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Sempra Whistleblower Seeks Docs From 'Outsourced' SEC Probe
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May 8, 2012 @ 4:42 pm |
An employee whistleblower who accused Sempra Energy of bribing Mexican officials hit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with a California suit last month seeking documents related to the Sempra investigation, arguing that outsourcing investigations to law firms Baker & McKenzie and Jones Day made a "mockery" of justice....
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Google Sheds Investor Suit Over $500M Drug Ads Settlement
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May 8, 2012 @ 2:00 pm |
A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a shareholder suit over Google Inc.'s $500 million settlement of criminal charges for advertising Canadian prescription drugs, saying the shareholders failed to show they couldn't have addressed the matter with the board of directors....
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Fed Urged To Implement Better Stress Test Coordination
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May 8, 2012 @ 1:07 pm |
A financial regulatory policy think tank on Monday called on the Federal Reserve to better coordinate its proposed stress test rules required under the Dodd-Frank Act with other regulators, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and with its existing stress testing procedures....
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Helix Energy Execs Sued Over 2010 Executive Pay
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May 8, 2012 @ 1:02 pm |
The executives at Houston-based offshore energy firm Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. became the latest target in a slew of failed "say-on-pay" lawsuits when it was hit with a suit Friday by disgruntled shareholders over increased compensation awards in 2010 despite the firm's net $127 million loss that year....
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 Victims of "Three Hebrew Boys" $80 Million Ponzi Scheme Receive Distribution Checks Totaling Nearly Half of Their Investment
- The court-appointed receiver of the Three Hebrew Boys Ponzi scheme has
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Facebook expected to price at $38 and#8212; minimum
- Facebook Inc. is close to pricing its initial public offering for at least $38 a...
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Erica Williams Named SEC's Deputy Chief of Staff
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James Burns Named Deputy Director in SEC's Division of Trading and Markets
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SEC Charges Seattle-Based Fund Manager for Secretly Diverting Client Funds to His Own Start-Up Companies
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SEC close to naming temporary watchdog: Sources
- FDIC inspector general Jon Rymer is said to be in final discussions to temporari...
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SEC looking at hedge fund as part of CDO inquiry
- Regulators are investigating Magnetar Capital for its role in putting together p...
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Yorkville High Income MLP ETF (YMLP) Declares First Quarterly Distribution
- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Yorkville High Income MLP ETF (NYSE: YMLP) declar...
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Alternatives funds finally catching on and#8212; but are they the wrong ones?
- Fund companies are increasingly cranking out mutual funds that invest in alterna...
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Rhode Island Attorney Admits to Mortgage Ponzi Scheme
- A Rhode Island attorney faces as much as seventy years in prison after
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MF Global clients bash fat fees, seek quick wind-down
- A customer group plans to ask that the brokerage's bankruptcy case be streamline...
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SEC charges fund manager with fraud
- A federal grand jury indicted a former chairman of a national financial planning...
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Schwab to hold off enforcing class action waivers
- The brokerage plans to wait until the end of a FINRA disciplinary proceeding bef...
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MBIA solvency analysis was flawed, banks argue
- A consulting firm hired to analyze the bond insurer's health missed a "sizeable"...
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Gupta trial could feature big corporate stars
- Lloyd Blankfein, Warren Buffett and other well-known chieftains of corporate Ame...
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CFTC expected to ease trading curbs - sources
- The move allows the embattled agency to show it is listening to industry concern...
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Corporate settlement policy unlikely to be changed by Congress
- Officials from four agencies told lawmakers that requiring admissions of miscond...
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Lawmakers seek info in Wal-Mart corruption probe
- Two congressional Democrats asked to speak with a former top executive who urged...
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Breaking News: Lloyds Bails on Allied Home Mortgage
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By now, most of our readers and many in the mortgage i...
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Two Guilty in $12 Million Ponzi Scheme
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SEC Eyes Dendreon, Possibly Over Provenge Launch
- Dendreon Corp. has recently become the subject of a U.S. Securities and Exchange...
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Schwab to close brokersXpress: Sources
- Sources say Charles Schwab is shutting down brokersXpress. According to people f...
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German Bank Slams Barclays With $133M MBS Suit
- DZ Bank AG hit Barclays Bank PLC and several affiliates on Tuesday with a suit i...
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Don King's Co. Sends Rothstein Clawback To District Court
- A fraudulent transfer suit brought against Don King Productions Inc. by the Chap...
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SEC Charges U.S. Perpetrators in $35 Million International Boiler Room Scheme
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Repsol Hits Argentina With US Class Action In YPF Fight
- Spanish oil giant Repsol YPF SA hit Argentina with a proposed class action in Ne...
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Gupta Loses Bid To Keep Rajaratnam Wiretap From Jury
- A federal judge on Wednesday refused former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Ra...
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Suits Over JPMorgan's $2B Loss Could Haunt Bank
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. investors hit the bank with securities fraud class actions ...
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Top House Republican Questions JPMorgan Uproar
- A top House Republican on Wednesday backed JPMorgan Chase & Co. following the ba...
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Ex-Morgan Stanley Legal Chief Rejoins Ranks At Cravath
- Longtime Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP securities and antitrust partner Francis P. ...
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