Word: stanfords
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...past few weeks, Stanford, who operates Antigua-based Stanford International Bank, and his companies had fallen under the eye of the FBI, the SEC and other regulatory bodies...
...Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges today against high-flying Houston-based financier R. Allen Stanford for orchestrating what it calls a multibillion-dollar investment fraud of "shocking magnitude...
...complaint says Stanford perpetrated a "massive fraud based on false promises and fabricated historical return data to prey on investors." The alleged fraud centers on an $8 billion certificate-of-deposit (CD) program. (Read about Stanford's love of cricket...
...squash team fell to No. 1 Princeton 5-4 in a thrilling Howe Cup Championship Final Sunday afternoon in an epic bout that will go down as one of the most thrilling in the tournament’s history. The team reached the final by dispatching No. 7 Stanford and No. 3 Penn in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, respectively.The defeat marks the third time in the last five years that the Crimson has fallen in the Howe Cup final, although this one was certainly the closest.“The whole team was incredibly ready for this match...
...Obama wins, big," said Greg Valliere, chief political strategist for Stanford Washington Research Group. "He needed a victory. The GOP got some sound bites for 2010 if this doesn't boost the economy, but they looked obstructionist and negative." Still, if the $789 billion stimulus was a tidal wave, the next item on Obama's to-do list is a tsunami - a $2.5 trillion bank bailout. Fortunately for the President, little of that plan requires congressional action. Unless - or until - the Administration ends up needing more money for it, at which point no one will expect Congress to move...