Reuters - U.S. securities regulators will question the top U.S. audit watchdog about his budget and policy priorities on Wednesday, in a rare public meeting designed to shed more transparency on the agency that has tightened the screws on the auditing profession over the past year.
January 10th, 2012 | Posted in Market News, topstories | Comments Off
Reuters - For tycoon Cheng Yu-Tung, 86, listing his jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook, the world's largest, on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange paves the way for his younger generation to strengthen its position in China's glittering market.
December 15th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, topstories | Comments Off
Reuters - A senator is calling on federal securities regulators to take legal action against a brokerage industry-backed fund for failing to cover claims for the victims of Allen Stanford's alleged Ponzi scheme.
December 6th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, topstories | Comments Off
Reuters - New York police prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street on Thursday, arresting at least 177 people in repeated clashes with an Occupy Wall Street rally that grew to several thousand strong.
November 17th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, topstories | Comments Off
The Christian Science Monitor - It's hard to figure how the Occupy Wall Street protesters, who vow to shut down the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning, will manage to achieve their aim, given the high-stakes game of cat and mouse that activists and city officials have been playing since a second clearing of the Zuccotti Park protest encampment on Tuesday.
November 17th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, topstories | Comments Off