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Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-05-09
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-05-09
SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition. http://bit.ly/IDkWD # Today’s Webcast (May 8): Materials Available Here for “Hedge Funds: A Brave New World of Regulation and Enforcement.” http://bit.ly/HedkG # US investors ask courts to allow UK schemes to participate in RBS class ...
Sec: GM Corportaion - PURSUANT TO SECTION 14C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED
edgar.sec.gov — GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY, AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. (more) Sec: GM Corportaion - PURSUANT TO SECTION 14C OF THE  ...
SEC’s Schapiro Wants Power to Make Hedge-Fund Rules (Correct)
bloomberg.com — (Corrects first paragraph to remove reference to SEC seeking authority over what hedge funds can buy and borrow in story published May 2.) May 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should be given more authority over hedge funds ... (more) SEC’s Schapiro Wants Power to Make Hedge-Fund Rules ...
SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform
SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform
online.wsj.com — Give the financial crisis credit for at least one good thing: it exposed the Securities and Exchange Commission. From systemic risk to Bernie Madoff, the failure of the SEC is now an accepted truth on Wall Street. The commission not only whiffed on ... (more) SEC Squanders a Shot at Reform
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