Junk Bond Scandal Headlines

Marilyn Monroe slept here

Back in the days when celebrity was worn with the elegance and grace of diamonds and mink, the Beverly Hills Hotel was where the stars played. W.C. Fields, Humphrey Bogart and the Rat Pack tippled at the bar, Katharine Hepburn did a back flip into the pool in her tennis clothes, and Elizabeth Taylor honeymooned in the bungalows out back -- six times.

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Welcoming Wall Street’s anger

Obama should pick a fight with reckless bankers by beefing up the Volcker rule

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City Reports Increase in Credit Rating

The city of San Diego saw its credit rating bumped up two notches by Standard & Poor’s to AA- from A, an event that Mayor Jerry Sanders cited on April 25 as another sign that the city’s financial health has turned around.

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A big day for the 1%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 13,338 Tuesday, it’s highest since December, 2007. The S&P 500 added 16 points. Wall Street will remember May 1 as a great day. But most of these gains are going to the richest 10 percent of Americans who own 90 percent of the shares traded on Wall Street. And the lion’s share of the gains are going to the wealthiest 1 percent. Shares are up because corporate ...

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Corporate criminals gone wild

The maker of the documentary film "Inside Job" has a new book excoriating Wall Street -- and President Obama

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