Is Daley's Sudden Departure Linked To Solyndra Probe?
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The House Republican leading the investigation into the Obama administration’s $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee alleged Tuesday that White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley resigned in part because of the GOP probe into the failed solar company.
“I understand his desire to leave the White House given the seriousness of this and other investigations marring the integrity and credibility of this Administration,” Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s investigative panel, said in a statement.
Stearns, who is heading up a months-long Republican investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee, said Daley “has lead the Administration’s obstruction” of the probe.
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Note: Remember that Brad Abelow (Jon Corzine's right hand man) is the Chair of the EPA finance committee and prior to joining MF, Abelow was a founding partner of NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in businesses active in environmental opportunities (alternative energy, energy efficiency, waste and water treatment, and environmental services).
Jan 12, 2012 at 12:24 PM
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Fed's Beige Book is more upbeat about economy
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http://georgesblogforum.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/the-daily-climb-2/
http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/11/bankrupt-solyndra-seeking-to-pay-bonuses/
It's not a lot, as you will read, but the principle of the matter...
This country's leadership is worse than any natural disaster.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/207197-house-gop-extends-solyndra-probe-to-defense-department
Note: This situation extends to other areas of renewable energy and includes those of both parties and various State Government agencies. Stay Tuned.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/210081-chu-expect-more-loan-guarantee-failures
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu again warned Friday that more recipients of Energy Department green technology loan guarantees will likely collapse even as he touted the strength of the program overall.
The warning comes as many Republicans continue to assail the green-energy loan program as a risky use of taxpayer dollars.
http://www.masterresource.org/2012/02/wind-panic-awea-ptc/
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If you haven’t heard from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), you probably will.
Ominous, scary ads are running nationwide warning of the crushing blow to American jobs if Congress fails to extend the Production Tax Credit (‘PTC’), the 20-year ‘temporary’ subsidy most credited for market growth in the wind sector. The PTC is due to expire at the end of this year.
Most of the ads target particular House members who, so far, have resisted the industry’s demands for their PTC earmark. The pressure is particularly heated right now as Congress negotiates the payroll tax holiday bill, which is viewed by many as the last best chance to attach an extension of the PTC before November’s presidential election.
http://news.yahoo.com/key-solyndra-scandal-figure-dodges-cameras-dnc-172016430.html
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Steven J. Spinner, a former Department of Energy official at the center of the Solyndra scandal that cost taxpayers $535 million, ran for the exits when he saw ABC News cameras at the Democratic National Convention.
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/248269-report-solyndra-backers-could-get-more-tax-breaks
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Bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra said Friday it could get $23 million in additional tax breaks, a development that angered Republicans who have said the firm got a federal loan guarantee as a political favor.
Reuters reported that a bankruptcy judge said on Friday that Solyndra’s creditors could vote on the bankruptcy plan with the additional tax breaks. A final decision would come Oct. 17 -- just weeks before the Nov. 6 election.
Solyndra already had disclosed it could be eligible for $341 million-worth of tax breaks.
The revelation that more tax breaks could be in the offing bought charges from Republicans that the loan guarantee to Solyndra, whose venture capital backer had ties to the Obama administration, was spoils for support.
“One year after Solyndra filed for bankruptcy, we continue to learn the ugly truth of Solyndra’s sweetheart restructuring deal,” House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) said in a Friday statement to The Hill.
The Internal Revenue Service plans to dispute the bankruptcy plan, Reuters noted.
The Energy Department (DOE), which is in charge of the loan guarantee program, referred The Hill to the Justice Department (DOJ) on the matter. DOJ did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The news comes as the House is set to vote on the “No More Solyndras Act” next week. The bill would sunset the clean energy program that awarded the California company a $535 million loan guarantee in 2009.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-10/goldman-whistleblower-sues-ny-fed-wrongful-termination
After seven months of investigating Goldman Sachs' legal and compliance divisions, former NYFed examiner Carmen Segarra found numerous conflicts of interest and breach of client ethics (specifically related to three transactions - Solyndra, Capmark, and the El Paso / Kinder Morgan deal) that she believed warranted a downgrade of Goldman's regulatory rating. Her bosses were not happy, concerned that this action would hurt Goldman's ability to do business, and, she alleges, they urged her to change her position. She refused, and as Reuters reports, she was fired and escorted from the building. “I was just documenting what Goldman was doing,” she said. “If I was not able to push through something that obvious, the [NY Fed] certainly won’t be capable of supervising banks when even more serious issues arise.”
Via Reuters,
A former senior bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York filed a wrongful termination lawsuit on Thursday, saying she was fired after refusing to alter a critical examination of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
The former employee, Carmen Segarra, said that in her seven months of examining Goldman's legal and compliance divisions, she found the bank did not have policies to prevent conflicts of interest as required by regulation, a conclusion that might have caused a downgrade of the Wall Street bank's regulatory rating.
As a result of Segarra's findings, the New York Fed's Legal Compliance and Risk team voted to downgrade Goldman's annual rating pertaining to policies and procedures, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in New York.
It is not clear whether the downgrade occurred, but according to the lawsuit, the threat of one startled Michael Silva, who oversees the New York Fed's relationship with Goldman, and Silva's deputy, Michael Koh. The two officials were concerned that a downgrade could cause clients to stop doing business with the Wall Street bank, the lawsuit said.
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Segarra was assigned to Goldman's legal and compliance divisions from October 2011 until May 2012, and looked into three controversial transactions related to Solyndra, Capmark and the merger of El Paso and Kinder Morgan. At that point, Kim, Silva and Koh fired her and had her escorted from the building by security guards after weeks of disputes and pressure to change her examination findings, the lawsuit said.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/bank-examiner-was-told-to-back-off-goldman-suit-says/?_r=1&
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/06/us-jpmorgan-probe-idUSKBN0LA2H...
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co is under federal scrutiny over hiring the son of China's current commerce minister, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing internal emails.
The investment bank hired Gao Jue, son of Gao Hucheng, despite several issues including his poor performance in job interviews, the Journal reported. (on.wsj.com/1D5Euhd)
JPMorgan's decision to hire Gao was "widely understood" within the company to have been supported by William Daley, a senior executive at the time and a former U.S. commerce secretary and White House chief of staff, the Journal reported.
The investment bank hired Gao Jue, son of Gao Hucheng, despite several issues including his poor performance in job interviews, the Journal reported. (on.wsj.com/1D5Euhd)
JPMorgan's decision to hire Gao was "widely understood" within the company to have been supported by William Daley, a senior executive at the time and a former U.S. commerce secretary and White House chief of staff, the Journal reported.
Daley worked at JPMorgan from 2004 to 2010 and reported to Chief Executive Jamie Dimon.