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Goldman Sachs Alums Who've Held Top Government Positions "Long On Hubris," "Tarnished": Felix Salmon

Felix Salmon | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, Lehman Brothers, Stephen Friedman, Christopher Cox, Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin, New York Fed, Business News

With Jon Corzine losing the governorship of New Jersey yesterday, it was yet another bad day for former heads of Goldman Sachs. It's worth running dow...

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Financial Crisis Financiers: Where Are They Now? (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Joseph Cassano, John Thain, Kerry Killinger, Franklin Raines, Slidepoll, Aig, Christopher Cox, Fannie Mae, Angelo Mozilo, Where Are They Now, Stan O'Neal, Sandy Weil, Merrill Lynch, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Jimmy Cayne, Business News

UPDATE: AIG's Joseph Cassano is BACK in U.S. soil. Check out info on his "surprisingly modest" home here. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well...

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Former SEC Chair Cox Undermined Enforcement Efforts

Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sec, Sec Enforcement, Chris Cox, Christopher Cox, SEC Policy, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Chair, Politics News

The five enforcement officials caught a morning Acela train bound for Washington. Based at the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commissi...

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Bush's Magical Mystery Tour

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Elaine Chao, Karl Rove, Brownie, Margaret Spellings, Steven Griles, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Christopher Cox, Victoria Clarke, Dirk Kempthorne, Bradley Scholzman, Karen Hughes, Harvey Pitt, Alberto Gonzales, Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, Rummy, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

To the bitter end, George W. Bush is proving to anybody willing to listen that he is not only the worst president in United States history but also just a horrible human being.

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SEC Investigating More Ponzi Schemes In Madoff Wake

Bloomberg | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec, Economy, Financial Crisis, Christopher Cox, Personal Finance, Madoff Scandal, More Ponzi Schemes, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Ponzi Schemes, Business News

U.S. regulators working to untangle Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme are probing other money managers suspected of using similar tact...

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Now Where'd I Put That $700 Billion?

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business

Read More: TARP Oversight, Finance, Economy, Henry Paulson, Christopher Cox, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Tarp, Business News

WASHINGTON — Government officials overseeing a $700 billion bailout have acknowledged difficulties tracking the money and assessing the program'...

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Make Wall Street Take The Same Deal The Autoworkers Get

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Private Jets, White House, Autoworkers, Economics, 350 Billion, Private Jet, Bailouts, Jets Corporate Jet, Christopher Cox, Gail Vida Hamburg, Charles Schumer, Income, Bush, Krugman, Automakers, Big Three, Auto Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Politics, Jet, Bailout, Treasury, Paul Krugman, Big 3, Tarp, Union, Detroit, Comparison-Shopping, 700 Billion, Sec, Gm, Investment Banks, Bruce Raynor, Executive, Compensation, Car Companies, Chrysler, Nobel Prize, Schumer, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Salary, Banks, Fox News, Unions, Senate, Republicans, Ponzi, Business News
Chris Weigant

If we're going to minutely examine autoworkers' wages, and dictate the travel plans of one industry we are bailing out, then it seems eminently reasonable to do the same for the banking industry.

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Mary Schapiro: Chairman Of Securities And Exchange Commission

AP | NEDRA PICKLER and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

Read More: SEC Chief, Sec, Obama SEC Chief, Economy, Christopher Cox, Mary Shapiro Sec, Mary Schapiro Bio, Mary Shapiro Bio, Oregon, Business News

CHICAGO — Nearing completion of his Cabinet, President-elect Barack Obama has selected California Rep. Hilda Solis as his labor secretary and fo...

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Christopher Cox Blasts Own Department For Missing Madoff Scheme

AP | PETE YOST and MARCY GORDON | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec, Christopher Cox, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, SEC Probe, Madoff Fraud, Business News

WASHINGTON — The fraud investigation of Wall Street money manager Bernard L. Madoff took unusual twists Wednesday as the U.S. attorney general r...

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SEC No Evil: Cox Undermined And Demoralized Enforcement Staff

Portfolio | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Christopher Cox, Short Selling Christopher Cox, Sec, Enforcement, Home News

For months, Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been under fire for a belated response to market upheavals st...

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Christopher Hitchens' Economic Assessment: United States Is A "Banana Republic"

Vanity Fair | Christopher Hitchens | Posted 11.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Debt, Sec, Christopher Hitchens on Economy, Christopher Hitchens, Economy, Credit Crunch, Christopher Cox, Henry Paulson, Banks, Credit Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News

But still, the chief principle of banana-ism is that of kleptocracy, whereby those in positions of influence use their time in office to maximize thei...

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S.E.C. Chairman: Oversight Failures Fueled Collapse

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Oversight, Christopher Cox, Sec, Economic Oversight, Wall Street, Security and Exchange Commission, Business News

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supe...

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Investment Bank Oversight Program Ending, SEC Says

Reuters | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Christopher Cox, Banks, Sec, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is ending its program to supervise large independent investment banks now that the ...

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Rush Transcript of the Senate Banking Committee Hearing with Paulson and Bernanke

Lauren Kirchner | Posted 01.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Senate Banking Committee Transcript, Dick Cheney Chuck Schumer, Paulson Testimony, Bernanke Testimony, Senate Banking Committee, Senate Banking Committee Hearing, Christopher Cox, Henry Paulson, Richard Shelby, Cox Testimony, Chris Dodd, Ben Bernanke, Michael Enzi, Business News
Lauren Kirchner

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McCain Floats New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo As SEC Chair

DealBook | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman, Andrew Cuomo, John McCain, John McCain Andrew Cuomo, John McCain SEC Chairman, Business News

Andrew M. Cuomo, the attorney general of New York State, has been getting a lot of attention on Wall Street lately, making comments that liken short-s...

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Dire warnings fail to sway senators on big bailout

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Wall Street, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, George W. Bush, Christopher Cox, Congress, Federal Reserve, Finance, Economy, Banks, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street Bailout, Business News

WASHINGTON — Refusing to be pushed, Republicans and Democrats alike rebuffed dire warnings Tuesday from the government's top economic officials ...

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Truth in Editorializing?

Jan Herman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Christopher Cox, John McCain, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Journal, McCain's Scapegoat, Barack Obama, Gasbag, Media News
Jan Herman

Before it's too late, three cheers for the lead editorial in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, "McCain's Scapegoat," which calls McCain "untethered," as well as misinformed and dishonest.

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Govt trading ban could have unintended results

AP | MARCY GORDON and STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 10.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Christopher Cox, Sec, Short Selling, Short Selling Ban, US Short Selling Ban, Shorting Ban, Shorting Financials, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Personal Finance, Banks, Business News

WASHINGTON — The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's tu...

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SEC Chairman Christopher Cox Strikes Back At McCain

SEC | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Sec, Wall Street, Wall Street Crisis, Christopher Cox, Christopher Cox Statement, SEC Chairman, Business News

The following is a statement released by SEC Chairman Christopher Cox in response to Sen. John McCain saying earlier today on the campaign trail that ...

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McCain's SEC Slam Becomes Latest Gaffe: The President Can't Fire The SEC Chair

ABC | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, John McCain, Christopher Cox, Sec, Abc, SEC Chairman Cox, Politics News

ABC News' David Wright reports: At a joint rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thursday, Republican John McCain slammed the Security and Exchange Commission (...

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McCain Would Fire SEC Chairman Christopher Cox

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Sec, Wall Street Crisis, McCain Economy, Economy, Christopher Cox, Business News

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Republican John McCain, buffeted by criticism about his response to Wall Street's financial problems, said Thursday he woul...

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Naked Short-Selling Ban Extended Through August 12 -- But That's It

AP | RICHARD JACOBSEN | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Short-Selling, Naked Short-Selling, Sec, Christopher Cox, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Short-Selling Ban Extended, Naked Short-Selling Ban Extended, Financials, Lending Crisis, Banking Crisis, Recession, Economy, Business News

Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance ...

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SEC Prohibits Some Short Selling

DealBook | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Economy, Christopher Cox, Banking Crisis, Short Selling, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

In some corners of Wall Street and Washington, short sellers have become about as unpopular as Red Sox fans at Yankee Stadium. Short sellers, who bet...

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Dethroned Bear Stearns CEO Needs Armed Bodyguard

New York Post | PAUL THARP and ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Christopher Cox, Jimmy Cayne Bodyguard, Bear Stearns, Jimmy Cayne, Bear Stearns CEO, James Cayne Bodyguard, Jpmorgan, James Cayne, Business News

From today's New York Post: Anger has reverberated all week throughout the gloomy Madison Avenue offices, where dethroned chief Jimmy Cayne has walke...

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