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5 hrs ago | 9NEWS

Bill clears House for wider SEC economic analyses

Legislation cleared the House on Friday that would place stricter requirements on the federal agency overseeing Wall Street to assess the costs and benefits of its regulations before they are issued.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Maxine Waters, Republican, Jeb Hensarling

12 hrs ago | Reuters

Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls.

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Related Topix: Harrisburg, PA, Securities and Exchange Commission, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Sat May 18, 2013

Seattle Times

How your U.S. lawmaker voted

Here's how the state's members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Friday, May 17.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission, Health, Medicaid

The Wall Street Journal

Crapo Seeks More Time for Comment on Trading-Glitch Rules

A key Senate Republican is asking U.S. securities regulators to extend for three months the time allotted for public comment on proposed rules aimed at fighting trading glitches on exchanges and clearinghouses.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mike Crapo, Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

PakTribune

SECP registers 327 new companies

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan registered 327 new limited liability companies during April this year, raising the corporate portfolio to 62,203 companies.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission, Asia Travel, Pakistan Travel

Indianapolis Business News

Firms ladle trips, car allowances on top of rich pay packages

Senior executives at Indiana's public companies last year received, on average, more in perks than the typical Hoosier earned all year, IBJ found after reviewing Securities and Exchange Commission documents for more than 60 Indiana companies.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

MacReport Media RSS Feed

iTalk Comments on Unauthorized Listing on Boerse Berlin Stock Exchange and Naked Short Selling

" or the "Company"), a global provider of advanced communications and mobile broadband services, would like to inform its investors and regulators that it has come to our attention that the Company's shares have been listed on the The Company did not authorize or direct any broker on the BBSE to act as a market maker for the company's common stock.

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Related Topix: Law

Fri May 17, 2013

The Nation

Kingdom's asset management sector ranked No 3 in world

Thailand's asset-management industry has been voted third-best in the world, according to a global investor survey revealed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance

FiveThirtyEight

DealBook: Investor Group Asks S.E.C. to Intervene on Access to Shareholder Vote Totals

The Council of Institutional Investors has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to intervene after the main company that provides real-time tabulations on shareholder votes stopped giving this information to the groups that sponsor proposals.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

CNN

Al Franken: Prevent fiscal meltdown

Editor's note: Al Franken, a Democrat, is a U.S. senator from Minnesota. Roger Wicker, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Senator Al Franken, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Roger Wicker, Roger Wicker, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Law, Securities and Exchange Commission, Opinion

Business Wire

Net Element International Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Net Element International reported first-quarter net revenues of $874,515, which represents a significant increase over net revenues of $74,810 from the same period in the prior year as a result of launching its mobile payment processing business in Russia in the third quarter of 2012.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

Jurist

Wells Fargo ordered to pay $203 million for misleading customers

Rather than processing purchases in a chronological order, as is the common practice, the bank processed its customers' purchases from largest to smallest.

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Related Topix: US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

Forbes.com

Snuff the SEC

If regulation-hating conservatives were serious about shrinking government, they should go whole hog and press for the elimination of the Securities and Exchange Commission .

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, Healthcare Law, US News, Bernie Madoff, Social Security, Personal Finance

Thu May 16, 2013

Business Journal

Orchestrate raises $2.8 million

Orchestrate Inc. has raised nearly $2.8 million from investors, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission .

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

USA Today

SEC head rejects calls to stop political disclosure work SEC head...

SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White on Thursday rejected Republican calls for the agency to steer clear of any rules that would require publicly traded corporations to disclose their political activity.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, US Politics, Scott Garrett, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, Tax

Common Dreams

Public Citizen: IRS Controversy Does Not Diminish Need for Fair and...

May 16 - The Securities and Exchange Commission needs to continue pursuing its impartial approach to opening up the books on corporate political spending, regardless of Congress members' fallacious attempts to use the IRS scandal to delegitimize the movement for disclosure rules.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law, Arts, Theater, US News, Liberal Political News

San Diego Source

Cubic stays on independent course

Back in 1959, the electronic and aerospace industry in San Diego was dominated by giant General Dynamics.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

MacReport Media RSS Feed

PSM Holdings, Inc. (PSMH) Announces Third Quarter Results

Revenue increased by $0.9 and $7.1 million, for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2013, respectively.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Law

Crain's Chicago Busines

CFTC unveils final rules for swaps trading

The top U.S. derivatives regulator unveiled rules for swaps trading that could break open Wall Street's dominance of the $630 trillion market, yet contain important concessions to the industry.

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Related Topix: Law, US News

Securities Industry

Nasdaq Won't, FINRA Will Bid on Consolidated Audit Trail

Nasdaq OMX Group said it will not be responding directly to the request for proposals to build an industry-wide trail of stock and options trade details for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Law

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