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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story
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Angelo Mozilo, founder and former CEO, Countrywide Financial Corporation, stands at the witness table before the start of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Capitol Hill March 7, 2008 in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON a \’ The government says former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo personally approved mortgages for favored borrowers that …Read full story
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Federal regulators say two Spanish investors made illegal profits of $1.1 million by trading on secret information about BHP Billiton PLC\’s bid to acquire Potash Corp.Read full story
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Federal regulators say former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo personally approved mortgages for favored borrowers that violated the company\’s policies and lending standards.Read full story
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Federal regulators are moving to make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors of public companies, a major change long sought by investor advocates and buttressed by the new financial overhaul law.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsAOL just got the official SEC thumbs up to withhold information about its search deal with Google.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story
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Amendments to FINRA rules related to BrokerCheck, an online investor tool for researching the professional backgrounds of firms and brokers.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsJon in Tacoma has been thinking that commodity funds might diversify his portfolio in these tough economic times, putting him into hard assets or real assets that are not a part of the standard mutual fund.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsThe billionaire Wyly brothers of Dallas have broken their silence about the massive securities fraud suit against them, and they\’re taking a defiant tone.Read full story
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Michael T. Duke, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., was the highest-paid public company executive in Arkansas in the most recent fiscal year.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsCerberus ABP Investors, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, has announced in a July 22 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to make a tender offer for all of the outstanding publicly held shares of BlueLinx Holdings Inc.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsBryan A. Scott, President and CEO of Metiscan, Inc., commented, \”Our SEC Counsel has advised us that our Registration Statement on Form S-1 was filed with the SEC and that the review and comment period has begun.Read full story
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FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story
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FINRA guidance on consolidated account reports,including applicable rules and other considerations.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsJohnson & Johnson disclosed Wednesday that the health products giant has now received multiple subpoenas from federal prosecutors related to repeated recalls of Tylenol and other consumer health products.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsThe world\’s largest pharmaceutical companies are facing a corruption investigation in the United States over claims that the hospitality lavished on those who prescribe their treatments could constitute bribery.Read full story
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New York hedge fund manager Eric Rosenfeld has been classed among the nation\’s \”wolf pack\” of activist shareholders.Read full story
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The Justice Department\’s unprecedented campaign to enforce a once-backwater statute called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, has made corporate lawyers and accountants rich as big companies pay big law and accounting firms to investigate and defend potential violations.Read full story
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Tesla Motors \”founder\” Elon Musk has a propensity for boasting about his electric car business, but the company\’s latest SEC filing shares the risks he doesn\’t like to talk about, including having the Roadster\’s advertised range cut 30%. Musk, now the CEO of a publicly traded company, has turned doubt about Tesla \’s viability into […]
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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The first podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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MCSi\’s former chief executive officer pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Cincinnati to conspiracy, securities fraud and money laundering for improperly reporting company revenues as part of a scheme to inflate the companya s stock price, according to a report in the Dayton Business Journal.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsFund industry observers are lobbing new criticism at regulators\’ recent efforts to limit mutual-fund sales fees, already under fire for being too weak.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsNew York City American Apparel has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will miss its filing deadline.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsCVB Financial Corp. Chief Financial Officer Edward Biebrich postponed his retirement to help the California bank deal with a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission has had a rough decade. The scandals that ensnared companies including Enron, MCI, and Adelphia-which led to the demise of the accounting Arthur Andersen - resulted in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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The second podcast in a two-part series on FINRA\’s 2010 examination priorities, as addressed in FINRA\’s annual letter to firms.Read full story
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This podcast describes FINRA\’s Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Template and details recent updates, including those that were made to reflect FINRA\’s BCP Rule.Read full story
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The second podcast in a two-part series on regulatory and business considerations, as highlighted in FINRA\’s 2010 annual letter to firms.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsCVB Financial Corp. shares rose Wednesday after the California lender said it\’s buying back its shares in the wake of a 22% slump Tuesday.Read full story
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Financial advisers are watching nervously and defending their value to Canadians as three other nations prepare to outlaw or curb what is, for most, their primary source of income.Read full story
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at such mechanisms as price collars and limits on upward or downward movements in a stock in a single day, in the wake of the May 6thr \”flash crash.\” \”We are considering … whether other steps are appropriate to reduce the risk of sudden disruptions and clearly erroneous […]
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Topix SEC NewsLocally operating Harley-Davidson said it received a \”nominal consideration\” of 3 euros, or about $3.98, for its former Italian motorcycle subsidiary MV Agusta, which has been sold to its former owners.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsInvestors have easy access to critical information about individuals who work for money management, financial planning and other investment advisory firms through an enhanced Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website launched on Wednesday.Read full story
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FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsTwo American tobacco companies are paying nearly $30 million to settle charges that they bribed foreign officials to get lucrative overseas tobacco sales contracts.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsNuPathe Inc. became the second local life sciences company to go public this year when its stock began selling Friday at $10 per share.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsDemand Media , the publishing company that achieved both impressive revenues and industry notoriety for its business model of fast, cheap content, is planning to go public.Read full story
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Topix SEC NewsThe Securities and Exchange Commission is divided over when to seize pay from executives who unwittingly benefit from accounting fraud, a rift that has triggered internal disagreements over cases, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.Read full story
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FINRA staff provide background on variable life settlements and transactions in related investment products, and discuss some requirements and potential risks. This podcast produced by FINRA Industry Education. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses developments in the debt markets and highlights FINRA\’s regulatory priorities. Learn more at http://www.finra.org/education.Read full story
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FINRA Chairman and CEO Rick Ketchum discusses how FINRA is responding to current issues facing both the industry and investors.Read full story
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