Leaked emails cast doubt on dam operation

A series of leaked emails suggests the floods that devastated parts of Brisbane would have been less severe if operators had not allowed water to build to high levels in the Wivenhoe Dam before severe rain drenched the region

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Integrity commissioner condemns email leak

Mississauga's integrity commissioner hasn't been able to determine who leaked two internal emails to The National Post, but he says the distribution of one of them to the newspaper constitutes a "clear breach of confidentiality ... bordering on contempt."
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SNP minister reported over leaked email

Education Secretary Michael Russell has been referred to the Scottish Parliament’s Standards Commissioner after he was accused of interfering in a council’s plans for rural school closures.

Mr Russell was referred after leaked emails showed he intervened personally with SNP councillors in Argyll and Bute over their proposed support for a package of school closures

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A revelation that gives hope to Tommy Sheridan

Even in a case bristling with tales of betrayal, illicit sex and visits to swingers' clubs, one detail lodged itself in the minds of the reporters at the perjury trial of Tommy Sheridan.

Sheridan's defence team had sought emails from News International relating to its alleged hacking of his phone and its contract negotiations with Ms Khan.

News International supplied some emails but Mr Bird, testifying under oath, repeatedly said others had been lost on the way to India. The police also disclosed some emails from News of the World to the defence.

News International now says Mr Bird unintentionally misled the court, but insists that all the emails sought by the defence were disclosed to it either by the newspaper or the police.

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Anna Bligh told MP Betty Kiernan to deny her involvement in Xstrata employee sacking, documents show

PREMIER Anna Bligh tried to cover up Labor MP Betty Kiernan's involvement in the sacking of a constituent, government documents show

In documents suggesting Mrs Kiernan confirmed her involvement in the sacking, email records show she initially wanted to defend herself on the basis Mrs Christie sent the asset sales email to others first and had not told her to keep it confidential.
In an early draft statement sent to the Premier's office on July 10, Mrs Kiernan wrote: "The information which was circulated was sent to other parties and no emails were sent to me as strictly confidential.

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Climate science must move on from UK email scandal

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Reviews last year of a scandal over scientists' leaked emails correctly ruled out data manipulation and showed it was time for climate science to move on, a panel of UK lawmakers said on Tuesday. It is the fourth British review of a scandal dubbed "climategate" which had partly involved the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, based in eastern England.

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Risque e-mails show personal relationship between Newport-Mesa schools chief and former subordinate, prosecutors contend in financial-improprieties case

Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday introduced e-mails they say showed a relationship between the superintendent of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District and a former subordinate of his when he worked as schools chief in Beverly Hills.

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Emails Show Bear Stearns Was Selling Its Investors “A Sack Of Sh*t

And Now JPMorgan May Be Forced To Pay Up

Bear Stearns mortgage execs who now head up desks at Goldman, BofA, and Ally Financial have been accused of defrauding investors of millions through shoddy mortgage securities they engineered and sold when they were at Bear Stearns, Teri Buhl at The Atlantic reports.

And Bear's current parent JPMorgan may be forced to pay.

Emails in a lawsuit unsealed last week show Jamie Dimon's bank has known about the alleged fraud since 2008, but has fought tooth and nail to keep it "from the public eye through legal maneuvering," the Atlantic says

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-bear-ambac-lawsuit-2011-1#ixzz1CbtJ41uZ

Starbucks, Kraft emails show coffee spat not new

Starbucks says repeatedly told Kraft about deal concerns
* CEO emails in January discuss problems in grocery
* Kraft says emails "selectively leaked"

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Emails Show Goldman Foresaw the Meltdown of Subprime

Goldman Sachs (GS) made a lot of money by shorting the heck out of the subprime market, a collection of internal e-mails released by a Senate panel showed on Saturday

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