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Audit Arbiter
Apology Due
May 31, 2011 03:38 PMFelix Salmon, an Audit contributor, asked for an arbiter to look into the complaints of a writer named Sean Olender. Olender had e-mailed Salmon in May about a Market Mover blog Salmon wrote in 2007, attacking an... Continue reading
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The Audit
Prudential’s Death Benefits for Soldiers: Bloomberg Gets it (Mostly) Right
December 29, 2010 12:15 PMThe complaint came from Bob DeFillippo, chief communication officer for Prudential Financial, Inc., who fired it off the day that The Audit's Ryan Chittum gave a thumbs up to Bloomberg's David Evans in an Audit Notes. ... Continue reading
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Audit Arbiter
How 60 Minutes Missed on Chevron
April 14, 2010 01:08 PM"Play CBS Video." The arrow is superimposed on an image of old, rusting oil barrels emblazoned with Texaco's name. "Chevron is America's third-largest company, behind ExxonMobil and WalMart," intones correspondent Scott Pelley. "One way it got that big... Continue reading
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Feature
What We Learned In the Meltdown
January 26, 2009 09:30 AMOne day in June 2005, my colleague Nell Henderson and I hiked over to the Bond Market Association to get ourselves educated on collateralized debt obligations and related products. I was editing The Washington Post’s Wall Street coverage, and Nell... Continue reading
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