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• Hedge Fund to Pay $8.2 Million In SEC Short-Sale Settlement

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Hedge, Fund, Pay, 8 2, Million, Sec, Short Sale, Settlement, Thomas E Sandell, U S Securities Exchange Commission, Capital One Financial Corporation, Sandell Asset Management Corp, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Christopher Cox, New Orleans, Scott W Friestad, New York

  Sandell Asset Management and its founder are to pay $8.2 million to settle claims that the hedge-fund firm improperly sold a New Orleans bank's shares short after Hurricane Katrina.

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• A Push for Plain English

  Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Push, For, Plain, English, Karen Evans, U S Securities Exchange Commission, Al Gore, Annetta Cheek, Bill Clinton, Bruce Braley, Christopher Cox, Daniel Akaka, Joanne Locke, Stephen Barr, The White House, Center For Plain Language, Federal Aviation Administration, Iowa Sup

  Gobbledygook. It's the stuff of government. Maybe its No. 1 export.

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• A Push for Plain English

  Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Push, For, Plain, English, Karen Evans, U S Securities Exchange Commission, Al Gore, Annetta Cheek, Bill Clinton, Bruce Braley, Christopher Cox, Daniel Akaka, Joanne Locke, Stephen Barr, The White House, Center For Plain Language, Federal Aviation Administration, Iowa Sup

  Gobbledygook. It's the stuff of government. Maybe its No. 1 export.

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• A Push for Plain English

  Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Push, For, Plain, English, Karen Evans, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Al Gore, Annetta Cheek, Bill Clinton, Bruce Braley, Christopher Cox, Daniel Akaka, Joanne Locke, Stephen Barr, The White House, Center For Plain Language, Federal Aviation Administration

  Gobbledygook. It's the stuff of government. Maybe its No. 1 export.

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• A Push for Plain English

  Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Push, For, Plain, English, Karen Evans, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Al Gore, Annetta Cheek, Bill Clinton, Bruce Braley, Christopher Cox, Daniel Akaka, Joanne Locke, Stephen Barr, The White House, Center For Plain Language, Federal Aviation Administration

  Gobbledygook. It's the stuff of government. Maybe its No. 1 export.

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• Democrats Nominate 2 for SEC Vacancies

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Nominate, For, Sec, Vacancies, Elisse B Walter, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Unhappy Aguilar, Christopher Cox, Atlanta, Invesco Global Investment Funds Ltd, Annette Nazareth, Capitol Hill, Damon A Silvers, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Luis A Aguilar

  Democratic leaders in the Senate have selected a corporate lawyer from Atlanta and a longtime financial industry regulator to fill their party's two vacancies at the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people briefed on the nominations.

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• Democrats Nominate 2 for SEC Vacancies

  Published: November 14, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Democrats, Nominate, For, Sec, Vacancies, Elisse B Walter, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Unhappy Aguilar, Christopher Cox, Atlanta, Invesco Global Investment Funds Ltd, Annette Nazareth, Capitol Hill, Damon A Silvers, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Luis A Aguilar

  Democratic leaders in the Senate have selected a corporate lawyer from Atlanta and a longtime financial industry regulator to fill their party's two vacancies at the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people briefed on the nominations.

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• SEC Chair's Proxy Agenda Draws Debate

  Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sec, Chair S, Proxy, Agenda, Draws, Debate, Christopher Cox, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Richard Ferlauto, California Public Employees Retirement System, Christopher Dodd, Dennis Johnson, Jack Reed, John J Castellani, American Federation Of State County And

  The leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers yesterday that he is poised to move ahead with a controversial shareholders rights proposal, drawing sharp criticism from Democratic lawmakers and officials from unions and pension funds.

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• SEC Votes to Limit Shareholder Rights

  Published: November 29, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Sec, Votes, Limit, Shareholder, Rights, Christopher Cox, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Ann Yerger, Annette Nazareth, Barney Frank, John Castellani, Richard Ferlauto, Roel Campos, American Federation Of State

  Companies will be able to scuttle investor attempts to nominate board members under a plan adopted by a bitterly divided Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.

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• President Considers A Boost to Economy

  Published: January 4, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: President, Considers, Boost, Economy, George W Bush, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Iowa, Abc Inc, Reuters Group Plc, The Washington Post Company, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Chicago, Christopher Cox, Lawrence Summers, Martin S Feldstein, Middle East, Walt Lukken

  With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel and overall economic anxiety on the rise, President Bush said yesterday that he may use his upcoming State of the Union address to propose a stimulus package intended to promote growth and shore up weak parts of the economy.

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• President Considers A Boost to Economy

  Published: January 4, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: President, Considers, Boost, Economy, George W Bush, Henry M Paulson, The White House, Iowa, Abc Inc, Reuters Group Plc, The Washington Post Company, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Chicago, Christopher Cox, Lawrence Summers, Martin S Feldstein, Middle East, Walt Lukken

  With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel and overall economic anxiety on the rise, President Bush said yesterday that he may use his upcoming State of the Union address to propose a stimulus package intended to promote growth and shore up weak parts of the economy.

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• Ex-CEO Gets 21 Months for Tampering With Options

  Published: January 17, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Ex Ceo, Gets, Months, For, Tampering, With, Options, Gregory Reyes, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Brocade Communications Systems Inc, Brooks Automation Inc, Comverse Inc, The Associated Press, Brooklyn, Charles R Breyer, Christopher Cox, Matthew J Jacobs, San

  The first company chief executive to be convicted for tampering with stock-option awards was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison, one of a handful of corporate officials to face punishment for the once-widespread practice.

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• Bernanke Foresees Growth; Further Rate Cuts Possible

  Published: February 15, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bernanke, Foresees, Growth, Further, Rate, Cuts, Possible, Ben Bernanke, Henry M Paulson, Robert Menendez, Dow Jones Amp Co Inc, Jp Morgan Chase Amp Co, Bob Corker, Bruce Kasman, Christopher Cox, Christopher Dodd, Jack Reed, U S Federal Reserve, Port Authority Of New York

  The economy is likely to improve in the second half of the year after a slow start, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday. But he also signaled that the central bank is open to further interest rate cuts because of the risk that the situation will get worse.

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• Treasury to Release Analysis of Meltdown

  Published: March 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Treasury, Release, Analysis, Meltdown, Henry M Paulson, Wall Street, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Ben Bernanke, Christopher Cox, George W Bush, Phillip Swagel, Robert Steel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U S Department Of The Treasury, United S

  The U.S. Treasury is set to release a report today on what went wrong in the collapse of the subprime mortgage market last year and provide initial indications of how the country's financial regulatory framework should be revamped, according to sources familiar with the announcement.

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• Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint

  Published: March 30, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Long, Fight, Ahead, For, Treasury, Blueprint, John M Reich, U S Securities And Exchange Commission, Wall Street, Office Of Thrift Supervision, U S Department Of The Treasury, U S Federal Reserve, Alabama, Christopher Cox, Christopher Dodd, Harvey L Pitt, Henry M Paulson

  Lawmakers and regulators said yesterday that an ambitious plan by the Treasury Department to revamp the nation's decades-old financial regulatory structure could require congressional action stretching over several years and would not help the economy out of its current credit crisis.

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