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Does crime pay?
Wall Street Crime and Punishment is a weekly series by Benzinga s Phil Hall that chronicles the bankers, brokers and financial ne’er-do-wells whose ambition and greed takes them in the wrong direction.
In December 1935, F. Donald Coster sat amid the splendor of a luxury Manhattan hotel suite, surrounded by the leaders of the Republican Party. His Washington-connected hosts were eager to evict Franklin D. Roosevelt from the White House and assumed that a prominent and successful business executive like Coster would stand in stark contrast to the borderline-socialist New Deal policies that Roosevelt was inflicting on the country.
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.The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Louisiana.
Mississippi River At Donaldsonville affecting Ascension Parish.
Mississippi River At Baton Rouge affecting West Baton Rouge and
East Baton Rouge Parishes.
Mississippi River At Red River Landing affecting West Feliciana,
East Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupee Parishes.
.The Flood Warning is now in effect until Friday, April 23.
The Flood Warning continues for
the Mississippi River At Baton Rouge. Until Friday, April 23. At 10:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 38.7 feet. Flood stage is 35.0 feet. Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. Forecast.The river will crest near 38.5 feet today and tomorrow
Claire Beck s Saturday SoundSystem 9/1/21 - A David Bowie Celebration
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This weeks show falling between the Starman s birthday and 5th anniversary seemed like the perfect opportunity to put on our red shoes and celebrate the music of a true icon.
With so many greats to choose from and just three hours, here s what we managed to fit in:
Let’s Dance
Facebook sued for illegal, anticompetitive conduct
The lawsuit alleges that, over the last decade, the social networking giant illegally acquired competitors in a predatory manner and cut services to smaller threats depriving users from the benefits of competition and reducing privacy protections and services along the way all in an effort to boost its bottom line through increased advertising revenue.
James leads a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general from around the nation in filing the lawsuit to stop Facebook’s anticompetitive conduct.
“For nearly a decade, Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users,” said James. “Today, we are taking action to stand up for the millions of consumers and many small businesses that have been harmed by Facebook’s illegal behavior. Instead of competing on the merits, Facebook used its power to suppress competition so it could tak