President Obama continued his shake-up of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, naming two Senate aides to senior posts at the Wall Street regulatory agency. The nominees to the ... Read more
CARACAS, Venezuela — There may be no honor among thieves, but there certainly is no shortage of chutzpah. First came the hefty kickbacks that employees at a Miami brokerage office pledged to ... Read more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday accused Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s debt-laden capital, of violating federal antifraud rules for securities issuers by ... Read more
A loose coalition of Democratic elected officials, shareholder activists and pension funds has flooded the Securities and Exchange Commission with calls to require publicly traded corporations to disclose to ... Read more
AFTER receiving unanimous support from the United States Senate, Mary Jo White was confirmed last week as the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. At her swearing-in, she praised S.E.C. officials ... Read more
Wall Street is embracing its dark side. As the stock market continues to climb, trading has increasingly migrated from established bourses like the New York Stock Exchange to private platforms, ... Read more
SEATTLE — Federal authorities are examining Microsoft’s involvement with companies and individuals that allegedly paid bribes to overseas government officials in exchange for business, according to ... Read more
For the second time in history, federal regulators accused an American state of securities fraud on Monday, ordering Illinois to stop misleading investors about the condition of its public pension system. ... Read more
EVERYONE knows about the mobsters and terrorists that Mary Jo White successfully put behind bars during her nine years as United States attorney for the Southern District of New York. Less well-known is Ms. ... Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the casino company controlled by the billionaire Sheldon G. Adelson, says in a regulatory filing that it probably violated a federal law that prohibits ... Read more