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Briefing Obama vs. Romney 101: 3 ways they differ on regulation
Wall Street is a big target – blamed for the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. Mitt Romney says efforts to rein in financiers via more regulation are an attack on “economic freedom.” President Obama says new regulations would make it “more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system.” Here are three specifics on which the two differ.
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Facebook IPO: Six key dates in its debacle
Facebook's first week as a publicly traded company will go down as a terribly botched corporate launch, perhaps one of the worst in recent history for such a highly visible entity. Eight days ago, it was the tech world's most highly anticipated initial public offering in eight years. Now, the social media company faces mounting legal woes and serves as an embarrassing example of how not to run an IPO. Despite rising insider pessimism about its growth prospects, Facebook kept boosting its asking price and the number of shares it would sell. The result: billions of dollars in losses; investigations by two congressional committees, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), an industry watchdog, and the state of Massachusetts; at least 13 class-action lawsuits; and thousands of resentful shareholders who days later still were unsure how many Facebook shares they had or at what price. Here are six key dates in Facebook's unfolding IPO disaster.
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What does the JOBS Act actually do? Six questions answered.
A bipartisan bill known as the JOBS Act, for 'Jumpstart Our Business Startups,' is among the GOP's priorities in Congress. It is targeted at small-business owners, but what would the bill actually do?
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Ford stock: CEO Mulally gets $56.5 million of it
Ford stock – nearly $57 worth' – has been awarded to its CEO. Is the Ford stock package too generous?
03/09/2011 02:49 pm -
Carl Icahn: market bear or savvy manager?
Carl Icahn says he's giving investors their money back in case the stock market implodes. But is Carl Icahn anxious about the stock market or just avoiding federal scrutiny?
03/09/2011 08:54 am -
Rajat Gupta leaves P&G board after charges
Rajat Gupta, charged with leaking inside information while on Goldman Sachs's board, resigns from Procter & Gamble's board.
03/02/2011 09:53 am -
Robert Reich Can Democrats step up and save the country?
Democrats have become irrelevant, and a government shutdown is looming.
03/02/2011 09:50 am -
Africa Monitor California leads US in taking a swing against Congo's conflict minerals
California is the first state to consider its own legislation to ease conflict minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo out of the supply chain for electronics.
03/01/2011 04:21 pm -
Insider trading: Ex-Goldman director is charged
Insider trading charge brought against Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs board member.
03/01/2011 03:56 pm -
Robert Reich 'Job-killing' rhetoric is a distraction
Talk in Washington of ending 'job-killing regulations' isn't helping the US create any more jobs.
02/10/2011 02:37 pm -
Africa Monitor Can 'naming and shaming' bring an end to Congo's conflict mineral mining?
Guest blogger Laura Seay expresses doubts about the potential for 'naming and shaming' to convince companies to eliminate Congo's conflict minerals from their supply chain.
01/19/2011 03:21 pm -
Economist Mom Why the debt ceiling isn't actually a ceiling on debt
Increasing the debt limit guarantees that the US will pay the debt it has – it doesn't stop the government from going deeper into debt. That requires unpopular policy changes.
01/17/2011 03:05 pm -
Stock market plunge sparks Bangladesh protests
Stock market closed after angry investors take to the streets.
01/10/2011 07:47 am -
Africa Monitor OPINION: Congo conflict minerals legislation needs to go further
The proposed legislation regulating US trade in Congo's conflict minerals lacks the specificity and oversight to fully tie the hands of US companies trading in conflict minerals.
01/04/2011 11:26 am -
The Reformed Broker When the Bond King hates bonds, it's time to invest in stocks
Bill Gross, the 'Bond King,' has just changed the rules so he can buy stocks for the largest mutual fund on earth.
12/21/2010 04:05 pm -
Global News Blog Nigeria charges Dick Cheney in bribery case
Nigeria handed down indictments today against former US Vice President Dick Cheney. The case alleges bribery related to a bid by a Halliburton subsidiary to build a plant in the Niger Delta.
12/07/2010 06:01 pm -
ThinkMarkets Exploding the bubble cycle
Market crashes spur a new round of frenzied securities regulation. Then the market recovers, regulators get lax, and the unscrupulous find a new loophole to exploit.
12/07/2010 03:11 pm -
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The New Economy Debit cards: Prepaid versions not a good deal
Debit cards with prepaid balances come with more fees than a free checking account and more limitations than a credit card.
11/23/2010 10:40 pm -
Hedge funds: Feds boost scrutiny
Hedge funds are at the center of a wide-ranging federal investigation, which included raids on three hedge funds Monday.
11/23/2010 04:13 pm -
Insider trading probe results in FBI raid of 3 hedge funds
Insider trading: The FBI said in a statement that it had executed search warrants in the three states "in an ongoing investigation." Agency spokesmen said they could not comment further because the court documents are under seal.
11/23/2010 10:36 am -
Africa Monitor US legislation on Congo's 'conflict minerals,' explained
A congressional staffer explains recently passed legislation that aims to reduce Congo's "conflict minerals" industry by making it easier for activists to target US companies who import minerals from the Congo.
11/15/2010 03:59 pm -
Bankruptcy pushes MGM toward Spyglass deal
Bankruptcy: MGM favors a plan calling for Spyglass Entertainment chiefs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum to take over a significantly slimmed down MGM following a prepackaged bankruptcy.
10/26/2010 10:59 am -
Countrywide CEO Mozilo settles with SEC for $67.5M
Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo has agreed to a $67.5 million settlement to avoid trial on fraud and insider trading charges that alleged he profited from risky mortgages he signed off on before the collapse of the housing market.
10/15/2010 11:38 pm -
Robert Reich How long will Wall Street stay in America?
Bankers warn lawmakers that regulation will drive them overseas — and then warn overseas regulators that too much oversight will drive them to America. They're playing everyone against each other in a global race to the bottom.
10/06/2010 01:35 pm -
ThinkMarkets Can we reinvent the banking industry?
That's the question raised by Laurence Kotlikoff's book, Jimmy Stewart is Dead, which takes readers from a clear-eyed examination of the current financial crisis to radical proposals for banking and financial regulation.
10/06/2010 11:35 am -
'Flash crash' report: A tale of how not to make a big trade
The May 6 'flash crash' of the stock market was set off by a single $4.1 billion 'sell' order, the SEC reported Friday.
10/01/2010 07:46 pm -
The Daily Reckoning Recession officially over: Somebody tell the unemployed.
Unemployment lasts longer than ever before, home values keep declining, foreclosures abound and people are growing poorer. This is the rebound?
09/28/2010 05:48 pm
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