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The article focuses on Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who is leading a landmark criminal case against cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The case involves alleged theft, fraud, and campaign finance violations. It highlights the significance of the case for holding chief executive officers accountable and for Williams's career as a lawyer.

Asserts that Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is one politician who were able to capitalize on the issue of corporate misconduct nationally in the U.S. elections in 2000. Response of National Democrats against corporate misconduct; Reason why U.S. citizens were outraged by corporate scandals; Information on the reform advocated by Spitzer; Personal background of Spitzer.

Focuses on the impact of the settlement of anti-trust suit of U.S.-based manufacturer of electronic products AT&T Corp. and software company International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) by the U.S. Justice Department, on stocks of companies. Overview of the anti-trust suits filed against AT&T; Assessment of the use of technology by AT&T; Evaluation of the prospect of the stock business of IBM; Views that the result of the dropping of the case against IBM will be to let it go and buying other companies; Opinion that strategy of a big company buying a small company has been to purchase technology.

The author points out the disadvantages of not paying attention on interest rates and provides information on how to end up those lost rates on investment. The author states that people can increase their money safely without risking it. He says that individuals with $100,000 can purchase themselves a certificate of deposit from the bank that allow them to get the interest of their deposit without fraud. An overview of the things people must do to avoid fraud in investing money is offered.

The author discusses the disadvantages of not paying attention on interest rates and provides information on how to end up those lost rates on investment. The author states that people can increase their money safely without risking it. He says that individuals with $100,000 can purchase themselves a certificate of deposit from the bank that allow them to get the interest of their deposit without fraud. An overview of the things people must do to avoid fraud in investing money is offered.

Explores the reasons behind the widespread hostility toward Microsoft Corp. which is owned by Bill Gates. Ways in which the company is involved in anti-competitive tactics; Strategy used by the company in quelling interest in a competitor's product; Actions taken by the company to broaden its reach in the software industry; Web sites that protest Microsoft's inferior products.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comments on the article "Taiwan As a Chinese Problem," published in the May 13, 1972 issue; Account of new left economic thinking in the review of Howard Sherman's book "Radical Political Economy"; Discussion of antitrust violations in the article "Crime in the Suites."

Focuses on the crimes committed by people in white collar jobs which include businessmen, government officials and professionals, in their occupational roles. Crimes committed by respectable citizens which are not a part of the U.S. administration's lexicon of law and order; Difficulties in establishing corporate crime involving premeditated business predations; Survey conducted to understand the pattern of business ethics which suggested increase in unethical practices in business practices; Views that while anti-trust crime may seem remotely relevant, its impact on corporations and public is direct and vast.

Focuses on the report "The Closed Enterprise System"on antitrust by a Nader Study Group headed by Mark J. Green. View that it is an elaborate indictment of federal antitrust enforcement as cowardly, politicized, ineffectual, and directionless in dealing with corporate criminality of monstrous proportions; View that the Study Group tries to enlist the reader's interest and concern in antitrust policy is by linking vigorous antitrust enforcement to the abatement of pollution and reduction of defense spending.

Discusses the journalistic monopolies in the United States. Advantages of competition among newspapers and broadcasters on a purely economic level; Importance of diversity in the media; Beneficiaries of the Newspaper Preservation Act.

The author laments an apparent lack of contrition among Wall Street executives for such firms as Morgan Stanley and others concerning the corrupt practices which resulted in a global settlement agreed upon with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. On April 29, 2003 Morgan Stanley chief executive Philip Purcell was asked about the settlement that Morgan Stanley and nine other firms had just inked with state and federal regulators. "I don't see anything in the settlement that will concern the retail investor about Morgan Stanley," Purcell claimed. The comments were so at odds with plainly visible reality that, for a moment, it seemed as if the bespectacled Purcell were impersonating former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Said Al Sahhaf. The bestiary of sins laid bare in the so-called global settlement were, by and large, familiar to most casual readers of 'The Wall Street Journal': Investment banks allocated shares of hot initial public offerings to executives in exchange for business, and research analysts routinely subjugated their better judgment to the mandates of their investment-banking colleagues. But the settlement also brought new revelations about Morgan Stanley. Not content merely to turn its own analysts into shills for the dodgy stocks of its investment-banking clients, the august firm paid other, smaller firms to issue absurdly positive reports and recommendations on the shares of Morgan Stanley clients as well. But, while settling may make practical sense, it's not necessarily the most effective means of reform. A truly satisfying and perhaps more effective settlement would force not just the companies and a few of their employees to kick in, it would also force chief executives such as Stanley O'Neal of Merrill Lynch or Purcell of Morgan Stanley to part with some chunk of their massive fortunes.

Comments on corporate scandals in the U.S. and their impact on the country's economy. Information on the bankruptcy of Williams Communications Group; Possibility of predicting bankruptcies and layoffs; Causes of the accounting scandals according to "Washington Post," columnist Robert J. Samuelson; Estimated number of workers in the telecommunication industry that have been laid off because of corporate scandals.

Comments on the corporate fraud controversy involving U.S. President George W. Bush and the Harken Energy Corp. Attention given by the media on the issue; Effort of the Bush administration to divert the focus of the press away from the controversy; Proposals for corporate reform being pushed by Bush; Connection of the Harken issue with the corporate scandal involving Enron; Impact of the controversy on local policy debates in the U.S., including whether to award federal grants to energy companies.

Focuses on the sentence of Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr., a political extremist, for mail fraud and tax evasion. Solicitation of millions in loans from private individuals which LaRouche never intended to pay; Effect of LaRouche imprisonment on LaRouche's followers who thrive on social disfavor; Comments on the support given to LaRouche on sentencing day by the LaRouchians.

Presents information on Anthony De Angelis, one of the grandest exporter of salad oil. Information on the fact that De Angelis has pleaded guilty to circulating $34 million in forged warehouse receipts to support his credit in the commodities market; Information that De Angelis was the president and controlling stockholder of the Adolph Gobel Company, a New Jersey meatpacker.

The article offers brief comments on the conviction of Martha Stewart and on the voter turnout for the United States democratic primaries, as reported by Curtis Gans of the Study of the American Electorate. In March 2004, a jury convicted Martha Stewart of lying about a 2001 stock sale in which her broker gave her insider information on pharmaceutical maker ImClone. Reading the newspapers, you could be forgiven for thinking that Stewart had done as much damage to U.S. investors as WorldCom bad boys Bernie Ebbers and Scott Sullivan. Stewart may be both a corporate executive and guilty of wrongdoing, but that does not mean she is guilty of corporate wrongdoing. Her case is different from those of Ebbers, Jeff Skilling, or John Rigas, who allegedly used their positions atop WorldCom, Enron, and Adelphia to construct elaborate frauds that enriched not only themselves but their fellow executives--at a steep cost to lower-level employees and the investing public, not to mention the thousands who depended on the services their companies provided. Thanks to the media attention surrounding the Stewart verdict, however, readers may inaccurately conclude that corporate justice, rather than celebrity justice, has been served in this case.

Comments on several political issues in the U.S. as of July 22, 2002. Hypocrisy of some members of the U.S. Congress with regard to the issue of corporate scandal; Response of columnist Cal Thomas to the court's ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance; Details of the protest made by Reverend Al Sharpton together with singer Michael Jackson against the U.S. recording industry's exploitation of black musicians; Views expressed by U.S. President George W. Bush with regard to corporate accounting procedures and business leaders' conduct.

Discusses the practice of stock fraud in the U.S. enterprises. Evidence of stock fraud in Stratton Oakmont Inc., a securities firm based in Long Island, New York; Reason behind the failure of regulators to prevent the occurrence of fraud; Limits to fraud regulation by the National Association of Securities Dealers; Reference to little risk of corrupt brokers facing jail time; Role played by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to control investment fraud; Suggestions on how to resolve the fraud problem.

Comments on the decision made by a federal judge against Allegheny Bottling Co. in Virginia and issues arising from this situation. Imposition of prison sentence on the company; Reasons given by the judge for imposing a prison sentence to the company; Views of the U.S. Sentencing Commission that the system for sentencing corporations is in a state of serious despair; Inconsistency in corporate fines; Report that to correct the criminal equation, the commission's staff has proposed an entirely new method of imposing fines; View that the staff's proposal incorporates several principles, but like other system of fines, it fails to take the profit out of corporate crimes.

The article discusses corporate crime in the U.S. The brokerage firm E.F. Hutton illegally profited from interest-free loans by check kiting, in which funds are transferred to different bank branches to cover checks. Attorney General Edwin Meese III chose not to prosecute executives of E.F. Hutton but imposed a fine. Deputy defense secretary Paul Thayer received letters from government officials recommending a lenient sentence following his conviction for obstruction of justice.

Focuses on the court rulings concerning corporate crimes in the U.S. Protection of consumers; Development of class action legislation; Argument of the Court on failure of attorney's high fees in anti-trust class actions to guarantee members of the Bar to aid plaintiffs in bringing these suits; Investigation of price fixing conspiracies; Benefit to all consumers from solutions like the California taxicab judgment.

Presents information on Task Force Report of the President's National Crime Commission on business crimes. Information on the fact that business crime takes property away from those entitled to keep it and threatens or injures the physical security of persons; Report that the annual cost to the public of securities frauds is in the $500 million to $1 billion range; Violation of regulatory laws; Impact of business crimes on the safety of general public; Information that the maximum fine under the Sherman Antitrust Act has recently been raised to $50,000.

Provides information on an investigation conducted by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on rubber manufacturers regarding auto tires in 1965. Practice that manufacturers follow in equipping cars with tires; Frauds about the production of tires; Action taken by the commission to ensure consumer protection; Evidences that the rubber manufacturers are unfairly treating their customers.

Opposes the continued monopolistic practices in the electric incandescent lamp industry in the U.S. Impact of monopoly on competition; Profits earned by General Electric from lamp sales; Suggestion that a federal court decision on General Electric's violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act did not stop the company from continuing its electric lamp bulb monopoly; Other anti-trust cases instituted against the company.

Criticizes the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush for the existence of corporate inversion in the U.S. Information on corporate inversion; Amount lost by the U.S. government when U.S. companies avoid taxes; Factors that made the issue salient.

Focuses on the alleged involvement of U.S. President George W. Bush in the Harken Energy accounting scandal during his term as a member of the audit committee of the company in 1990. Information on the illegal selling of stock allegedly committed by Bush; Awareness of Bush on the financial condition of the company; Decline in the prices of Harken stock; Number of times Bush was late in informing the Securities and Exchange Commission about his sales of Harken stock.

Comments on the reaction and plans of U.S. President George W. Bush regarding corporate fraud, based on his speech on corporate responsibility in July 2002. Proposals presented by Bush to tackle the problem of corporate fraud; Problem with regard to criminalizing financial fraud; Punishments for abusive corporate leaders proposed by Bush; Amount of fund promised by Bush for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Offers views on the root of corporate fraud and scandals in the U.S. Reason why the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton should be blamed for the current corporate scandals; Criticisms regarding the behavior of Clinton and its alleged impact on the practices of corporations; Views of U.S. President George W. Bush on corporate responsibility; Disadvantages of the legal structure governing corporations in the U.S.

Presents comments on the response of U.S. President Bill Clinton concerning the crimes allegedly committed in the administration-supervised fund-raising operation involving John Huang. Background on Huang; Opinion of Clinton regarding the hiring of former Deputy Attorney General Web Hubbell by the Lippo Group, before he began serving a prison sentence for embezzlement; Issues surrounding a discussion hosted by Clinton on May 13, 1996, which was sponsored by the Democratic National Committee fundraisers.

Comments on key political and business conditions in the U.S. Indications of Grand Old Party politics; Criminal conspiracy charges against three pharmaceutical companies including Charles Pfizer and Co., American Cyanamid and Bristol-Myers for fixing prices of one of the wonder antibiotics, tetracycline and for efforts to monopolize the market; Controversies regarding the policy of President Lyndon Baines-Johnson in limiting American investments abroad.

Focuses on economic developments in the U.S. Discussion about total net capital assets of all manufacturing corporations; Favor of checks and balances in the political structure of the country; View of economists that antitrust laws are pretty much out of date; Importance of the Public Utility Act of 1935; Views against private socialism of concentrated private power; Focus on details of what big manufacturing companies manufacture.

Comments on issues related to U.S. politics and government as of December 1961. Impact of the antitrust laws signed by President John F. Kennedy on businesses; Allegation against big companies which fix prices; Information on the Hollywood Bowl rally of the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade.

Comments on issues related to world politics as of February 20, 1961. Comparison between executives imprisoned for antitrust conspiracy and African American prisoners who opposed racial segregation; Response of the Catholic Church in Latin America to the problem of overpopulation; Technique used by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in soliciting public support for his social and economic programs.

Presents comments on political and social issues in the U.S. as of January 1961. List of political challenges facing the administration of President John F. Kennedy; Move by General Electric and Westinghouse to plead guilty in an antitrust suit; Highlights of the presidency of outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower.