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Economic Reform is Overdue

Mary Shannon Little | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business


Mary Shannon Little

One would hope Congress would have approached Wall Street reform with the same gusto they have brought to debating a public option in health care. It's time to tackle the thorny issues that brought us to this point.

Barry Ritholtz: Give The SEC Teeth

The Big Picture | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business


By Barry Ritholtz Note: this post also appeared on Ritholtz's blog, The Big Picture. The problems at the SEC were decades in the making. The a...

SEC Watchdog Pushes For Sweeping Changes After Madoff Failure

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — The watchdog of the Securities and Exchange Commission has recommended a new system for handling the thousands of tips and complain...

Family of SEC Official Whose Unit Got Madoff Tip Lost $2 Million In Scam

bloomberg.com | David Scheer and Joshua Gallu | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Family members of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement official, whose unit got a tip in 2005 that Bernard Mad...

Madoff Scald: SEC Inspector-General Meets With Fraudster

Jun. 18, 2009 | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (CNN) -- Admitted fraudster Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of history's biggest Ponzi scheme, had a three-hour meeting with the Securities an...