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...nation's largest accounting firms to the list of watchdogs and regulators that didn't catch the multibillion-dollar Madoff investment scam...
...Lawyers predict lawsuits against the other accounting firms will soon follow. "The fact that they didn't catch the fraud leads me to believe that they blew it," says Scott Berman, a lawyer at Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman who has reached settlements with auditors in similar cases in the past. "I am going to look hard at whether there is liability there...
...post, Browner could prove to be invaluable as the Obama Administration attempts to fast-forward global-warming legislation to catch up with ongoing international climate negotiations, which are headed for a major deadline next December in Copenhagen. The longest-serving chief in the EPA's admittedly brief history (the agency was established in 1970), Browner earned a tough reputation during the Clinton Administration. Industry advocates haven't forgotten, blanching at her appointment - Myron Ebell, director of energy and global-warming policy at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, called it a "most unfortunate decision" - but Browner's steel backbone will...
...entire campus, not only those who voted for her, hoping to build on her campaign theme of bringing students together, said Colette J. Hinckley ’09, a senior staffer. Flores said that she will fly home to New Mexico today to be with her family and catch up on schoolwork neglected during the campaign. Last night she called her mother to pass on the news of her victory. Her response? “Alright, don’t miss your flight.” —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...
...former boss. "Daley has always been smart enough to insulate himself enough," said one longtime city official. "It's not money, really, that pushes Daley. Ego and votes do. The feds keep throwing darts at the board and nothing has stuck. They've never been able to catch him in a lie. Now Harris may be able to do that, or he may not. All we know is Harris fell in with a den of thieves, and he got hooked...