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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

White House Quietly Working To Weaken Investor Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, Investor Protection, Worldcom, Financial Reform, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Carolyn Maloney, Investors, Business News

The White House is quietly working to undercut a key post-Enron reform, significantly weakening protection for everyday investors and threatening the ...

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Supreme Court To Hear Case About Excessive Pay; Parallels Seen In Executive Compensation

Washington Post | Robert Barnes and Steven Mufson | Posted 10.31.2009 | Business

Read More: John C. Bogle, Regulation, Reform, Obama, Investors, Mutual Funds, White House, Bailout, Sotomayor, Jones vs. Harris, Jones vs. Harris Associates, Wall Street, Excessive Pay, Vanguard Group, Kenneth Feinberg, Financial Reform, Compensation, Pay Czar, Nfl, Index Funds, Barack Obama, Corporations, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Jones v. Harris Associates, Bonuses, Ken Feinberg, Apeals Court, Executive Pay, Business News

The Supreme Court this week will hear a case that raises bedrock questions about the ability of the market to set "reasonable" corporate compensation,...

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Goldman Sachs Defends Trading Practices: Dark Pools, Flash Trading, Short Selling

Telegraph | James Quinn, US Business Editor | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Financial Reform, Dark Pools, Regulation, Bankers, Short Selling, Goldman, Investors, Goldman Sachs, Investing, Flash Trading, Wall Street, Finance, Trading Practices, Sec, Trading, Financial Regulation, Business News

In a document handed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the investment bank asserts that such practices, some of which the SEC is loo...

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Shahien Nasiripour

House Democrats John Adler, Carolyn Maloney Move To Weaken Investor Protection Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, Worldcom, Financial Reform, Enron, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Investors, Carolyn Maloney, Business News

Two House Democrats are planning to introduce amendments Tuesday to exempt small- and medium-sized companies from a key post-Enron reform. Consumer ad...

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New SEC Website Offers Advice To Investors

DailyFinance | Michelle Leder | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Finra, Websites, Securities and Exchange Commission, Investors, Mary Schapiro, Business News

Instead of trying to be all things to all the people the SEC serves -- they include investors, advisors, fund managers, lawyers and others -- investor...

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Semion Mogilevich: Powerful Mobster Was Added To FBI's Most Wanted List

CNN | Jeanne Meserve | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Russian Mobster, Crime, Organized Crime, Tax Fraud, Arms Trafficking, Mobster, Investors, Prostitution, Semion Mogilevich, Stock, The Brainy Don, Moscow, Securities and Exchange Commission, Fbi, Ybm, World News

NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Semion Mogilevich may be the most powerful man you've never heard of. Mogilevich's alleged brutality, financial savvy ...

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Bill Supposed To Tighten Rules On Ratings Agencies Has Big Loopholes

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Standard, Moody's Investors Service, Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Ratings Agencies, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Rating Agencies, Global Financial Crisis, Financial Regulation, House Financial Services Committee, Investors, Business News

A key House of Representatives committee is set to vote soon on legislation that would overhaul financial regulation and produce greater transparency ...

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Ecopreneur: Never Let Them See You Sweat

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Investing, South Asia, Eco-Travel, Resort, Bangladesh, Ecopreneur, Asia, Eco Resort, Investors, Eco-Tourism, Travel, Living News
Kristin Boekhoff

There comes a point in every entrepreneur's life when they think to themselves, "What the #$%@ am I doing?!" and August 14th was definitely one of those days for me.

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Peter Kraus Scores High on Obama Team

Diane Francis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Forecast, Alliance Bernstein, Stock Market, Wall Street Crisis, Economic Crisis, Wall Street, Peter Kraus, Investors, Economic Meltdown, Business News
Diane Francis

I sat down recently with Peter Kraus. In December, at the height of the market turmoil, he became Chair and CEO of Alliance/Bernstein of New York, one of the world's largest asset management firms.

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Ecopreneur: An Innovative Way to Attract Investors in a Recession

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investing, Investments, Social Entrepreneurship, Finance, Green Businesses, Bangladesh, Green News, Green, Women Entrepreneurs, Travel, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Entrepreneur, Investors, Business News
Kristin Boekhoff

I don't have to convince the Bangladeshis of the potential of their country. They are keen to change the world's negative perception of Bangladesh; a high-profile, luxury eco resort could do just that.

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Moonlighting: Broker Style

Dan Solin | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Du Jun, Morgan Stanley, Investors, Business News
Dan Solin

How did Du Jun's activity get past Morgan Stanley's compliance department? Quite easily. Not only did Morgan Stanley approve his trades, some of them were handled by the firm.

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This Is Your Brain On Wall Street

N. E. Marsden | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, Neuroscience, Wall Street, Economics, Brain, Neurofinance, Money, Stock Market, Economy, Neuroeconomics, Risk, Investors, Bubble, Business News
N. E. Marsden

Pioneers in the field of neurofinance are searching for the right neurococktail of emotion and logic for today's fast-paced electronic marketplace.

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Big Business Failing to Disclose Climate Change Risks

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Business News, Sec, Alternative Energy, Climate, Investors, Business News
Mindy S. Lubber

Which U.S. companies are best positioned to lead the pack in the great green race for a low carbon future?

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The Markets: Always Up, and Never Down

Rick Horowitz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Hank Paulson, Stock Market, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Obama Administration, Investors, Wall Street Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Financial Meltdown, Hedge Funds, Tim Geithner, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Business News
Rick Horowitz

Back when it was good, you didn't understand it and it didn't matter; the numbers kept going up anyhow. The ones who knew, knew, and you were content to go along for the ride.

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Financial Pornography Thrives

Dan Solin | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Stocks, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Financial Media, Picking Stocks, Investors, Business News
Dan Solin

The next time you read or watch the financial media, try to visualize this warning: Reading or watching this magazine or program may be harmful to your financial health..

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Investors Gear Up For Deluge Of Weak Earnings, Biggest GDP Drop In 26 Years

CNN | Alexandra Twin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Gdp, Economic Crisis, Finance, Economy, Gdp Drop, Stock Market, Weak Earnings, Recession, Investors, Business News

Investors this week will face the largest batch of company report cards yet, in what is quickly shaping up to be the worst quarter for corporate profi...

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The Silver Linings: the Madoff Tax Credit

Edward Jay Epstein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Bernard Madoff Scandal, Money, Bank of America, Aig, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, Barclays, Investors, Madoff Investors, General Motors, Madoff, Citibank, Ambac Financial, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News
Edward Jay Epstein

To the extent that Madoff's investors paid taxes on false capital gains, they are owed tax refunds -- with interest; investors may deduct billions worth of their loss against other income.

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If Past Is Prologue, Mary Schapiro's Future Should Not Include the SEC

Dan Solin | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Finra, Investor's Rights, Securities, Economy, Mary Schapiro, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Investors, Arbitration, Business News
Dan Solin

Mary Schapiro's advocacy for FINRA's flawed mandatory arbitration process - and her antipathy for investors' rights -- disqualifies her from confirmation as head of the SEC.

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Mary Schapiro Will Protect Investors the Same Way Willie Sutton Protected Banks

Dan Solin | Posted 02.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec, Investor Protections, Obama's Economic Team, Investors, Mary Schapiro, Business News
Dan Solin

"Real change" would be to put an investor advocate, and not an industry shill, in charge of the SEC.

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Madoff Unmasked: The Cry of the Snookered Investor

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Palm Beach, Financial Crisis, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Bernie Madoff, Palm Beach Country Club, Real Estate, Charities, Investors, Madoff Fraud, Bernie Madoff Victims, Madoff Scandal, Business News
Rick Horowitz

Who does this to people? Who takes families' life savings, everything they built up over all the years and years, everything they need for later, and just takes like a thief until there's nothing?

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4 Tips for 'Smart' Investors

New York Times | RON LIEBER and TARA SIEGEL BERNARD | Posted 01.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Investing Tips, Financial Advice, Investors, Bernard Madoff, Ponzi Scheme, Business News

When wealthy investors are willing to hand over a sizable sum to a single money manager they heard about at the country club, certain first principles...

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In Which I Come Face-to-Face with the American Investor

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Shareholder Value, Bailouts, Investors, Bing, Economy, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Is it possible, that at some time in the future, the welfare of the companies we serve could be divorced from the fear, the greed, the feral hysteria of the securities marketplace?

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The Perfect Storm: False Prophets and Bad Advice

Dan Solin | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Funds, Investing, Stock Portfolio, Stocks Down, Money, Stocks, Finance, Stock Market, Financial Crisis, Investors, Business News
Dan Solin

Advisors who want to be honest will tell their clients they have no idea when the markets will "reach the ultimate bottom." All we can realistically do is place the current markets in historical perspective.

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Buffett's Wrong: Stay Out of Stocks

Diane Francis | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Stock Markets, Congress, Unwinding, Leveraged, Economy, Financial Panic, Mccain, Obama, Election Results, Business, Investors, Margins, Investing, Nov. 4 Election, Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, Stock Values, Panic, Warren Buffett, Stock Prices, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Diane Francis

Far be it from me to contradict one of the world's greatest stock sages and business analysts. But I will.

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