Guest Column: Commission Alleges Violation of SOX 304
securitiesdocket.com 8/6/2009 — Nader H. Salehi is a partner and Elizabeth A. Marino is an associate with the law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP in New York. Nader H. Salehi Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) initially appeared hesitant to use section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX ...

Investor.gov | from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
investor.gov 10/22/2009 — The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. As more and more first-time investors turn to the markets to help secure their ...

Pequot Faces Insider Trading Charges
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 8/12/2009 — Pequot Capital Management, the once-prominent hedge fund firm run by Arthur Samberg, has been put on notice by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to file insider trading charges against the firm, according to a letter sent to Pequot investors on Monday.

Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - Home page
stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr 9/18/2009 — Welcome to the website of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress The Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress has been created at the beginning of 2008 on French government's ...

Yet Another Budget Commission?
forbes.com 29 days ago — One of these days, Congress needs to raise the federal debt limit. As of Nov. 3, the debt subject to limit was $11,978 billion--and the limit is $12,104 billion. With the Treasury needing to borrow $26 billion per week to finance this fiscal year's ...

SEC Votes on Measures to Further Strengthen Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies
sec.gov 9/18/2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to take several rulemaking actions to bolster oversight of credit ratings agencies by enhancing disclosure and improving the quality of credit ratings.

Congressman, Again, Pushes S.E.C. for Madoff Report
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 6/16/2009 — For the second day in a row, Paul E. Kanjorski, the Pennsylvania Democrat, has strongly urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to release its internal investigation into how the agency missed the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme before Congress ...

Take a Closer Look at the S.E.C. Madoff Exhibits
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 11/2/2009 — DealBook is summarizing the most interesting exhibits from the S.E.C.'s Madoff report. Readers are invited to help us by sorting through the documents themselves and posting interesting findings in the comments.

S.E.C. Appoints Hedge Fund Veteran as Adviser
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com 30 days ago — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday named Richard Bookstaber, a veteran hedge fund executive whose 2007 book predicted a financial crisis arising from financial derivatives, as a senior policy adviser.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 8/27/2009 — Updated: July 7, 2009 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the government agency responsible for overseeing the trading of futures for oil, precious metals, grains, currencies and the like. It also regulates trading in derivatives linked to ...

Oracle: EU Reportedly Set To Oppose Sun Micro Deal — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 11/4/2009
Oracle (ORCL) is “braced” for a formal objection from the EU of its planned $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems (JAVA) , the Financial Times reports . Oracle has refused to offer any concessions, the FT says, citing ...