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Bernard Madoff Appeals Jailing After Pleading Guilty to Securities Fraud Lawyers for Bernard Madoff, who is being held in a high-security prison in Manhattan, asked a federal appeals court to free the convicted money-manager until he’s sentenced in June.

Merrill Lynch Bonus Recipients May Be Named in a Week, New York Judge Says A New York judge said he hopes to decide within a week whether the names of Merrill Lynch & Co. employees who received $3.6 billion in bonuses in December should remain confidential.

Madoff Guilty Plea, Jailing Hearten Investors Who Jeer, `Bye, Bye Bernie' Dozens of investors who came to federal court in New York to hear Bernard Madoff’s admission that he ran a $65 billion Ponzi scheme in which he lied and stole for decades applauded his jailing.

Bernard Madoff Is Sent to Jail After Pleading Guilty to Epic Ponzi Scheme Bernard Madoff, a symbol of investor distrust in a global recession, was jailed after admitting he masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history, an epic swindle that may have reached $65 billion.

Chiquita Sued by Family of U.S. Consultant Killed by Colombian Rebels Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana label, was sued by the family of a U.S. mine consultant killed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas in 1996.

Bankrupt Asarco Settles Last Environmental Claims, May Pay $1.1 Billion Asarco LLC, a bankrupt copper miner, agreed to pay as much as $1.1 billion to settle the last of its major environmental claims, bringing the company one step closer to exiting court protection later this year.

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Bernard Madoff Appeals Jailing After Pleading Guilty to Securities Fraud Lawyers for Bernard Madoff, who is being held in a high-security prison in Manhattan, asked a federal appeals court to free the convicted money-manager until he’s sentenced in June.

Merrill Lynch Bonus Recipients May Be Named in a Week, New York Judge Says A New York judge said he hopes to decide within a week whether the names of Merrill Lynch & Co. employees who received $3.6 billion in bonuses in December should remain confidential.

Donald Trump Is Sued by Condo Buyers Over Abandoned Mexico Luxury Resort Donald Trump, the U.S. real estate developer, and his partners in a defunct hotel and condominium project near Tijuana, Mexico, were sued by condo buyers who claim to have lost as much as $18 million in deposits.

Bernard Madoff Is Sent to Jail After Pleading Guilty to Epic Ponzi Scheme Bernard Madoff, a symbol of investor distrust in a global recession, was jailed after admitting he masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history, an epic swindle that may have reached $65 billion.

Madoff Family Had $826 Million Net Worth, According to His Filing in Court The family of Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty yesterday to masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history, claimed a net worth of $826 million as of December 31, according to a court filing.

National Century's Parrett, Who Fled, to Be Sentenced for Fraud March 27 Rebecca Parrett, declared a fugitive after her conviction for a $2.9 billion fraud at National Century Financial Enterprises Inc., will be sentenced on March 27 even if she doesn’t show up in federal court in Columbus, Ohio.

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Madoff Appeals Jailing, Seeks Release Until Sentencing in June Bernard Madoff’s lawyers, seeking to have the convicted money-manager released from a high- security prison before he’s sentenced in June, asked a federal appeals court to set aside a judge’s order that he be jailed.

Madoff Jailing Prompts Cheers From Investors in Courtroom Dozens of investors, after hearing Bernard Madoff’s admission that he ran a $65 billion Ponzi scheme in which he lied and stole for decades, applauded in federal court in New York as he was handcuffed and led to jail.

'Yes, Your Honor': Bernard Madoff's Courtroom Confession of Ponzi Scheme Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty yesterday to 11 criminal counts, admitting that he operated a $65 billion Ponzi scheme while lying to investors and regulators for years.

Life in Jail for Madoff Means Inmates Who Blame Money Man for Family Ruin Bernard Madoff, who pleaded guilty today to masterminding the largest Ponzi scheme in history, was sent by a federal judge to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a “horrendous” jail in lower Manhattan that houses swindlers and murderers.

Bernard Madoff's Criminal Charges: Summary of the 11 Counts Against Him Bernard Madoff was charged March 10 in federal court in Manhattan with 11 counts related to the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. Prosecutors detailed the charges in a 25-page criminal information.

Madoff's Refusal to Admit Conspiracy Said to Have Scuttled U.S. Plea Deal Bernard Madoff, facing a lifelong sentence for the largest Ponzi scheme in history, didn’t agree to a plea deal with prosecutors because of their demand that he admit to a conspiracy, a charge that would require him to say he worked with others, said people familiar with the matter.

London Police Battle Huge Rise in Fraud, 'Mini Madoffs' as Recession Bites Police in London’s financial district are battling a “massive” increase in fraud as the recession bites and lures more people into crime.

Madoff Losses Sap Fortune Left by Depression Era `King of Shrink' Scheuer Simon “Sy” Scheuer sought to ensure his fortune would outlive him. It did, and then some of it wound up with Bernard Madoff.

Madoff-Triggered Tax Increase Preserves Pensions in Connecticut Bernard Madoff is raising taxes in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Madoff Will Plead Guilty in Ponzi Scheme as U.S. Focus Turns to Employees As Bernard Madoff prepares to plead guilty to the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, prosecutors shed new light on how subordinates may have helped him swindle clients across the globe out of $65 billion over at least two decades.

Madoff Employees Helped Dupe Investors, U.S. Prosecutors Say U.S. prosecutors shed new light yesterday on how they believe Bernard Madoff’s subordinates helped him operate a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, without saying whether those employees knew they were defrauding investors.

Madoff Fraud Victims May Recoup Taxes for 13 Years Under Proposed U.S. Law Investors who paid taxes on “phantom” profits from Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme since 1995 would be able to seek refunds from the Internal Revenue Service under congressional legislation proposed today.

Madoff Lawyer Ira Sorkin Invested $18,860 With Madoff Ira Sorkin, the lawyer for accused fraudster Bernard Madoff, invested $18,860 with his client in the early 1990s through a retirement account, prosecutors said in a letter to a federal judge filed in court today.

Santander's Madoff Offer May Give Anonymity to Some Investors Banco Santander SA, Spain’s biggest bank, is offering some clients with Bernard Madoff-related losses a new compensation contract that may boost acceptance among customers with undeclared investments.

Reversal in Police Assault May Provide Basis for Madoff Appeal U.S. District Judge Denny Chin’s decision to permit Bernard Madoff to set aside the potential conflict of interest faced by his lawyer was similar to a ruling that was overturned by a federal appeals court in one of New York City’s most notorious police-brutality cases.

Ruth Madoff, Wife of Accused Money Manager, Will Hire Lawyer The wife of accused con artist Bernard Madoff plans to hire her own attorney, according to a lawyer at the firm that has represented the couple.

Bernard Madoff to Face New Charges, May Be Nearing Plea Deal Bernard Madoff, the alleged mastermind of a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, may be nearing a guilty plea after federal prosecutors filed a notice that they intend to bring new criminal charges against the New York money manager.

Stanford Judge Releases Frozen Accounts of Less Than $250,000 Most Stanford Group Co. investor accounts valued at less than $250,000 should be immediately released from a court-imposed freeze in an $8 billion fraud investigation, a federal judge ruled.

SEC to Overhaul How It Responds to Whistleblowers, Public Tips The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will scrutinize its process for reviewing tips after lawmakers said the agency mishandled public warnings that Bernard Madoff was running a Ponzi scheme.

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Back to Normal at the Supreme Court Supreme Court Justice David Souter was back on the bench with his colleagues this morning, three days after making it official that he will retire at the end of the current term, in late June or early July.

Obama Calling Senators About Souter Seat President Barack Obama hasn't interviewed any candidates yet, but he's begun calling senators to get their input on replacing Justice David Souter, a spokesman said today.

SG Kagan Pays Tribute to Justice Souter Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who is at or near the top of many lists of possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, paid tribute to the justice on Friday, describing him as "an extraordinary justice" whose presence on the Court will be missed.
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Chrysler Bankruptcy Caught Yale, Halliburton, Gates Foundation, Oaktree Chrysler LLC’s secured lenders include Yale University, Oaktree Capital Management and assets managed for the University of Kentucky, Halliburton Co., Kraft Foods Master Retirement and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a court filing in the carmaker’s bankruptcy.

Obama Says He'll Seek Jurist With an `Independent Mind' to Replace Souter President Barack Obama said he will replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter with a jurist who exhibits an “independent mind” and that he wants the Senate to confirmed his nominee by the start of the court’s next term.

Chrysler to Idle Plants, Seek Approval of Fiat Deal to Avoid Liquidation Chrysler LLC will idle all of its U.S. plants today as the bankrupt automaker seeks court approval of a partnership with Italy’s Fiat SpA in the “very near term,” company lawyer Corinne Ball said.

Chrysler Lenders Tested Barack Obama, Lost $250 Million Game of Chicken President Barack Obama thanked everyone from unions to executives for working to keep Chrysler LLC alive while blaming “a small group of speculators” for forcing the automaker into bankruptcy.

Chrysler Must Complete Sale by June 27 to Avoid Default, Treasury Says Chrysler LLC, the automaker that filed for bankruptcy yesterday, will have to meet government-imposed deadlines and complete its asset sale to Italy’s Fiat SpA in less than 60 days to avoid defaulting on a $4 billion loan.

Cuomo Expands Pension Probe With Multistate Task Force, 100 Subpoenas New York widened its investigation of pension-fund corruption by helping form a multistate task force and issuing subpoenas to probe the role of unregistered and unlicensed agents in arranging for others to manage assets.

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