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December 2, 2014
Judge: BP Acted with "Gross Negligence" in Gulf Oil Spill
A federal judge says BP made "profit-driven decisions" in dealing with a rig explosion that resulted in 11 deaths and the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
September 4, 2014
How Bank of America's $16.65 Billion Settlement Compares
In the five years since the crisis, government authorities have won nearly $83 billion in credit crisis and mortgage-related settlements from the nation's six largest banks -- while the banks have earned more than $320 billion in profits.
August 21, 2014
What Did "Generation Like" Think of "Generation Like"?
In "Generation Like," teens told FRONTLINE that social media makes them feel empowered. Six months later, do they still feel the same way?
August 5, 2014
Citigroup to Pay $7 Billion to End Mortgage Deal Probe
The nation's third largest bank will pay $7 billion to settle a federal investigation into whether it misled investors about the quality of mortgage-related securities that it sold in the run-up to the financial crisis.
July 14, 2014
An Insider Trading Acquittal Hints at New Landscape for Prosecutors
Nothing lasts forever. That's the lesson federal prosecutors in New York were reminded of this week when their unbeaten streak in a five-year crackdown on insider trading finally came to an end.
July 10, 2014
Could BNP Conviction Signal the End of "Too Big To Jail"?
Nearly six years since the peak of the financial crisis, U.S. prosecutors are still battling the impression that no single bank is too big to jail. But a pair of recent victories may help reverse that perception.
July 1, 2014
Split Verdict in British Tabloid Phone-Hacking Trial
A British jury convicted a former "News of the World" editor, while acquitting one of Rupert Murdoch's top lieutenants.
June 24, 2014
Study: Corporate Mergers Overrun By Insider Trading
A jaw-dropping new study of mergers and acquisitions suggests the problem of insider trading is not only pervasive, but also rarely enforced.
June 17, 2014
SAC's Michael Steinberg Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Insider Trading
The former SAC Capital trader was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for an insider-trading scheme that allegedly garnered him $1.8 million in illegal profits.
May 16, 2014
2h 47m
United States of Secrets
How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans?
May 13, 2014
Can Steven Cohen Move On From SAC's Insider Trading Past?
A judge has approved a guilty plea from SAC Capital Advisors for insider trading, but a civil case now awaits the firm's billionaire founder, Steven A. Cohen.
April 10, 2014