involved in legal controversy.
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