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Monday, September 21, 2015

Pick your model, private sector job creator

A common theme 
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links the many to choose from:
VW is Said to Cheat on Diesel Emissions; U.S to Order Big Recall
Company hikes price 5,000% for drug that fight complication of AIDS, cancer
US charges Quicken Loans with mortgage fraud 
Peanut company owner faces life sentence for Salmonella outbreak  
US details $900M GM ignition settlement
5 banks guilty of rate-rigging, pay more than $5B 

Posted by James Rowen at 1:12 PM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Or "Peanut exec in salmonella case gets 28 years" - maybe the tide will turn and DOJ will start giving jail time in addition to fines.

September 21, 2015 at 7:24 PM

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