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While it’s still possible to buy new albums on vinyl, music is now usually downloaded. Despite a small subset of people who still watch VHS tapes, movies are watched on DVDs or increasingly are streamed online. But like many people and businesses dealing with the U.S.

Victims of R. Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can sue law firms and other third parties on allegations they aided the fraud, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Federal bankruptcy watchdogs are once again patrolling in full force, restarting the consumer debtor audits that a tight budget forced them to suspend last year.

The watchdog in charge of monitoring TARP recipients on Tuesday announced criminal charges against a former official of Anchor Bancorp Wisconsin Inc. for allegedly orchestrating a fraudulent real-estate deal.