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Arizona: Bill Richardson

May 5, 2009 - 03:05 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

A Mushrooming Pension Fund Scandal

By AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Mortgage bubble bursts... the financial markets collapse... investment banks are bailed out with taxpayer funds... Bernie Madoff... criminal investigations into TARP recipients... and now a mushrooming New York pension fund scandal that is going national.

Last Friday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that his office was issuing more than 100 new subpoenas to investment firms and intermediaries who brokered deals with public pension funds, in the latest expansion of his corruption investigation. Cuomo Issues 100 Subpoenas in Pension Fund Inquiry

Mr. Cuomo said a preliminary review by his office found that as many as half of the intermediaries in pension fund transactions in New York State and New York City were not properly licensed and registered with a broker-dealer, as required by federal securities laws.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:42

Today's convention schedule

By Politicker Staff

The fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, with a theme of "Change You Can Believe In."

The final day's events will take place at INVESCO Field at Mile High, where over 70,000 people are expected to attend.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 06:43

Today's convention schedule

By Politicker Staff

The third day of the Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, with a theme of "Securing America's Future."

The day will begin with the nominating process for President, including nominating speeches for U.S. Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), followed by a roll call vote.

The headline speaker will be vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).

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Wed, 01/09/2008 - 07:42

McCain and Clinton claim NH Primary victories

By Politicker Staff

During the last 24 hours before the NH Primary all the talk was of a Mitt Romney last minute surge and a Barack Obama continued surge that would lead to a double-digit on the Democratic side.

John McCain and Hillary Clinton were able to stun the pundits and pull off wins in last nights first in the nation primary.

Results

John McCain 37%
Mitt Romney 32%
Mike Huckabee 11%
Rudy Giuliani 9%
Ron Paul 8%
Fred Thompson 1%

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Tue, 01/08/2008 - 09:16

Early NH voting gives McCain lead

By Politicker Staff

Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location NH have a tradition of being the first towns in NH to vote. Both small locations open their polls at midnight and are usually done voting by 12:02 am.

The results from the 2 towns are as follows

John McCain 10 votes
Mike Huckabee 5
Ron Paul 4
Mitt Romney 3
Rudy Giuliani 1
Fred Thompson 0

On the Democratic side

Barack Obama 16 votes
Hillary Clinton 3
John Edwards 3
Bill Richardson 1

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