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SEC Fraud Case Against Goldman Sach’s ‘Abacus’ Trader Goes to Trial
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission heads to trial Monday against a former Goldman Sachs bond trader in a case it says highlights what went wrong on Wall Street in the financial crisis. Jury ...
Former AIG Chief Greenberg Sues Spitzer For Defamation
Former American International Group Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg sued Eliot Spitzer on Friday, alleging the former New York governor defamed him in several statements to the press, ...
U.S. Energy Sector At Risk From Climate Change: DOE Report
Rising temperatures and sea levels will profoundly impact the U.S. energy sector in coming years, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a report released on Thursday that outlined the need to ...
U.S., China Agree to Restart Investment Treaty Talks
The United States and China agreed on Thursday to restart stalled negotiations on an investment treaty, with Beijing dropping previous efforts to protect certain sectors of its economy from the ...
Senate Told Fed Is Confined to Bank-Based Approach for Insurers
The Federal Reserve is working to modify a bank-based capital model to cover insurance companies as much as they can under Dodd-Frank Act restraints, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo told lawmakers at a ...
Senate Bill Would Again Separate Banking from Insurance, Other Financial Services
A small bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would break up Wall Street's megabanks by separating traditional banking activity from riskier financial services. ...
Insurers Serving Fresh Supply of Political Risk Coverage for Uncertain World
Tourism, manufacturing and resources companies surveying an unpredictable world are increasingly having to consider insurance against political risks, and the insurance industry is gearing up to ...
Dodd-Frank Rules Should Be Mostly Complete By End of 2013, Say Regulators
Dodd-Frank Act measures designed to prevent a repeat of the global credit crisis will be largely complete by the end of this year, financial regulators plan to tell lawmakers at a hearing today on ...