Fallout over the collapse of Solyndra, whose bankruptcy may cost taxpayers $535 million in federal loan guarantees, has called into question the tax status of the foundation of a major investor in the solar company.... Read more»
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In the Republican presidential debate Tuesday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged, apparently in an unguarded moment, that a core element of “ObamaCare,” the requirement that all Americans be enrolled in either a private or public health insurance plan, was a proposal originated by the Heritage Foundation, a powerful conservative think tank.... Read more»
Today we continue our “Ask Wendell” series with a bit of guidance from a former insider on how to interact with insurance companies and hopefully hold them accountable for their actions.... Read more»1
As it scrambled to save the flagship company of the Obama administration’s green energy program, the Energy Department ignored repeated warnings from top Treasury Department officials that it was not following guidelines in refinancing Solyndra’s half-billion dollar federal loan, a Congressional hearing Friday revealed.... Read more»
The CEO of Solyndra, a California-based solar energy company that received a controversial $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration, has resigned.... Read more»
The head of the Energy Department’s embattled loan program, Jonathan Silver, resigned Thursday after a tumultuous month during which the program’s first loan recipient, the solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, declared bankruptcy, leading to a wave of scrutiny for his agency.... Read more»
New White House emails show a top donor to Barack Obama was in direct contact with one of the president’s closest advisers about the federal energy loan program.... Read more»
The two top executives of the bankrupt solar power company Solyndra sat stone-faced before a Congressional committee Friday and invoked their Fifth Amendment right, rather than explain how they blew through $535 million in taxpayer money.... Read more»
Obama administration technology experts were slow to recognize potential threats to government aviation and defense communications posed by wireless firm LightSquared’s plans for a national broadband network, White House emails records show.... Read more»
Newly uncovered emails show the White House closely monitored and tried to rush Energy Department deliberations over whether to make a $535 million taxpayer-backed loan to Solyndra, a politically connected solar energy firm that went bankrupt and now is the focus of a criminal investigation.... Read more»
Federal agents have expanded their examination of the now-bankrupt California solar power company Solyndra, visiting the homes of the company’s chief executive, a founder, and a former executive, examining computer files and documents.... Read more»1
Federal agents executed a surprise search of the California headquarters of failed solar firm Solyndra Inc. on Thursday morning, focusing attention anew on a corporate beneficiary of President Obama’s stimulus program to create new clean energy jobs.... Read more»
Despite paying lip service to the importance of communicating in “plain English,” health care insurers are actually being more obtuse than ever, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which conducts a study every year to measure member satisfaction among the nation’s largest health plans.... Read more»
A study published in July suggests that phthalates and other chemical ingredients in tattoo ink may be responsible for allergic reactions and infections. More concerning, these newly found chemicals raise unanswered questions about more serious, long-term risks such as skin cancer.... Read more»
A politically connected solar company that pocketed a half billion dollar government loan, only to shutter its doors, fire workers and file for bankruptcy, secured an interest rate lower than other green energy projects, iWatch News and ABC News found — one in a string of benefits the Obama administration doled out in bankrolling the project.... Read more»
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