CHICAGO Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert is scheduled to appear in a Chicago court on Thursday to face federal charges related to his alleged effort to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to conceal past misconduct. Hastert, ... More »
WASHINGTON Two units of Bank of America’s brokerage arm Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $11 million and admitted they violated certain federal rules by using inaccurate data for short sale orders, U.S. regulators said on Monday. A Bank of American spokesman said i... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When hundreds of U.S. college faculty members rated junior scientists based on scholarly record, job interview performance and other information with an eye toward which should be hired, they preferred women over identically qualified men ... More »
