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Federal Judge Rakoff Slams SEC Complicity in the Bank of America Fraud Case

So Judge Rakoff used the argument, over and over again, that he is championing the careful use of shareholders' money, and that his investigation is there to protect shareholders from having to pay out this money, and that money. Yet his bulldog persistence will cost BAC shareholders much more, in addition to this and that already paid out. Bloated bonuses are a fact of Wall street, and lawyerly, life. Newcasters, CEOs and sportsfolk make more that they are worth. It seems to me that as long as it works, and as long as the amounts are in line with traditional usage, then perhaps Judges here are trying to get some limelight with these very unusual, untraditional, and in the common law tradition, perhaps these judges are the ones going too far.

AT&T: The iPhone's Achilles' Heel

Well, Siegler may have had a bad experience with T, I've certainly had plenty with Verizon. In fact, i credit Verizon with persuading me to buy the iphone and go with T.

Let me just give one: I stopped the $5 texting thing with VZ 3 years ago. Just discovered, at a VZ store, that VZ turned it back on 20 minutes later and has been charging me $5 a month ever since -- without detailing it on the bill! Go ahead and complain about some lost emails. I lost dollars! VZ paid back only 2 years' worth, after admitting their mistake. I'm happy with AT&T, folks -- er, happier!

Big Money Managers Are Cautiously Bullish - Barron's

Quote: "An amazing 83% say they're beating the S&P 500 this year. Wow."

So if they are (so clearly) lying about their performance, what ELSE in this article is a generally-agreed-upon lie?