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Arts & Entertainment

Money, power and lust on the big stage

Nataley Davis | staff writer Enron Corporation’s CEO, Pittsburgh native Jeffery Skilling, lived a life tortured by money, power and lust. When the media found out that Skilling’s company had been fudging the numbers, it caused the largest business bankruptcy in the nation’s history. In 2009, years after the 2001 scandal, Emmy Award winning screen writer Lucy Prebble set out to tell the true story … Continue reading Money, power and lust on the big stage

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US white-collar crime policy too soft

By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor What’s more threatening to the well-being of a nation: a man in a ski mask who burglarizes cul-de-sac homes or a big-business corporation that swindles millions of public dollars in Ponzi schemes? For the U.S. Department of Justice, that answer wasn’t obvious until last week. After years of criticism for treating Wall Street criminals too tenderly, the department announced … Continue reading US white-collar crime policy too soft

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