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February 9, 2012
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Madoff Learns His Fate
June 29, 2009 @ 09:49 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Prosecutors want convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff to receive the maximum sentence allowed by law which is 150 years in prison.
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SIFMA Spending Big to Help Financial Industry Revamp Image
June 26, 2009 @ 09:23 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Dan Simon, SIFMA, Cognito
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Obama to Review Every American; 70% of All Praise is Sarcastic
June 26, 2009 @ 07:38 AM | By Penny Crosman
This week, according to the Onion News Network, President Obama began holding job performance reviews with every American in an effort to improve national productivity and a UCLA study found that 70% of all praise is sarcastic. In technology news, Apple announced that the iPhone now makes phone calls.
Obama to Hold Job Performance Review with Every American According to a report from the Onion, the President's latest financial stimulus efforts include personal advice to each citizen on work habits and belt-tightening as well as giant inspirational posters.Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker continued...
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Market Crises Could Be Avoided Through Simplicity, Better Data
June 24, 2009 @ 10:32 AM | By Penny Crosman
Rick Bookstaber, author of the book A Demon of Our Own Design and a former managing director in charge of firm-wide risk management at Salomon Brothers and a designer of derivatives, proprietary trader and market risk manager at Morgan Stanley, first designing and marketing derivative instruments, then as a proprietary trader, made provocative statements about the state of the markets at the SIFMA show yesterday afternoon.
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How Much for Lunch with Warren Buffet?
June 22, 2009 @ 08:47 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
How much would you pay to have lunch with "The Oracle of Omaha," Warren Buffett? Mohnish Pabrai, a money manager who runs a value fund, paid $650,000. Here is Pabrai's account of his three-hour lunch meeting with Buffet.
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E.U. Drafts New Regulatory System
June 19, 2009 @ 10:11 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
E.U. leaders are backing a draft for a new regulatory system which includes a systemic risk board to spot credit problems before they become a danger to the financial system.
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TGIF: While Discussing Financial Regs, Obama Slaughters Fly
June 18, 2009 @ 17:56 PM | By Penny Crosman
During a CNBC interview about his new proposal for financial regulation, President Barack Obama made major national news when he efficiently yet violently squashed a fly. This version of the footage has been dubbed with ninja-movie style dialogue.
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The Most Sweeping Changes to Financial Regulation Since the 1930s
June 17, 2009 @ 10:52 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
President Obama is focusing on the next step to fix the financial system: proposing new regulations that are intended to help consumers and put limits on bankers.
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Exploring What Really Broke Bank of America
June 16, 2009 @ 08:47 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
A new Frontline documentary titled "Breaking the Bank" is airing tonight that tells the tale of Bank of America's rise to its ill-fated takeover of Merrill Lynch.
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The Man Who Knew About Madoff Before Anyone Else
June 15, 2009 @ 06:34 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Harry Markopolos repeatedly told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Bernie Madoff's investment fund was a fraud.
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TGIF: Daily Show Asks, Is the Economic Crisis Fixed?
June 12, 2009 @ 07:33 AM | By Penny Crosman
Jon Stewart looks at how the government has handled the AIG crisis and executive pay.
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Independent Research Runs Out of Funds
June 11, 2009 @ 22:06 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Fallout from the Wall Street stock-research scandal resulted in firms having to pay more than $450 million to fund independent market research. Six years later, some $70 million remains of the original fund. But that money will soon dry up as a judge has ordered that the remaining funds be turned over to the Treasury Department.
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Can Credit Markets Thaw Without Toxic Assets Buyout?
June 11, 2009 @ 09:39 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
With banks raising capital, is there still a need for a government-orchestrated effort to get toxic assets off bank books?
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Peter L. Bernstein Dies, Proponent of Efficient Market Theory
June 09, 2009 @ 08:55 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Peter L. Bernstein, the author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk and other books, died on June 5th at the age of 90.
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Overreaching Derivatives Regulation Worries Dealers
June 05, 2009 @ 07:36 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
The regulator of the futures trading industry is proposing new rules for trading financial contracts known as derivatives. Big banks are now fretting about overreaching regulation.
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Is the Credit Crunch Finally Abating?
June 05, 2009 @ 07:27 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Last September, Standard & Poor's Market, Credit and Risk Strategies Group launched the Credit Crunch Checklist, designed to help investors know when the credit freeze started to thaw. The checklist indicates the market is recovering.
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TGIF: Microwave Facts
June 04, 2009 @ 18:27 PM | By Penny Crosman
Office workers discuss what can and can't go into the microwave.
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Commentary: One Financial Regulator to Rule Them All
June 04, 2009 @ 08:22 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Who should regulate our financial system? Commentator Robert Reich, argues there should be one financial regulator to prevent the kind of fiscal meltdown that sent the U.S. into this recession.
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China Is Investing Even More in Morgan Stanley
June 03, 2009 @ 12:25 PM | By Gregory MacSweeney
Morgan Stanley is raising capital through a new stock offering, and China is getting in on the deal. In fact, China's getting in on a lot of deals lately and is upping its stake in Morgan Stanley.
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