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NewsBarclays settlement put on hold by judge
Judge Jed Rakoff, who took a stand against what he saw as a sweetheart deal between the SEC and Bank of America, has started something of a trend. A judge recently declined to approve a $75 million... Read more...
Revenge of blown-up Reg D investors?
Recall that the SEC (SEC news) charged Provident Royalties and its founders and some related businesses with fraud (fraud news) last summer. Unfortunately, prior to that, Provident was able to place... Read more...
Banks in a lobbying frenzy?
On the one hand, bank CEOs are offering up contrite words, in hopes of appeasing angry lawmakers and the public. But they are hardly willing to sit back and let all the new reform movement run its... Read more...
Exodus of Wall Street talent?
A well-known headhunting outfit, Korn/Ferry, says that demand for executive financial services talent has really soared, even with all the controversy over executive pay and bonus restrictions.... Read more...
Bear Stearns trial wraps up
In some ways, the trial of Ralph Cioffi, 53 and Matthew Tannin, 48, is all about email. That's what it boiled down to as the high-profile trial wrapped up last week. Prosecutor say the Bear Stearns... Read more...
Whispers numbers carry clout
There have been a whole lot of earnings hits and misses as of late. Do the analysts' published estimates mean anything any more? Or have they been eclipsed by whisper numbers? Traders often talk... Read more...
Software programmer steals from Goldman Sachs?
Sergey Aleynikov was a programmer who helped develop software for Goldman Sachs' program trading unit. He was promised a job by another firm at triple his $400,000 annual salary. At some point, he... Read more...
Stanford faces criminal charges
We haven't seen a lot criminal charges in the still-unfolding financial crisis, but that might be changing. A criminal indictment unsealed in Houston, Texas, charges Allen Stanford committed a host... Read more...
How much capital will banks need?
The results of the stress tests were scheduled to be communicated to banks starting Friday. Analysts are certainly busy crunching their own numbers, and modeling various economic scenarios. Bloomberg... Read more...
Pro-bono counseling on Wall Street
How's this for entrepreneurial? A former personal assistant to a hedge fund manager has set up shop on the streets, not unlike Lucy of Peanuts fame, just outside the NYSE. Her homemade sign that... Read more...
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