Asbestos: series tells story behind product liability problems

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Wall Street had developed a sudden fixation on asbestos liability, something that Georgia-Pacific company had no shortage of. Although the company had plenty of insurance for asbestos liability, a string of asbestos-related bankruptcies and eye-popping trial verdicts led the investors to slash one-third off the company's stock price.

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Executive profits: stock options and side deals mean millions for managers as Qwest stock takes dive

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Joe Nacchio, former Qwest Chairman and CEO, undervalued the stock of Qwest Communications at $45 per share. Nacchio made it easy for the savvy investor to understand the trend of earning profits and collected some 32 million dollar from the stock of his company.

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Extension public records search leads to pension fund fraud stories

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Boston Herald published two series detailing the public transit employees' pension fund that gave 7 million dollar in loans to a arsonist, wherein the arsonist provided kickbacks to the executive director and the chairman of the pension fund.

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