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Monday, June 13, 2011

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Say it ain't so, Arne

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Say it ain't so, Arne

Say it ain't so, Arne

DOE Officials Accused Of Leaking Info To Short-Sellers

Marcus Barum blogs on Huffington Post:
Did Education Department officials leak market-sensitive info to stock traders?" That's the provocative headline from Project on Government Oversight reporting on a probe by the agency's inspector general into controversial claims that may implicate Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
The Daily Caller reports:
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn blasted the Education Department Wednesday for what he called “very significant inappropriate behavior in tipping hedge funds on short selling private education” and called on a key Senate panel to investigate the matter. Coburn was referring to