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Former Credit Suisse employee David Higgs walks away after appearing in United States Court in the Manhattan borough of New York

Analysis: Obstacles High for More Mortgage Prosecutions

Despite the determination of President Obama to take Wall Street to court for the financial crisis, prosecutors face an uphill struggle to win more convictions like the two they scored on Wednesday against former Credit Suisse Group AG mortgage traders.
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Winehouse Coroner Resigns in Credentials Flap

Suzanne Greenaway, the coroner who oversaw the Amy Winehouse death examination, resigned in November, after authorities found out she lacked the proper credentials. The resignation was made public Wednesday. Now the late star's family is thinking of asking for a new investigation.
Bernie Fine and wife Laurie

Laurie Fine: Bernie Fine’s Wife Allegedly Slept with Players, Too

Two of the men who have accused Bernie Fine of sexually molesting them when they were ball boys is now accusing his wife, Laurie, of having sexual relationships with basketball team players. Bernie Fine, a former Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach, was fired late last year, after being accused of molesting three men in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Citigroup Unit to Pay $500,000 in Age Bias Case

A unit of Citigroup must pay $500,000 to a former branch manager who alleged the company fired him because of his age, according to a decision by a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel.
Stanford arrives at the Federal Court in Houston

Caribbean Bank Regulator Testifies Against Stanford

Allen Stanford, charged with a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, sought to have a Antiguan regulator with oversight of his offshore bank dismissed after she rejected a number of the Texas financier's overtures to work together, she testified on Monday.
UBS trader Kweku Adoboli arrives at City of London magistrates' court in the City of London

Ex UBS Trader Adoboli Denies Fraud, Faces Trial

The trial, which is likely to shine a searching light on the adequacy of the bank's management and risk controls, could land Adoboli with a maximum 10-year jail sentence if convicted of the two counts of fraud and two of false accounting.
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Jane Bashara: Husband Bob 'Person of Interest' in Grosse Pointe Murder

Just one week after the Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. mother of two was found strangled to death in her car in a Detroit alley, husband Bob Bashara has been labeled the only person of interest, and rumors abound that he failed a lie detector test last week. Although his family is standing behind him, Jane Bashara's relatives are not as convinced, saying they believe the killing was not random and that they can only hope her husband wasn't involved.
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Honor Killings: Family in Canada Convicted of 'Cold-blooded, Shameful Murders'

On Sunday, three Afghans were found guilty of the honor killing murders of four women in Canada. Husband and wife Mohammad Shafia and Tooba Yahya, and their son Hamed Shafia, were each convicted of four counts of first-degree murder for the murder of the family's three teenaged daughters and another woman, a verdict that carries an automatic life sentence.
Former McKinsey chief and ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta (C) exits the Manhattan Federal Court with his lawyers after attending a pre-trial hearing on insider-trading charges in New York January 5, 2012.

Berkshire, Goldman Names Surface in Rajat Gupta Case

The names of a top executive at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and a board member at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. surfaced on Friday as potential witnesses in the insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman, the Procter & Gamble Co., and other companies.
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Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit: Did the Auto Giant Lie on MPG?

Heather Peters, a Honda Hybrid car owner, has brought the auto giant to court claiming the car has failed to deliver the promised mileage. However, the judge presiding over the case is seeking more information before he allows the complaint to proceed.

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