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Short Selling Rules In U.S. Have Australians Steamed

DealBook | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Short Selling Rules, Short Selling Clampdown, Banking Crisis, Lending Crisis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Short Selling, Economy, Recession, Business News

Australian hedge fund players have come out swinging against the United States' efforts to curb short selling, arguing that hedge funds are being targ...

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SEC Prohibits Some Short Selling

DealBook | Posted 07.16.2008 | 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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Freddie Mac, When Are You Coming Back?

Danny Schechter | Posted 07.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve Bank, Fannie Mae, U.S. Economy, Sec, Freddie Mac Loss, Economy, Naca, Business News
Danny Schechter

As housing implodes, is our nation at an economic tipping point?

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AOL Whistle-Blower Becomes SEC Target

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 06.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Time Warner, Aol, Joseph A. Ripp, Securities and Exchange Comission, Joe Ripp, Business News

On May 14, 2001, Joseph A. Ripp, the newly appointed chief financial officer of America Online, faxed a letter to the Las Vegas offices of the account...

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What All These Cries For "More Regulation!" Actually Mean

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulatory Reform, Deregulation, Regulation, Sec, Wall Street Regulation, Business News
Henry Blodget

Our regulatory systems and enforcement can always be improved. But let's be honest about what's really going on here.

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Paulson's Plan In A Nutshell

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Hank Paulson, Federal Watch, Private Equity Firms, Henry Paulson, Hedge Funds, S.E.C., Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Crisis, Business News

The NYT reports: The Bush administration on Monday rolled out the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression, presenting...

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Why The Paulson Plan Is DOA

Business Week | Michael Mandel | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Henry Paulson, Sec, Commodity Future Trading Commission, Hank Paulson, Wall Street, Cftc, Treasury Secretary, Business News

Let's see. In the middle of perhaps the greatest financial upheaval since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is proposing a change ...

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Super Sweet Fraud? MTV Show Helps S.E.C. Target Oilman

New York Times | Julie Cresswell | Posted 03.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Ariel Milby, Oil, Mtv, My Super Sweet 16, My Super Sweet Sixteen, Gary Milby, Fraudulent Investors, Business News

Like so many of the over-the-top birthday parties that typically appear on "My Super Sweet 16" on MTV, Ariel's celebration took the fairy-tale-princes...

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Bush Administration To Unveil Broadest Overhaul Of Wall Street Regulation Since Great Depression

New York Times | By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Oversight, Sec, Wall Street, Henry Paulson Wall Street, Wall Street Bush Administration, Wall Street Regulation, Business News

The Bush administration is proposing the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression. But the plan, to be unveiled on Monda...

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SEC Investigating Trading In Lehman Brothers Stock

Bloomberg | David Scheer and Yalman Onaran | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brother Stock, Business News

U.S. regulators are investigating whether traders spread false rumors about Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s financial soundness to profit from a drop ...

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Lain Bear

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 03.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns, 2008 Recession, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Sec, Recession, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Our financial system and overall economy prospered on massive innovation, leverage and deregulation. All three are either stalled or running in reverse.

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The Bankers Panic of 2008 -- New Regulation

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Carter Glass, Sec, Economist, Cdos, Regulatory Reform, Treasury, Federal Reserve, Glass-Steagall, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

If we really want to modernize the American financial system, we need a single government entity in Washington to oversee it and enforce capital adequacy requirements on all financial institutions.

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Terrorists On Wall Street

Harry Fuller | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Financial Gurus, U.S. Economy, Sec, Finance, Fraud, Bonuses, Society Security, 401ks, S&L, Federal Reserve, Hedge Funds, Bailout, Regulation, 401(K), Harvard Business School, MBAs, Financial Corporations, Financial Bonuses, Federal Money Brokers, Bear Stearns, Bankruptcy, Brokerages, Business News
Harry Fuller

This is the latest in terror tactics: give me money or I blow my corporation up. The U.S. hasn't been this pathetic since Katrina.

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Visa's $17.9 Billion IPO Breaks Records

Reuters | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sec, Visa, Visa IPO, Jpmorgan, Visa Largest IPO, Largest Ever IPO, Business News

Visa Inc, the world's largest credit card network, on Tuesday raised $17.9 billion in an initial public offering, the largest-ever U.S. IPO. San Fran...

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The Bankers Panic of 2008

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Bill of Rights, Sec, Predatory Lending, Bankers Panic, Mortgages, S&L, Derivatives, Credit Cards, Crash, Siv, Bush Economy, U.S. Economy, Economy, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

The Fed has responded with lower interest rates and bailouts of overstretched Wall Street firms. How should the Congress and the next president be responding?

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Bershire CFO Gets More Compensation Than Buffett

CNBC | Josh Funk | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett Salary, Sec, CEO Salaries, World's Richest Man, Richest Americans, Warren Buffett, CEO Compensation, Berkshire Salaries, Richest Man, Marc Hamburg, Charlie Munger, Business News

At Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the chief financial officer again brought home more compensation last year than the two billionaires who run the company. ...

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2 Top Yahoo Execs Get Bigger Bonuses

AP | Posted 03.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Susan Decker, Microsoft Yahoo, Sec, Microsoft, Yahoo, Yahoo Microsoft, Terry Semel, Jerry Yang, Business News

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc. increased two top executives' bonuses last year amid a deepening slump that set the stage for Microsoft Corp.'s u...

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Fidelity's Lynch Took $16,000 Worth Of Freebies

Los Angeles Times | Walter Hamilton | Posted 03.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Fidelity Investments, Sec, Scandal, Magellan, Fidelity, Fidelity Scandal, Peter Lynch Scandal, Peter Lynch, Business News

In a case that could sully the reputation of legendary Fidelity Investments fund manager Peter Lynch, regulators said Wednesday that he had improperly...

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Hedge Funds Buy Up NYT Shares

New York Post | Brian Garrity | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business

Read More: NYT Shares, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Firebrand Partners, New York Times, Sec, Hedge Funds, NYT Stock, Harbinger Capital Partners, Business News

Harbinger Capital Partners is tightening its grip on the New York Times and Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. The investment firm yesterday rais...

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Visa's IPO: The Next Big Thing

Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: MasterCard IPO, Biggest IPO, Kraft Food, AT&T, Sec, Largest IPO, Visa, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mastercard, Visa IPO, Initial Public Offering, Business News

On Monday, Visa announced that it was looking to raise $19 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), which would make it the largest in U.S. his...

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Banks Change Their Tune

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Fed, Mortgage Bankers Association, Sec, Predatory Lending, Freddie Mac, Financial Rescue, Banks, Fannie Mae, Holc, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Fdic, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Banks have moved from a hands-off attitude toward regulation to a plea for Congress to lend a hand.

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Citigroup CEO Scores $26.7 Million In Stock, 3 Million Options

Reuters Via USA Today | Jonathan Stempel | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, Vikram Pandit, Citigroup, Sec, Business News

Citigroup (C) awarded Chief Executive Vikram Pandit $26.7 million worth of shares and 3 million stock options six weeks after he took over the largest...

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Ex-Goldman Associate Sentenced For Multiple Insider Trading Schemes

New York Times | MICHAEL J. de la MERCED | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Harvard, Goldman Sachs, Sec, Insider Trading, Eugene Plotkin, Businessweek, Stanislav Shpigelman, David Pajcin, Business News

A former Goldman Sachs associate who was accused of masterminding one of the broadest insider-trading conspiracies in years was sentenced on Thursday ...

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SEC Chairman Cox Highlights Rise of Sovereign Funds

Sunil Chacko | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Christopher Cox, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Securities and Exchange Comission, Sec, Hedge Funds, Securities Trading, Business News
Sunil Chacko

Today, the world's sovereign wealth funds are significantly larger than all of the world's hedge funds combined.

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