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Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer

David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Daniel Kaplan, Mariyana Spyropoulos, USS Bunker Hill, Chicago News, Johnson & Johnson, Arthur Levitt, Barbara McGowan, Gloria Alitto Majewski, Terry O'Brian, Illinois Poltics, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Todd Connor, Mesirow Financial, Kathleen Meany, Frank Avila, Patricia Horton, Bridget Gainer, Greg Harris, Heather Steans, Tom Tunney, Larry Suffredin, Mike Kreloff, Toni Preckwinkle, Susan Garrett, Carol Ronen, Sara Feigenholtz, Jeff Schoenberg, Roberto Maldonado, Debra Shore, Cynthia Santos, Bond Deal, Bond Deal Loss, Chicago News
David Ormsby

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.

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Shahien Nasiripour

House Panel Votes To Permanently Exempt Small Firms From Part Of Post-Enron Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Worldcom, Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Enron, Obama Administration, Investors, John Adler, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

A House panel voted Wednesday to permanently exempt more than half of all publicly traded companies from a seven-year-old post-Enron measure designed ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Helps House Democrat Gut Post-Enron Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Obama Administration, Carolyn Maloney, John Adler, Paul Kanjorski, Consumer Federation of America, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Investor-Protections, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

With the White House's blessing, a House panel voted Tuesday to water down a key post-Enron measure designed to protect investors. In a voice vote, m...

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Arthur Levitt: We Need An Orderly Way To Let Companies Fail

ft.com | Arthur Levitt | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Lehman Brothers, Aig, Financial Crisis, Financial TImes, Too Big to Fail, Arthur Levitt, Business News

Financial policymakers focused on rewriting the rulebook for financial markets have spent months debating issues related to consumer protections, syst...

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Arthur Levitt Should Just Shut Up About AIG

Francine McKenna | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Pricewaterhousecoopers, Aig, Arthur Levitt, Carlyle Group, Bloomberg, Auditor, Executive Compenation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sec, Iss, Subprime, Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Attorney General, Pwc, Rolling Stone, Taibbi, Business News
Francine McKenna

The esteemed Arthur Levitt Jr. was the longest tenured SEC Chairman (1993-2001). And now he's used as an expert on AIG and incentive compensation...That's for sure!

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Muni Bonds Pay-to-Play

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, Sec, Municipal Bonds, Pay-to-Play, Arthur Levitt, Obama Transition, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

The municipal bond market still seems to be rigged in favor of those who "pay to play." It's been that way for 40 years. Why not clean up this part of the financial mess while you are cleaning up the rest?

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