AP - A judge on Monday used unusually harsh language to strike down a $285 million settlement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission over toxic mortgage securities, saying he couldn't tell whether the deal was fair and criticizing regulators for shielding the public from details of the firm's wrongdoing.
November 28th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, us | Comments Off
AP - Italy's borrowing rates skyrocketed during bond auctions Friday, temporarily battering stock markets in Europe as the continent's escalating debt crisis laid siege to the eurozone's third-largest economy.
November 25th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, us | Comments Off
Reuters - A top Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer is leaving the world of civil enforcement to lead the criminal division of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, according to an email reviewed by Reuters.
November 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Market News, us | Comments Off
AP - Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, the New York Stock Exchange and the subways to raise their voices against what they say is corporate excess.
November 18th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, us | Comments Off
AP - Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they aren't ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police. More than 200 people were arrested, most of them in New York.
November 17th, 2011 | Posted in Market News, us | Comments Off