Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Crime & Legal Sep 28, 2013
MRI viewed as Ponzi scheme by FBI in 2009
The FBI probed MRI International Inc. in 2009 on suspicion that it was running a Ponzi scheme, according to a source who cooperated with the investigation. The revelation comes after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission won permission to freeze the assets of MRI ...
World Sep 24, 2013
Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to being AP source
by Mark Sherman
A former FBI explosives expert said Monday he will plead guilty to revealing secret information for an Associated Press story about a U.S. intelligence operation in Yemen in 2012. The story led to a leaks investigation and the seizure of AP phone records in ...
Crime Jun 14, 2013
Frail Bulger labeled 'hands-on killer'
James “Whitey” Bulger is an old man now. He wears reading glasses. His hair is pure white, but not much remains. And when he stood up in a federal courtroom Wednesday morning to finally face the music, to stand trial for a lifetime of ...
Politics & Diplomacy May 30, 2013
Obama to pick Bush official to head FBI
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to nominate James Comey, a former senior official in the George W. Bush administration, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as FBI director.
Politics & Diplomacy May 16, 2013
U.S. watchdog slams IRS over targeting conservative groups
The IRS used “inappropriate” political criteria when it singled out conservative groups for scrutiny over an 18-month span, an inspector concluded in a report Tuesday. As the inspector general issued his 54-page report to Congress, the White House denied involvement in the affair, and ...
World Apr 25, 2013
CIA asked that bomber be put on terror watch list
The CIA pushed to have one of the suspected Boston bombers placed on a U.S. counterterrorism watch list more than a year before the attacks, U.S. officials say.