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Numberscruncher: WaMu Scandal’s Legacy Is a Terrible Song Parody
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
Read More »Numberscruncher: Sorority Scandals
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 nationalRead More »Numberscruncher: Burials at Burr Oak
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
Read More »There Is No Secret Ingredient
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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