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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Bain Capital Woes Overshadow Romney's Campaign

    Mitt Romney is campaigning as a successful businessman who could create jobs and improve America's economy from the White House. That's based on the fortune he made at Bain Capital.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Mitt Romney is campaigning as a successful businessman who could create jobs and improve America's economy from the White House. That's based on the fortune he made at Bain Capital. He says he left the firm in 1999 to go run the Summer Olympics in Utah, so he was not responsible for Bain Capital companies that went bankrupt or laid off workers after that. But the Boston Globe says documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show otherwise. We hear why fellow Republicans are urging transparency—for the sake of his presidential campaign.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Christopher Rowland

      Boston Globe

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      Matthew Dowd

      ABC News

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      Matthew Yglesias

      Vox

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    Who Should Clean Up the City's Foreclosed Homes?
    1. 0:00Grand Jury Investigation of LA County Assessor Underway
    2. 7:28Banks Pay for Blight Caused by Foreclosures?
    3. 25:00Bain Capital Woes Overshadow Romney's CampaignYou’re reading this
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