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Obama designates Elisse Walter as new SEC chief, lauds Schapiro
WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Monday designated Elisse Walter as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but it's unclear if the Democratic commissioner will be the permanent replacement for outgoing Mary Schapiro. Walter, who has...
Tags: Washington, DC, Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Economy, Business and Finance, Democratic Party
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Blunt Amendment: Protections For Religion, Conscience Long Established
The Hartford CourantThe most demanding responsibility of a member of Congress, in my experience, was to remain open to the extraordinary diversity of opinion among my constituents and my colleagues. It's hard, and demands profound respect for those with whom you disagree,...Tags: Elections, Health Insurance, Justice and Rights, U.S. Senate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Priciest accident ever? $31-million Ferrari crashes in France
World NowIt was a prized Ferrari, one of a rare model known as the “Picasso of motoring” that is often included by elite automobile magazines among the top wheels in the world. Now its owner, American businessman Christopher Cox, has a new and less... -
'The New Yorker Stories' by Ann Beattie
Literary editorBetween the presidencies of Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford (1974) and George W. Bush (2006), Ann Beattie published 48 stories in The New Yorker, one of which was included in "The Best American Short Stories of the Century." These stories are collected in...Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Ann Beattie, George W. Bush
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Analysis: 'Too Big to Fail' captures the frustration of government officials and the arrogance of Wall Street leaders
Midway through the HBO docudrama "Too Big to Fail," the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York despairs that ordinary Americans "have no idea the whole thing is about to fall down."
He's referring not to the stock market, which already was plunging...Tags: Arizona, $700 Billion Bank Bailout (2008), U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tom Wolfe, Bankruptcy
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Jim Newton: Orange County's Great Park, interrupted
In Southern California, there's nothing like a very large piece of real estate to cause discord. And the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station is nothing if not a large piece of real estate.
Ever since the military decided to unload the base in the...Tags: San Francisco, Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, Human Interest, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Global Meltdown Rule No. 1: Do the math
As a Peruvian educated by British and American teachers, I learned never to embark on a major task without first "doing the math." No more of that Latino "happy go lucky, trust your gut and say three Hail Marys" approach to life. Without measurement, my...Tags: Health, George Soros, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Washington (U.S. state)
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Obama picks 3 veteran financial regulators
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen three veteran financial regulators to serve the country as it faces unrelenting turmoil in financial markets and the broader economy. Democratic officials say Obama wants Gary Gensler to head the Commodity...Tags: Bernard Madoff, Hawaii, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Ben Bernanke, Illinois
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Madoff-SEC's very cozy tie?
The Swampby Frank James The Bernard Madoff affair in which many wealthy people were allegedly scammed in a Ponzi scheme that may have cost investors $50 billion just gets stranger by the day, doesn't it? Now it turns out a Securities......Tags: Bernard Madoff, Fraud, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York, George W. Bush
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Times: Official targeted Mark Cuban while case was investigated
The controversial documentary "Loose Change" contends President Bush was behind the events of 9-11. Stories that Mark Cuban planned to help distribute the film angered many. According to e-mails leaked to the New York Times, one of those people worked in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Insider Trading, Wesleyan University, George W. Bush, Executive Branch
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McCain aide's firm whacked by SEC
The Swampby Andrew Zajac Sen. John McCain has complained long and loud about inadequate regulation of the financial markets by the Securities and Exchange Commission and recently even called for the dismissal of SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. If the Arizona...Tags: John McCain, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities, Sales
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Bailout crisis partly created in DC room
The Swampby Frank James After nearly every disaster involving Americans, there's the usual investigation to figure out why the plane crashed or the ship sank and to affix blame. The difference between most calamities and the present financial-markets meltdown is...Tags: Business Enterprises, Disasters, Banking, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Service
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Oct 3, 2008
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