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SEC eyes volatility in high-frequency trading
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
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U.S. regulators looking into high-frequency trading have asked the industry if institutions are flocking to so-called dark pools and increasing market volatility, sources familiar with the SEC's line of questioning said on Monday. The Securities and...
Tags: hedge fund, U.S. New Power, House Financial Services Committee, Mary Schapiro, Jamie Dimon, equity fund, private equity, congressional committee, offshore fund, Obama
Financial regulations coming as Wall Street shows recovery signs
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The House Financial Services Committee is slated to vote Thursday morning on a measure reining in the multitrillion-dollar market for complicated financial derivatives that many blame for exacerbating the crisis last year. The panel’s work to bolster...
Tags: House Financial Services Committee, House of Representatives, panel votes, Barack Obama, house panel, derived rules, obama administration, major step, congressional committee, privately trading
Congress to look at Sosa testimony
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility A congressional committee has decided to review the 2003 testimony by former slugger Sammy Sosa on his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Sosa told the Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he never used steroids, but a New York Times report...
Tags: Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs, Mr. Sosa, enhancing drugs, Congress, Pedro Martinez, Tampa Bay Rays, tested positive, congressional committee, Daley
Obama pays public tribute to Lincoln's unifying legacy
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Barack Obama paid a visit to the Lincoln Memorial at the weekend, publicly honouring the man who inspired his career and whose legacy is to provide a major theme for the inauguration in eight days. The President-elect took his family to the monument...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lincoln Bible, Abraham Lincoln, Congressional Committee
Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 1 year ago
Credibility Last fall, after the deal was announced, the State Department said that it had tried to dissuade Hunt Oil from signing the contract with Kurdish regional authorities but that the company had proceeded "regardless of our advice." Although Hunt Oil's chief...
Tags: Texas-Iraq, Iraqi Ministry of Oil, oil deals, Bush, U.S, exploring deals, central government, congressional committee, bush administration, sharing law
More Convicted Felons Enlisting in U.S. Military
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Under pressure to increase their numbers, the Army and Marine Corps have sharply raised the number of recruits with felony convictions. Data shows that the number of soldiers admitted to the Army with felony records jumped from 249 in 2006 to 511 in 2007.
Tags: Army, us army, marines corps, Marine Corps, felony convicts, convicts felons, committee shows, data released, congressional committee, soldiers admitted
TV ads oversell drugs, skimp on risks
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility In mid-January, Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck & Co., which jointly market the drug, pulled the ads portraying family members dressed like food items to show genetic causes and food sources of high cholesterol. The ads were yanked after members of
Tags: Schering-Plough Corp., Vytorin, congressional committee, Merck & Co.
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