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Numberscruncher: WaMu Scandal’s Legacy Is a Terrible Song Parody

Ann Logue April 20, 2010 8

Whenever there’s a corporate scandal, there is going to be an example of ridiculous excess. You can count on it. This time, the excess came from Washington Mutual, you mortgage brothers can’t deny. I

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Numberscruncher: Sorority Scandals

Ann Logue August 4, 2009 5
Usually, tales of Greek houses gone bad fall into two categories: drugs and alcohol, or hazing. The undergraduate members screw up; the old people from the national

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Numberscruncher: Burials at Burr Oak

Ann Logue July 14, 2009 4

Alsip isn’t the leafy, angsty Chicago suburb of a John Hughes movie. If people know about it, it’s probably because they have been to a wedding at the Chateau Bu-Sche’.   One reason that few

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There Is No Secret Ingredient

Ann Logue May 5, 2009 0

It’s tough being a grandiose financial criminal these days. Lots of people ran scams that took millions from clients; Allan Stanford even collected a title while allegedly fleecing investors with fraudulent CDs. Bernie Madoff

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