Grilling Season Starts on Capitol Hill

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and...    

abcnews.com (2 days ago)

Grilling Season Starts Early On Capitol Hill

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and...    

abcnews.com (2 days ago)

Grilling Season Starts Early On Capitol Hill (The Note)

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS (AGAIN): The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted Tea Party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation, ABC’s JOHN PARKINSON and...    

abcnews.com (2 days ago)

Scarlett Johansson to make directorial debut with Truman Capote adaptation

Scarlett Johansson will become the latest Hollywood star to make the leap to director with an adaptation of Truman Capote's posthumously discovered debut novel, Summer Crossing. The project will see Johansson make her directing debut with the story of a 17-year-old Protestant debutante who embarks on an affair with...

guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)

Obama Juggles Scandals

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES OBAMA ON THE IRS - ‘I’M ANGRY’: President Obama announced yesterday that the Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner Steven Miller has submitted his resignation for his agency’s “inexcusable” targeting of conservative groups who had applied for tax-exempt status,...

abcnews.com (3 days ago)

The Note: Scandal Creep

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES ‘A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE’: Ineffective management at the Internal Revenue Service led to certain groups being singled out for more than 18 months based on their names or mission statements, according to a Treasury Inspector General report, ABC’s ABBY PHILLIP...    

abcnews.com (4 days ago)

The Floodgates Open

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES RETURN TO SENDER: Although the Internal Revenue Service has said its targeting of conservative groups was limited to its Cincinnati field office, the Washington Post reported overnight that some groups have received letters from IRS officials in Washington and...

abcnews.com (5 days ago)

The Floodgates Open (The Note)

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES RETURN TO SENDER: Although the Internal Revenue Service has said its targeting of conservative groups was limited to its Cincinnati field office, the Washington Post reported overnight that some groups have received letters from IRS officials in Washington and...

abcnews.com (5 days ago)

DealBook: An S.E.C. Settlement That Seems to Favor Falcone

Philip Falcone and his hedge fund are not acknowledging wrongdoing as part of a settlement with the S.E.C., and the agency is not even asking for an injunction against Mr. Falcone, the author writes.    

nytimes.com (5 days ago)

A Full Accounting At The IRS

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES THE PLOT THICKENS: ABC News has obtained a draft of a soon-to-be-released investigative reporting showing that the Internal Revenue Service began targeting conservative groups as far back as 2010 and that senior IRS officials in Washington have known about it...    

abcnews.com (6 days ago)

Electric car maker Coda files for bankruptcy

Coda Automotive Inc., the Los Angeles-based electric car maker backed by billionaire Philip Falcone, has filed for bankruptcy and will put itself up for sale.Coda listed assets of no more than $50 million and liabilities of up to $100 million in the ...

readingeagle.com (7 days ago)

TOWIE ex-lovers Mario Falcone and Lucy Mecklenburgh: Mario gets over split by dating Lydia Denby, 16

New girl is best pals with Lucy’s younger sister

mirror.co.uk (7 days ago)

Deep V-Neck Dresses In This Week's Dangerous Outfits

This week, in "Dangerous Outfits," a new player entered the game and created quite a stir: The deep v-neck dress. Amidst the usual sheer and cut-outs we see each week, Gal Gardot and Solange Knowles broke the mold and successfully took the plunge with v-neck dresses. Knowles went with a more casual turn, while...

huffingtonpost.com (7 days ago)

Will Ghosts of Benghazi Haunt Hillary?

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES EXCLUSIVE - BENGHAZI TALKING POINTS UNDERWENT 12 REVISIONS: When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence...

abcnews.com (8 days ago)

Rand Paul Calls Hillary Clinton Unfit for 'High Office'

ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, whose trip to Iowa this weekend is already stoking speculation about a potential 2016 presidential bid, is once again taking Hillary Clinton to task for her handling of last year’s terrorist attacks in Libya. In advance...    

abcnews.com (9 days ago)

Will The Ghosts Of Benghazi Haunt Hillary?

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES EXCLUSIVE - BENGHAZI TALKING POINTS UNDERWENT 12 REVISIONS: When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence...

abcnews.com (9 days ago)

Will The Ghosts Of Benghazi Haunt Hillary? (The Note)

By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES EXCLUSIVE - BENGHAZI TALKING POINTS UNDERWENT 12 REVISIONS: When it became clear last fall that the CIA’s now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence...

abcnews.com (9 days ago)

Falcone nears deal on hedge fund charges

Billionaire Philip Falcone has reached a preliminary settlement with federal regulators that effectively bans him from financial activities for two years, a rapid fall for a man once seen as the hedge-fund industry’s savviest mind. Read full article >>    

washingtonpost.com (9 days ago)

Hedge fund manager Falcone to settle fraud case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm have agreed to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud charges that he used fund money to pay his taxes and favored some clients over others.

yahoo.com (9 days ago)

Feds sideline billionaire Falcone from fund business

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - One-time star money manager Philip Falcone will be barred from starting another hedge fund for two years as he winds down his existing fund and returns money to investors, under a preliminary deal with securities regulators to settle fraud and other charges that was made public...

yahoo.com (9 days ago)

Philip Falcone and Harbinger settle with SEC

The SEC accused Falcone of putting his own interests, including maintaining a "lavish lifestyle" ahead of investors

efinancialnews.com (9 days ago)

Financier is sent to the penalty box

Philip Falcone and Harbinger Capital have agreed an $18 million settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to end...

thetimes.co.uk (9 days ago)

Billionaire hedge fund manager from Chisholm to settle fraud case

Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm have agreed to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud charges that he used fund money to pay his taxes and favored some clients over others.

duluthnewstribune.com (9 days ago)

Hedge-fund billionaire Falcone agrees to SEC ban

Under the proposed settlement with the SEC, Falcone would be barred from serving as an investment adviser for two years but could still manage his companies.

cnn.com (9 days ago)

Fund Manager Falcone Sets Deal With SEC

Philip Falcone and his firm Harbinger Capital agreed to a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that imperils his career as a hedge-fund manager.

wsj.com (9 days ago)

Hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone agrees two-year ban with SEC

A once high-flying hedge fund billionaire, who made a fortune betting against the housing market, has agreed to an $18m settlement with US regulators that will effectively bar him from the financial services industry. Philip Falcone and his firm, Harbinger Capital, announced on Thursday that they had reached an...

guardian.co.uk (9 days ago)

Hedge fund manager Falcone to settle fraud case

Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm have agreed to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud charges that he used fund money to pay his taxes and favored some clients over others.

northjersey.com (10 days ago)

Fund manager Falcone's star dims with tentative SEC settlement

foxbusiness.com (10 days ago)

Hedge fund manager Falcone to settle fraud case

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his firm have agreed to pay $18 million to settle civil fraud charges that he used fund money to pay his taxes and favored some clients over others....

ap.org (10 days ago)

Fund manager Falcone's star dims with tentative SEC settlement

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Philip Falcone's fall from hedge fund stardom deepened on Thursday when a public company he controls disclosed that the billionaire investor had reached a preliminary settlement with U.S. securities regulators stemming from a probe into market manipulation.

reuters.com (10 days ago)