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Deal Economy 2010: Bove on Goldman's $500M donation

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 8:25 AM]

Richard Bove says Goldman Sachs will make a lot of donations to try to assuage anger against the firm.
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Report: SEC starts to dig in 3Com options scheme

[Posted on November 16, 2009 at 5:07 PM]

The SEC is examining 3Com option trading as a suspicious rise in trades occurred in the run up ahead of Hewlett-Packard's acquisition offer.
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Madoff's stuff goes on the block

[Posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM]

If you're looking for a little piece of financial industry history, Bernie and Ruth Madoff's stuff is going up for auction this weekend.
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AIG's Benmosche is a drama queen

[Posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:23 PM]

American International Group CEO Robert Benmosche has apparently told the insurer's board that he is considering stepping down due to government constraints over compensation.
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Will scandal deal blow to hedge fund recovery?

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:18 PM]

Ongoing reports of scandal in the hedge fund industry are giving investors 'general fatigue,' says senior analyst Denise Valentine of Aite Group.
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Want a bailout? There's an iPhone app for that

[Posted on November 6, 2009 at 3:04 PM]

Would you like a bailout? Are you a banker frustrated at politicians or a politician frustrated at bankers? Do you want to track the national debt? There's an iPhone app for that.
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Fourteen more nabbed for conspiracy, fraud

[Posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:20 AM]

Thursday, 14 people were charged with conspiracy and fraud. It has not been confirmed that the recent sweep is related to the insider trading case involving Galleon Group.
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Today in investment fraud: Stanford un-knighted

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 3:18 PM]

Sir Allen Stanford is to be stripped of his knighthood, and Madoff's longtime accountant, David Friehling, pleaded guilty to nine different counts, including fraud.
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More tales of ineptitude about the SEC

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:36 AM]

Hundreds of documents released Friday by the SEC 'portray an agency at times skeptical or dismissive of evidence' involved in the Madoff fraud.
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Madoff surprised he was not caught sooner

[Posted on November 2, 2009 at 1:04 PM]

It appears that no one was more surprised by the Securities and Exchange Commission's inability to uncover his fraud than convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff himself.
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Top 10 Wall Street Halloween costumes

[Posted on October 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM]

Still trying to figure out what to be for Halloween? Here are our top 10 picks.
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Big banks ensared in alleged K1 scandal

[Posted on October 29, 2009 at 2:36 PM]

Barclays, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and J.P. Morgan Chase may have to kiss goodbye to millions in an alleged K1 Group scandal.
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AIG, Geithner, CDOs for 100 cents on the dollar

[Posted on October 29, 2009 at 6:59 AM]

The New York Fed and Federal Reserve made the decision to pay the banks 100 cents on the dollar even after AIG spent months trying to negotiate lower payments of 40 cents on the dollar.
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