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The following is an excerpt from QUENTIN FOTTRELL | November 29, 2012 | Smartmoney.com |
1. "We will never live up to your expectations."
Mary Schapiro announced this week that she's leaving her post as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission after four of the most turbulent years in the agency's ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Aaron Pressman and Ross Kerber | November 27, 2012 | Reuters.com |
(Reuters) - Mary Schapiro's successor as head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is going to have to hit the ground running.
With an ongoing battle over regulating the $2.5 trillion money market ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Douglas MacMillan | November 3, 2012 | Bloomberg.com |
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked Groupon Inc. (GRPN) to explain its accounting for coupon refunds and other aspects of its business after the daily deal site revised 2011 results and disclosed a “material weakness” ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from KELLI B. GRANT | November3, 2012 | Smartmoney.com |
As many Americans recover from the superstorm Sandy, which left more than 8 million without power and has caused an estimated $50 billion in damages so far, they now face another threat, say consumer advocates: storm-related ... Read More
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The following is an article from Eric Pianin | February 2, 2012 | TheFiscalTimes.com |
In 2010, two landmark Supreme Court rulings turned election law on its head by allowing corporations, business leaders and labor unions to make unlimited contributions to political action committees that are legally separate from the candidates ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from Chuck Saletta | January 13, 2012 | DailyFinance.com |
Social Security's trust fund is in the process of collapsing because it will have insufficient funds available to pay promised benefits. Sound like a Ponzi scheme? That's what many prominent political and investing figures have called ... Read More
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By Brenda Lee Hamilton, Attorney
Hamilton & Associates
On December 20, 2011, Deutsche Börse AG suspended new listings for the First Quotation Board due to fraud and new cases of suspected market manipulation among several shares listed in the First Quotation Board. Deutsche Börse AG stated, “Prosecution according to criminal law and ... Read More
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Robert Hendy-Freegard (1971 - ) is a British bartender, car salesman, conman and impostor who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled several people into going underground for fear of IRA assassination.
Hendy-Freegard met his victims in social situations or as customers in the pub or car dealership where he was ... Read More
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Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2011 — The Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced parallel cases filed in federal court against several corporate officers, lawyers and a stock promoter alleging they used kickbacks and other schemes to trigger investments ... Read More
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The following is an excerpt from David S. Hilzenrath | Updated November 30, 2011 | washingtonpost.com
A federal probe of possible market manipulation and insider trading by a hedge fund manager was derailed when SEC officials found an agency supervisor had improper contact with the fund manager, according to a report ... Read More
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Christophe Thierry Rocancourt (1967 - ), also known as Christopher Rocancourt, is an impostor, confidence man and gentleman thief who scammed affluent people by masquerading as, among other things, a French member of the Rockefeller family.
He told Dateline NBC in a 2006 broadcast that his mother sometimes worked as a ... Read More
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By Brenda Lee Hamilton, Esquire
Hamilton & Associates Law Group
SecuritiesLawyer101.com
On July 9, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved rules to increase the standards for companies going public through a reverse merger to list on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), American Stock Exchange (“Amex”) and the NASDAQ Stock Market ... Read More
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