Year: 2008

As the House of Representatives passed the market crisis bill on Friday, the Commission filed what may be the first of a series of actions arising out of its sub-prime mortgage investigations. At the same time, a jury in Northern …

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This week the market crisis continued. The Senate passed legislation to try and cure the crisis. The SEC called for additional regulatory authority and extended its emergency orders regarding short selling. Yet, the Commission’s inspector general issued a report which …

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