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Bank of America Liable for Countrywide Mortgage Fraud
Bank of America Corp. was found liable for fraud on Wednesday over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit, a major win for the U.S. government in one of the few trials stemming from the ...
P/C Insurance CFOs Cite Interest Rates As Top Concern
Chief financial officers with leading North American property/casualty insurers rank interest rates as their top concern, above catastrophes and pricing. Eighty-one percent list interest rates as ...
ACE’s Greenberg Says Accounting Change Serves Bunch of Academics
ACE Limited Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said the push for new U.S. accounting standards may distract investors from the most useful metrics in gauging insurers' financial status. "I don't ...
SEC Relying on Firms Strengthening Internal Compliance Programs
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is calling on corporate executives and boards to strengthen internal compliance programs as funding constraints limit the agency's reach, SEC Chairman Mary ...
Court: Goldman Must Pay Legal Costs for Programmer ‘Officer’ with VP Title
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. must pay some legal fees incurred by a former computer programmer accused of stealing code from the bank because his title of vice president made him a bank officer at the ...
Blackstone, GIC Buy Stake in Goldman’s European Insurer
Blackstone Group LP and GIC Pte, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, agreed to buy a majority stake in Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s European insurance business. Blackstone, the world's biggest ...