iWatch News | Investigation. Impact. Integrity. (original) (raw)
Mitch Daniels raised more than $2 million for his state-based PAC, highest among presidential contenders
New consumer agency examines opaque credit scoring process
Interact
Politics
During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a potential Republican presidential candidate respected for his fiscal prudence, credits his success in government to the business skills he learned as a pharmaceutical executive.
Accountability
A more likely nuclear nightmare
By Susan Q. Stranahan
May 11, 2011
While headlines focus on tsunami and earthquakes, a more likely scenario for disaster involving a nuclear plant – small fires that afflict the industry regularly - could lead to a meltdown. Regulators have known about the hazard for years – and punted to the industry they are supposed to regulate. At the Indian Point nuclear plant near New York City, two natural gas pipelines may add to the risk.
Health
ANALYSIS: 'Purging' small business coverage to hike health insurance profits
By Wendell Potter
May 16, 2011
You might not realize it, but this is National Small Business Week. I’m betting many small business owners aren’t aware of it, either.
Education
Back to school for the billionaires
By Rita Beamish
May 2, 2011
The richest man in America stepped to the podium and declared war on the nation's school system. High schools had become "obsolete," and were "limiting — even ruining — the lives of millions of Americans every year." The situation had become "almost shameful."
FactWatch
FactWatch: Correcting Newt Gingrich's announcement speech
By The Associated Press
May 12, 2011
Republican presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich is hitching his star to the era of economic growth in the 1990s when he was House speaker, declaring "We've done it before. We can do it again." But his account of what he did before is inflated.