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Minneapolis Star Tribune Files for Bankruptcy Protection After Ads Decline The Minneapolis Star Tribune sought
bankruptcy protection amid falling newspaper advertising sales,
less than two years after being bought by private-equity firm
Avista Capital Partners.
Madoff's `Street-Smart' Aide Frank DiPascali Was Go-To Guy for Investors Frank DiPascali Jr. joined Bernard
Madoff’s firm a year after graduating from a Catholic high
school in Queens, New York. Over a 33-year career, he rose
through the ranks, eventually calling himself chief financial
officer.
Dreier Used $380 Million Funds for Firm, Artwork, Investments, Lawyer Says Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer
accused of cheating hedge funds, lost part of the $380 million
that prosecutors say he stole in failed investments and used the
rest to repay the funds, cover his firm’s expenses and buy
property, he said.
U.K. Regulator Said to Investigate Madoff `Feeder Funds,' Custodian Banks Britain’s financial regulator is
examining the involvement of so-called feeder funds in the
alleged $50 billion fraud by Bernard Madoff, according to two
people with knowledge of the case.
Washington Readies 42,500-Strong Security Force to Handle Inaugural Crowds When senior FBI official Joseph
Persichini takes his 5 a.m. jog down Washington’s National Mall,
he imagines everything that could go wrong at Barack Obama’s
inaugural next week.