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Revolving Door: Multi-Millionaire Big Oil Lobbyist Now Running for Virginia Senate
Ed Gillespie, a former White House communications director under George W. Bush, made $3 million in the past year from his consulting firm representing giant lobbying interests like the American Petroleum Institute.
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What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank
The $13 billion fine on civil charges, including $4 billion in direct assistance to swindled homeowners in mostly depressed inner city neighborhoods, is to be applauded. But it represents only about half of the profit JPMorgan garnered last year.
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JPMorgan Chase Fined Historic $13 Billion for Mortgage Fraud
The settlement between America's largest bank and the Department of Justice was greater than the anticipated $11 billion, and will not release the bank from facing further criminal liability charges for its role in helping bring down the US economy.