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BankingMarch 29, 2007
The Loan Shark Lobby
With Democrats in control of Congress, prospects for regulating subprime lenders have improved. But don’t hold your breath.
Garrett Ordower
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CorporationsMarch 12, 2007
KBR’s $400 Million Iraq Question
Did the Pentagon’s biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?
Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower
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Criminal JusticeOctober 26, 2006
From Whitewater to Blackwater
Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.
Jeremy Scahill and Garrett Ordower
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Higher EducationMarch 28, 2006
The Dot-Degree Boom
Thanks to aggressive recruiting tactics and a complaisant Congress, online enrollments at the University of Phoenix and its spinoff, Axia College, are soaring. So are student debt and disaffection.
Garrett Ordower
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