First Criminal Charges Filed Over Robo-Signing

Thursday, November 17, 2011 First Criminal Charges Filed Over Robo-Signing The Nevada attorney general has indicted two midlevel staffers at a mortgage document company, Lender Processing Services, on a whopping 606 counts of felony and gross misdemeanor for directing employees to forge signatures and falsely notarize documents used to illegally foreclose on Nevada homeowners. In Rick Perry's Texas, A Safe Haven For Dubious Businesses Workers Rebel Against Early Black Friday Openings OWS Marches To Financial District On Two-Month Anniversary Making It Into The One Percent Doesn't Mean You'll Stay There Deregulation Won't Lead To Job Growth: CBO BLOG POSTS Ned Ryun: OWS and Tea Party Agree: Big Banks Are a Big Problem Yes, big banks are a big part of capitalism. But OWS and the Tea Party both see that what the big banks are doing on the backs of the taxpayer is not capitalism. It's a Frankenstein's monster-version of capitalism masquerading as free enterprise. Robert Scheer: The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For Only in America is the arrogance of the super-rich so perfectly concealed by the pretense of democracy that the 12th richest man in the nation can suppress dissent against corporate rapacity and expect his brutal actions to be viewed as necessary to providing sanitary streets. Jason Alderman: Budget Now to Offset Holiday Spending If you sometimes fall prey to holiday overspending, you might want to look for ways to make small spending cuts in other areas of your life -- year round -- that, when added together, can result in big savings. Dennis M. Kelleher: Are the SEC and Citigroup Deceiving A Federal Judge? In light of the financial meltdown, many thought that, finally, the Wall Street cop -- the SEC -- was back on the beat. Sadly, the agency's recent settlement with Citigroup makes it look like they are still more interested in appearing tough than being tough. Delia Lloyd: 5 New Trends in Work Lately, I've been struck by how much the nature of work seems to be changing right now. In fact, the very definition of work -- what it means and how it's carried out -- seems to be in flux.

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