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The disgraced former New York governor credits wife and daughter for their understanding
In his first television interview since being forced from office in a prostitution scandal, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer talked with CNN about his personal failings, the AIG bailout and President Obama's handling of the economy.
Outrage over bailed-out insurance giant American International Group's million-dollar bonuses may grab headlines, but its payouts on complicated financial instruments deserve closer examination, ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
Outrage over bailed-out insurance giant American International Group's million-dollar bonuses may grab headlines, but its payouts on complicated financial instruments deserve closer examination, ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer started a new job this week, debuting as online magazine Slate's newest columnist.
We finally heard from Ashley Dupre -- or "Kristin" as former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer knew her. But did we really hear much? I didn't.
In her first interview, the former escort who brought down New York's governor tells PEOPLE, "I'm a survivor"
The disgraced former New York Governor will not face criminal prosecution
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in connection with the prostitution scandal that prompted his resignation, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.
A woman pleaded guilty Monday in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York
The disgraced former New York governor credits wife and daughter for their understanding
In his first television interview since being forced from office in a prostitution scandal, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer talked with CNN about his personal failings, the AIG bailout and President Obama's handling of the economy.
Outrage over bailed-out insurance giant American International Group's million-dollar bonuses may grab headlines, but its payouts on complicated financial instruments deserve closer examination, ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
Outrage over bailed-out insurance giant American International Group's million-dollar bonuses may grab headlines, but its payouts on complicated financial instruments deserve closer examination, ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Thursday.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer started a new job this week, debuting as online magazine Slate's newest columnist.
We finally heard from Ashley Dupre -- or "Kristin" as former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer knew her. But did we really hear much? I didn't.
In her first interview, the former escort who brought down New York's governor tells PEOPLE, "I'm a survivor"
The disgraced former New York Governor will not face criminal prosecution
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer will not be charged in connection with the prostitution scandal that prompted his resignation, the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.
A woman pleaded guilty Monday in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York
The leader of the prostitution ring which numbered former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer among its clients entered a guilty plea in federal court Thursday.
A book about the rise and stunning decline of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, co-authored by the makers of a book and documentary about the fall of Enron, is being published by Penguin Group
A little more than a month after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation, Penguin Group imprint Portfolio will be publishing a book about his career "from start to finish," president and publisher Adrian Zackheim told CNN.
The call girl involved in the sex scandal with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit Monday suing the founder of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series for more than $10 million.
New York Gov. David Paterson, who took over the state's top job Monday after Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal, has admitted he and his wife Michelle had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years ago, a newspaper reported.
When I heard the Eliot Spitzer news on the car radio, I slammed the steering wheel and said, "Ha! I knew it!" It wasn't that I knew he was a regular customer of prostitutes; I was as shocked as everyone else. And it wasn't that he'd rendered himself virtually friendless in his inept first year as New York's governor. It's just that I knew, and had told acquaintances, that this guy was going to blow up somehow. The reason, oddly, is how often he of all people had failed to behave like a grownup.
For those who can't get enough of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's sex scandal, Sirius Satellite Radio has launched "Client 9 Radio," a channel dedicated to covering all aspects of the Spitzer saga.
The woman alleged to have been hired by New York governor Eliot Spitzer reportedly revealed Thursday she had gone without sleep since the scandal broke earlier this week and said she did not want to be thought of as a monster.
It was squeeze time. With scores of reporters, producers and photographers all desperate to get past the state trooper and p.r. gatekeepers into Gov. Spitzer's midtown Manhattan office for his expected resignation announcement, I simply had to squeeze my way through. Years of crowd skills honed on rush-hour subways now came into use as I gradually advanced to the front of the scrum. "CNN reporter!" I barked at the trooper, flashing my press ID. I was in.
Federal agents have determined New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer used a high-priced call-girl ring at least eight times in recent months, and agents had him under surveillance twice this year, sources familiar with the investigation said Wednesday.
The disgraced politician steps down, saying, "I did not live up to what was expected of me"
A lurid sex scandal ends the brash, ambitious career of New York's governor, but the clues to his demise go years back
Gov. Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he will step down from the state's top office because he cannot allow his "private failings to disrupt the public's work."
Can the ferocious fallen governor avoid possible legal repercussions and potential disbarment after a sex scandal?
Plus: The governor's fall from grace makes for good material for talk-show hosts
You may have heard that the Governor of New York was caught with his tailored trousers down in a little prostitution probe. As the torch-bearing mob congregated, Eliot Spitzer tendered his resignation and could have been forgiven for wishing he were a star athlete rather than a star politician.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation following intense pressure to step down because of a prostitution scandal
Aides to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the state's lieutenant governor have begun planning for a possible transition after federal prosecutors linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer said Tuesday.
On Monday, federal prosecutors unsealed an affidavit that details a rendezvous in a Washington hotel room last month between a prostitute and "Client 9," who a CNN source says is New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. That afternoon Spitzer addressed the press and apologized for letting voters and his family down.
Aides to crime-fighting New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and the state's lieutenant governor have begun planning for a possible transition after federal prosecutors linked Spitzer to a high-end prostitution ring, a top legislative staffer said Tuesday.
Legal experts expressed astonishment Tuesday over the reckless behavior attributed to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, but disagreed over whether his alleged liaisons with prostitutes should cause him to step down.
As Spitzer resigns, David Paterson becomes New York's governor and a pioneer. But can he end the state's gridlock?
The allegations bearing down on New York's governor didn't start with a prostitute -- despite lurid details in a federal affidavit detailing an alleged tryst with a "very pretty brunette" named Kristen last month.
"I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family," Eliot Spitzer says
Before Monday, Eliot Spitzer was a rising star in the Democratic Party -- his squeaky-clean image as a corruption buster led to his being mentioned as a potential vice-presidential candidate and possibly even a future White House contender.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political future clouded abruptly Monday with his admission that he had violated the trust of his family and the public in the wake of reports a federal investigation had linked him to a prostitution ring.
The New York governor, the vaunted enemy of corruption is accused of patronizing a prostitution ring. Will he survive?
Congress waded into the bond insurer saga Thursday as lawmakers tried to assign blame and prescribe a remedy for the evolving crisis.
The bond insurance crisis will come under congressional scrutiny Thursday as a number of high-profile players including Ambac and MBIA executives and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer are scheduled to testify before lawmakers.
Score one for the knee-jerk naysayers. You know the type: those who find it easier to criticize proposed solutions to tough problems than to propose solutions of their own, which then could be criticized.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is mired in a mess of his own making. The governor's political fortunes are now in jeopardy because of his brash and impulsive style. Unfortunately, he is also jeopardizing the safety of New Yorkers and debasing their citizenship rights as he flails against the facts, the law and the will of the people.
Below is a transcript of New York governor Eliot Spitzer's appearance on CNN's American Morning, October 30, 2007. He was interviewed by American Morning anchor Kiran Chetry.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer vowed Friday to take legislative action on the recent federal recall of lead-contaminated and hazardous toys because it does not require retailers to take the products off store shelves.
Not long ago an investment banker worth millions told me that he wasn't in his line of work for the money. "If I was doing this for the money," he said, with no trace of irony, "I'd be at a hedge f...
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has added more allegations to his $250 million lawsuit against H&R Block, which he accused in March of marketing money-losing IRAs to its customers.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer brought a case Tuesday against "spyware" distributor Direct Revenue asking the court to stop the firm from allegedly installing secret spyware on consumers' computers, as well as sending ads through the software. The suit seeks disclosure of the company's accounting and the imposition of fines.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued the financial services firm H&R Block on Wednesday, accusing it of fraudulent business practices involving IRA accounts marketed to its tax preparation customers.
New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer has made plenty of enemies in his well-documented Wall Street battles but now opponents are literally wearing their feelings about him on their sleeves.
It was over three years ago that the analyst scandal of the late, great bull market of the 1990s reached its denouement, when Wall Street firms agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle charges from Eliot Spitzer that their research misled investors.
Eliot Spitzer has made powerful enemies by bringing down entrenched CEOs and shaking-up such Wall Street stalwarts as the mutual fund industry.
"Hi, Governor!" someone calls out to the New York State attorney general after his state-issued Crown Victoria rolls to a stop.
William Weld--the Republican former Massachusetts governor, ex-U.S. Attorney, current New Yorker--is the early favorite to emerge as Spitzer's opponent in the election next fall. He spoke recently ...
New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer is cranking up his campaign for governor, as attention starts to focus on a man who might one day emerge as a presidential contender.
Your move, OCC.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and federal officials are no longer cooperating on parallel probes of the U.S. insurance industry, according to a published report.
A grant of immunity to a former top executive of American International Group by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer could cause problems for federal authorities looking at the practices of the embattled insurer, according to a published report.
LAST OCTOBER, NEW YORK ATTORNEY general Eliot Spitzer forced the resignation of Jeffrey Greenberg, CEO of Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker. Could the next head to roll be that...
Federal securities regulators and New York investigators are considering expanding their probes of the insurance industry to see whether insurers use offshore reinsurance arrangements to manipulate their financial statements, people familiar with the matter told Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.
In October, New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer brought a suit against the largest U.S. insurance broker, Marsh & McLennan, charging that it essentially rigged bids on corporate insurance policies.
Thanks to an odd series of money transfers ordered by the leader of the World Jewish Congress, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has launched an informal inquiry into the organization, a newspaper reported Friday.
Eliot Spitzer may be ready to turn in his badge.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the trial against former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso will be heard in New York state court, not federal court, according to a spokeswoman for New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer.
In the insurance business, the storm season that batters the Florida coast each year is an unavoidable fact of life. But this autumn the entire industry was pounded by the arrival, far up the north...
WANT TO KNOW THE BIG SURPRISE about Eliot Spitzer's high-profile business-scandal machine? It's not the billions of dollars in settlements he has wrung out of major companies to atone for their wro...
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit against San Diego-based health insurance company Universal Life Resources on Friday, alleging the company steered business to insurers in exchange for lucrative payoffs. The suit also alleges URL improperly inflated prices and passed the costs along to unwitting customers.
Marsh & McLennan Cos., the leading insurance broker hit with charges of bid rigging, announced Tuesday it will cut about 3,000 jobs, or roughly 5 percent of its worldwide staff.
After taking on the mutual fund industry, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is now setting his sights on the insurance industry. Two weeks ago, at a news conference, he announced he had found wide-spread wrongdoing.
Marsh & McLennan CEO Jeffrey Greenberg stepped down Monday, and the company promised to overhaul its business practices -- just 11 days after the world's largest insurance broker was accused by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of rigging bids in the insurance market.
Eliot Spitzer has rattled Wall Street's cage with investigations into stock research, mutual funds and insurance sales, but the New York Attorney General isn't done: now he's turning his attention to record labels, according to a published report Friday.
It's safe to say that there are plenty of insurance executives in Hartford currently cursing the name of one Eliot Spitzer.
Stocks slumped Tuesday, dragged down by still-high oil prices and a shredding in the insurance sector.
Eight states and New York City are suing five of the nation's power companies to force them to decrease carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday.
AT&T Corp. will pay $400,000 in fines and issue refunds to about 300,000 New Yorkers to settle claims that it billed people who had not signed up for one of its long-distance plans, the New York Attorney General said Tuesday.
During his six years in political office, New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer has racked up a stunning record as a champion of the little guy. He's exposed some of the worst practices on...
Is Eliot Spitzer conflicted?
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of the insurance- brokerage community is wider than previously known, with a net casting for information over the past decade in areas including employee compensation, Friday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Insurance companies routinely pay fees to brokers and consultants who advise employers on where to buy policies for workers, a little-noticed potential conflict that appears to fall within the scope of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigation of the industry, Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported.
We admit we had some doubts whether Eliot Spitzer's campaign to clean up Wall Street research would produce better returns for investors. After all, just because research is unconflicted doesn't me...
In the summer of 2002, Brean Murray, a small, obscure brokerage house, threw a dinner party in the Hamptons. It was a dismal time for investors, two years into a brutal bear market. But the doom an...
Settlement talks are beginning to heat up for some of the fund companies that were named but not charged when New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer disclosed his investigation into mutual-fund share-trading practices six months ago, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
Since New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer charged in September that hedge fund Canary Capital had made improper trades in several mutual funds, the number of firms tainted by scandal has ...
Since New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer charged in September that hedge fund Canary Capital had made improper trades in several mutual funds, the number of firms tainted by scandal has grown.
The mutual fund business has long portrayed itself as a model citizen in the sometimes seamy world of financial markets. But the avalanche of allegations charging abusive behavior in the $7 trillio...
Like Joshua shattering the walls of Jericho, in early September New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer shook the mutual fund industry to its very foundations. According to Spitzer, Bank of A...
"The [mutual fund] industry has been untainted by major scandal for more than 60 years--something that you can't say for any other segment of the financial services industry."
Like Joshua shattering the walls of Jericho, in early September New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer shook the mutual fund industry to its very foundations.
The store was jammed with shoppers elbowing one another for turkey, squash and pumpkin pie, when an 80-year-old woman screamed out, "Eliot Spitzer is our hero! He's the only one we can trust!" It w...
When New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission negotiated a $1.4 billion settlement with Wall Street firms in December, they expected the banks to pay...
Not for nothing is the National Association of Attorneys General mockingly referred to as the National Association of Aspiring Governors. Many a state attorney general has used the job as springboa...
Eliot Spitzer's cavernous office, overlooking Trinity Church and lower Manhattan, could belong to an investment-banking mogul. Which fits, because the New York State attorney general has become one...
In early April, a square-jawed reformer named Eliot Spitzer shook with Poseidon-like force at Merrill Lynch's rickety reputation for research and left it in shambles. The New York State attorney ge...
Suddenly number crunching is sexy, which may explain why a record number of wannabe financial gurus are cramming for the annual Chartered Financial Analyst exam in June. This year, 101,787 people h...
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