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By Steve Eder NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) – John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk. But they didn’t listen. Even so, he is being called a hero. Warnings from McMurray are cited often in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

By Adam Smith The Reasons Fraud Spikes in a Recession

Commentary by the Project on Government Oversight Margaret Hamburg  Margaret Hamburg, long admired as a strong leader who has tackled and solved public health problems that others shunned, was confirmed on May 18 as the new head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, an agency in trouble. The FDA’s failures are well known. Peanuts […]