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SEC Investigates Hedge Fund Giant JPMorgan Chase & CO.

by The Investigative Newswire on November 3, 2010 · comment

SEC Investigating Deal Between JPMorgan and Hedge Fund Magnetar by Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein ProPublica, Nov. 1, 2010, 2:20 p.m. The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether JPMorgan Chase allowed a hedge fund to improperly select [...]

Federal Inspectors Investigate Chinese Drywall In China: Problems And Dangerous Cover-up Ensues

by The Investigative Newswire on November 3, 2010 · 1 Comment

China Plays Tug-of-War With U.S. Inspectors Over Drywall by Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Aaron Kessler, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct. 25, 2010, 3:01 p.m. CHINA – A federal investigation into contaminated Chinese-made drywall has been a long, hard tug-of-war for [...]

Job Losses For Ohio Still Blame NAFTA & Globalization

by The Investigative Newswire on November 3, 2010 · comment

Many local factories still feel NAFTA’s sting Officials want overhaul of trade strategies By JOE VARDON Published in the Toledo Blade BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR Last of three parts More than 15 years after the North American Free Trade [...]

White House Stimulus Spending Update

by The Investigative Newswire on October 4, 2010 · comment

Did the White House Meet its Stimulus Goal? by Karen Weise and Michael Grabell ProPublica, Oct. 1, 1:06 p.m. Updated: This post has been updated with the White House’s full report.Oct. 3: This article has been corrected.The White [...]

Failing Infrastructure Puts Nation At Risk

by The Investigative Newswire on October 4, 2010 · comment

Breakdown: Traveling Dangerously in America A Faulty Safety System – Over the past 43 years, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued more than 13,000 recommendations to make travel safer. These recommendations are often delayed or ignored as accidents [...]

A Report On Factory Closings In Northwest Ohio: Part 1

by The Investigative Newswire on September 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

SHUT DOWN AND SHIPPED OUT Article published September 26, 2010 in The Toledo Blade » Factory closings rock the region as other states gain from our pain By JOE VARDON BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR This is the first of three [...]

Government Loan Modification Program Update

by The Investigative Newswire on September 27, 2010 · comment

Mod Program Falling Short of Govt’s Vague Goals by Paul Kiel ProPublica, Sep. 23, 11:11 a.m. The number of homeowners dropped from the government’s mortgage modification program continued to mount last month, according to new numbers released yesterday. [...]

ARRA Construction Sites Overlooking Greener Equipment

by The Investigative Newswire on July 19, 2010 · comment

COLUMBUS, OH - While President Obama and local community leaders celebrate a major new road project next to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, an environmental group is charging that government leaders are missing a golden opportunity to help protect [...]

Industry Funds EPA's Recent Safety Study for Pesticides in Drinking Water: Peer Review vs. Lobbyists

by The Investigative Newswire on July 12, 2010 · comment

Agency Says Company’s Evidence ‘Scientifically More Robust’ than Independent Research By Danielle Ivory Huffington Post Investigative Fund Companies with a financial interest in a weed-killer sometimes found in drinking water paid for thousands of studies federal regulators are [...]

Armed Forces Exposed to Toxic Water: Cancer Draws Federal Payouts

by The Investigative Newswire on June 21, 2010 · comment

VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water By Barbara Barrett | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Former Marine Corps Cpl. Peter Devereaux was told about a year ago that he had just two or three years [...]