SEC puts new curbs on short-selling
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today imposed new curbs on the practice of short-selling, hoping to prevent spiraling sales sprees in a stock that can stoke market turmoil. The Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleGOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing
WASHINGTON — Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on...
View ArticleSEC weighs new rules for private companies’ stock
DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to ease rules on private companies that issue shares. Chairman Mary Schapiro said in a speech today that she has asked the SEC...
View ArticleNew rules offer big cash awards to whistleblowers
WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who report corporate fraud or other misconduct to the government could receive sizable cash awards under new rules adopted today by federal regulators. Tipsters would be...
View ArticleGOP uses budget, other tools to sap financial law
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s financial overhaul law is nearly a year old. For congressional Republicans, the fight to weaken it is just starting. Wary of trying to repeal the entire statute and being...
View ArticlePotential SEC chairman vows ‘unrelenting enforcement’
Mary Jo White vowed today to make "bold and unrelenting" enforcement of Wall Street a high priority if she is confirmed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleSenate confirms White as new SEC chairman
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White's nomination as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, making her the first former prosecutor to lead the federal agency that oversees Wall Street.
View ArticleSEC poised to end $1 a share for some money funds
Regulators are expected to vote today to end a longtime staple of the investment industry — the fixed $1 share price for money-market mutual funds — at least for some money funds used by big investors.
View ArticleSEC puts new curbs on short-selling
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today imposed new curbs on the practice of short-selling, hoping to prevent spiraling sales sprees in a stock that can stoke market turmoil. The Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleGOP ramps up attacks on SEC over porn surfing
WASHINGTON — Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on...
View ArticleSEC weighs new rules for private companies’ stock
DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether to ease rules on private companies that issue shares. Chairman Mary Schapiro said in a speech today that she has asked the SEC...
View ArticleNew rules offer big cash awards to whistleblowers
WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers who report corporate fraud or other misconduct to the government could receive sizable cash awards under new rules adopted today by federal regulators. Tipsters would be...
View ArticleGOP uses budget, other tools to sap financial law
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s financial overhaul law is nearly a year old. For congressional Republicans, the fight to weaken it is just starting. Wary of trying to repeal the entire statute and being...
View ArticlePotential SEC chairman vows ‘unrelenting enforcement’
Mary Jo White vowed today to make "bold and unrelenting" enforcement of Wall Street a high priority if she is confirmed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleSenate confirms White as new SEC chairman
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White's nomination as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, making her the first former prosecutor to lead the federal agency that oversees Wall Street.
View ArticleSEC poised to end $1 a share for some money funds
Regulators are expected to vote today to end a longtime staple of the investment industry — the fixed $1 share price for money-market mutual funds — at least for some money funds used by big investors.
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