Topic: U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Bipartisan support grows for capital-raising bills

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal lawmakers expressed bipartisan support on Wednesday for several legislative proposals to ease regulatory burdens for small companies struggling to raise capital in the face of a battered economy.At a hearing before a House Financial Services panel, Democrats and ...

Senate panel to vote on 7 SEC, financial nominees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee on Friday said it will vote next week on the nominations of seven individuals for senior federal regulatory positions, including two Securities Exchange Commission members.The committee plans an executive session on Thursday to vote on ...

SEC looks to outsource leases after botched deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is in talks to largely hand off its leasing activities after being accused of bungling a real estate deal priced at more than half a billion dollars.SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said she is negotiating ...

Republicans question top SEC attorney on Madoff ties

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several key House Republicans are raising questions of ethics about the top attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission amid allegations that his family's estate received $1.5 million in phony profits from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.In a letter to ...

SEC watchdog has uncovered waste at the agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top watchdog at the securities regulator told lawmakers on Thursday that his office has identified instances of government waste in the procurement of contracts.Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General David Kotz related his findings before the House financial ...

Ex-US auto czar charged with kickback scheme

The former auto czar of President Barack Obama's administration was charged on Thursday over his role in a pension fund kickback scheme.A US stocks watchdog accused Steven Rattner of participating in a widespread kickback scheme to get investments from the New York ...

Morgan Stanley Merger Talks Advance

The article reports that Morgan Stanley Bank International Ltd. has pursued its negotiations for a possible merger with Wachovia Corp. 1RS tax-exempt bond branch launches notification group. Page 4 Minority, women-owned firms seek piece of New York underwriting. FRIDAY www.bondbuyer.com TO SUBMIT ...
Goldman Sachs' (GS) ties to the Obama Administration are two fold. (4) At the top of the 2008 recipients list was Barak Obama followed by Hillary Clinton who jointly received over $1.4 million from Goldman Sachs. Of the Obama administration's employee links ...
When Texas governor George W. Bush ran for president of the United States in 2000, he crafted a folksy, approachable image for himself. Bush won the new, yet vital Sam Adams/Roper Starch poll -- 40 percent of Americans polled said they'd prefer ...
Dallas-based Wyly brothers, big GOP donors, rose together from rags to riches to SEC lawsuitBrothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.They were kids when the collapsed economy forced ...
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