Topic: Congressional Inquiries

GM CEO Defends Company Over Chevy Volt Battery

The chairman and CEO of General Motors is defending the company over battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars last year.. . Daniel F. Akerson...
The congressional inquiry into the collapse of MF Global and its misuse of customer money is set to intensify next week, when a House committee...
Michael Roseman, the former chief risk officer who is said to have raised red flags about aggressive trading bets at MF Global, will testify before ...

Senate investigates HSBC

The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has opened a probe into HSBC, focusing on possible money laundering. The probe dovetails with...

Pipeline's future still uncertain

Share . A congressional hearing Wednesday on the Keystone XL pipeline produced plenty of rhetorical fireworks but little guidance about the actual ...

Roe v. Wade at 39

As pro-lifers gather in Washington, D.C. for the March for Life today, we should celebrate the great year we had in 2011. As I have gotten older, I...
Top executives at Fannie Mae(FNMA. OB)and Freddie Mac(FMCC. OB) earned a total of $95.4 million from 2008-2010, according to a CNN report citing...

MF Global Auditor Subpoenaed: Report

MF Global(MF) auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) is being subpoenaed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to a report by...

10 arrested in LIRR pension scam

The feds have arrested 10 people involved in a massive disability scam of the LIRR's pension system that cost tax payers' hundreds of millions of...
The Rev. Steve Lawler should have just given up chocolate or television for Lent.. . Instead, Lawler, the part-time rector of St. Stephen's...