DeVry University and Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Bell & Howell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University
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History
DeVry was founded in Chicago and opened in 1931 as the DeForest Training School, named after Lee DeForest, a colleague and friend of founder Dr. Herman A. DeVry. In 1953, the name changed to DeVry Technical Institute in dedication to its founder. In 1966 the school was acquired by the Bell and Howell company, and became part of its Education Group division. In 1985 The Bell & Howell Education Group became known as DeVry Institutes, which was sold to Keller-Taylor Corporation, parent company of the Keller Graduate School of Management in 1987 to become DeVry, Inc.. DeVry acquired Ohio Institute of Technology in 1968,^[2] Becker Professional Review in 1996, Ross University in 2003, and the Deaconess College of Nursing in 2005. DeVry did not acquire rights to use the name "Deaconess College of Nursing", so it was renamed "Chamberlain" in 2006.^[1][3][4][5]

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackstone_Group
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The company's Blackstone Alternative Asset Management unit handles $1 billion in hedge funds for pension giant CalPERS.

http://www.enron.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=34
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Credit Suisse First Boston and The Blackstone Group advised Enron Wind Corp. and Enron Corp. on this transaction.

http://www.improbablecollapse.com/screens2/history.html
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NOTES ON THE DEMISE OF WTC 7 - The mortgage on WTC 7 was purchased in 2000 by the Blackstone Group, a private equity fund managed by Steven Schwarzman and chaired by banker Peter Petersen (who at the time was also chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and the Council on Foreign Relations). Blackstone Group is heavily invested in the military sector, perhaps appropriate given some of the building's many government tenants. - The CIA announced in 2002 that it had lost secret offices located in WTC 7, which it described as its largest station in the United States outside of the Washington DC area. - The SEC's most important offices in New York City held the irreplaceable paper records on hundreds of ongoing securities fraud investigations, just at the height of a stock market bubble and on the cusp of a series of large-scale corporate accounting scandals and bankruptcies. The SEC has never released an accounting as to the evidence lost in the destruction of its offices, the effect on investigations, or the impact on the SEC's subsequent probes of alleged insider trading based on foreknowledge of 9/11. - The blast-reinforced OEM complex on Floor 23 was built in 2000 as the Mayor's secure bunker for emergency management, and had its own air supply. It was the subject of a dispute with the Fire Deparment, due to its generators and large diesel fuel-tanks, which were placed on Floor 7 in violation of the New York City Fire Code. OEM was abandoned as a command center soon after the September 11th attacks began. WTC 7 was ordered evacuated just before the collapse of the Twin Towers. - Fires at WTC 7 were reported on the afternoon of September 11th. A warning circulated to people at the site that the building was about to collapse, a few minutes before it did so at 5:20 pm. - Click here to see a sampling of videos of the collapse. - We are unable to confirm reports of anyone being killed in the collapse of WTC 7.

Steven Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group, seen here at a 2002 "CEO Summit" with Richard Grasso, who was Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange during the largest equities bubble in history. Larry Silverstein (below left) was also present at the CEO Summit, held by New York University

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Gas_Association
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AGA and Fracking

Many AGA corporations are involved in the controversial practice of fracking for methane gas in the Northeastern U.S. in the Marcellus Shale region and elsewhere. Though lauded as an environmentally-friendly alternative to coal, fracking for gas has been linked to depleting drinking water resources of local communities and polluting the wells of the people living around drill sites. According to a 2010 article in Vanity Fair, "as use of the technique (fracking) has spread, it has been followed by incidents of water contamination and environmental degradation, and even devastating health problems." ^[5] And according to data released to the EPA, Halliburton, a major supplier of fracking fluid, admitted using 807,000 gallons of diesel-based chemicals in its fluids, in violation of an agreement drillers had with the EPA.^[6]

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Peterson
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He is the former Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the founding Chairman of the Institute for International Economics (IIE), and the founding President of the Concord Coalition. He is also the former chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers (1973-1977) and its successor firm, Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb (1977-1984). Before Lehman, he worked briefly in the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, as Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs (1971) and as Secretary of Commerce (1972). He also served as a chairman of Nixon's National Commission on Productivity and as the U.S. Chairman of the "U.S.-Soviet Commercial Commission." Before that, from 1963-1971, he was chairman/CEO of the Bell and Howell Corporation.

http://asheham.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/peter-g-peterson-and-the-slick-move-to-privatize-medicare-and-social-security/
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Peter G. Peterson and the Slick Move to Privatize Medicare and Social Security

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ASHEHAM PRESS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Did you think that should have read Paul Ryan? No. He is just the messenger.
I wish I had a billion to toss around to get my message across. Of course, my message is one of peace, tolerance, compassion, non-destruction of the environment, and helping those in need. But it seems there are a few people out there who use their deep pockets to propagandize, like the Koch brothers. But today, I will focus on someone many do not know about but someone from my past political experience: Peter G. Peterson
Just a note: Richard M. Nixon was our 37th President who resigned in disgrace for facilitating the breaking of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel in 1974. see note below.
Brief Bio On Peter G. Peterson
Peter G. Peterson (born June 5, 1926) is an American businessman, investment banker, fiscal conservative, author, and politician whose most prominent political position was as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973 under Richard Nixon. He is most well-known currently as founder and principal funder of The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which he established in 2008 with a $1 billion endowment. The group advocates for reductions in federal deficits and debt, through redirection of Social Security funds and cuts in federal entitlement programs.

http://www.petersoninstitute.org/staff/author_bio.cfm?author_id=52
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Mr. Peterson was chairman & CEO of Lehman Brothers (1973-1977), and after the merger with Kuhn, Loeb, became chairman & CEO of Lehman Brothers Kuhn, Loeb Inc. (1977-1984). During his term, Mr. Peterson led the firm from significant operating losses to five consecutive years of record profits with a turn on equity among the highest in the investment banking industry.
In 1958, Mr. Peterson joined Bell & Howell as executive vice president & director. In 1961, at the age of 34, he was elected president. In 1963, he became chief executive office and had that position until February 1971. From 1962 to 1971, corporate sales more than doubled, and operating earning more than quadrupled.

http://timiacono.com/index.php/2011/05/05/the-fed-is-not-to-blame/
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The Fed is Not to Blame

On May 5, 2011, in Banks, Debt, by Tim

[Just over six years ago, my wife and I visited Scotland for the second time and this book review that appeared here on May 1st, 2005 brings back some fond memories of late-night, jet-lag induced reading sessions, part of what was otherwise a wonderful trip. I'd long forgotten about this book, even after hearing about the Peter G. Peterson foundation, formed in 2008 (see this Wikipedia page for all the pertinent details about Peterson), but reading these thoughts on this book today kind of puts the foundation in a whole new light.]

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One of several books I was able to read over the last few weeks was Peter G. Peterson’s Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It. This is an interesting read and is highly recommended to all – Peterson is a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and, as he mentions about ten times – he’s a rich Republican.

It chronicles thirty years or so of failures by both the Democratic and Republican parties regarding fiscal discipline and long term planning. It places the blame for our current economic woes squarely on the politicians, political processes, interest groups, and various changes to American culture. The four solutions to all of our problems are:

• Reform Social Security
• Reform Medicare
• Reform the budget process
• Reform politics

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO403B.html
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On October 17, 2000, eleven months before 9/11, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, of The Blackstone Group, L.P, purchased, from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, the participating mortgage secured by World Trade Center, Building 7.1

http://elitewatch.911review.org/Blackstone_Group.html
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Blackstone – Kissinger McLarty Associates – American International Group

 Kissinger McLarty Associates has a “strategic alliance” with the Blackstone Group. The Blackstone Group describes their relationship thus:

 “Blackstone's alliance with Kissinger McLarty Associates is designed to help provide financial advisory services to corporations seeking high-level strategic advice. The relationship was announced in 2000 and recently completed its first strategic advisory assignment on behalf of a NYSE-listed company.” (source)

 Infact the alliance also incorporates Maurice Greenberg’s American International Group, as per this press release on February 21^st 2000:

 “American International Group, Inc. (AIG), The Blackstone Group L. P. and Kissinger Associates Inc. announced the establishment of a new venture to provide financial advisory services to corporations seeking high-level independent strategic advice. […] The venture will operate globally and will take advantage of the existing relationships between the partners:

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- AIG has an ownership interest in Blackstone and is an investor in several of Blackstone's private equity funds;

- AIG and Blackstone have a joint venture, specializing in restructuring and M&A advisory services in selected Asian countries;

- Henry Kissinger chairs both AIG's International Advisory Board and the advisory boards of several AIG-sponsored Infrastructure Funds.