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Facing Subpoenas, SAC Capital Ends Full Cooperation
Steve Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund tells investors its cooperation with the government's insider trading probe "is no longer unconditional" -
Economy
Have Credit Unions Become Stealth Banks?
Once mom and pop operations, some have billions in assets -
Regulation
Anthony Chiasson Learns That $68 Million Gets You 6 1/2 Years
The co-founder of the hedge fund Level Global Investors goes to prison for insider trading -
Policy
Ten Facts About Janet Yellen, the Woman Who Could Run the Fed
The 66-year-old economist, dovish on monetary policy, is considered the most likely candidate to succeed Bernanke as Fed chief next year -
Commodities
Charlie Rose Talks to CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission member discusses the Twitter crash, high-frequency traders, and a way to boost funding for the regulator -
Regulation
Ditch Basel Bank Rules, Just Raise Capital, Vitter Says
To bypass weak Basel rules, senators Sherrod Brown and David Vitter say big banks need much more capital to reduce the risks they pose -
Hedge Funds
The SEC Settles Anew With a Hedge Fund
The $21.5 million insider trading settlement between Level Global Investors and the Securities and Exchange Commission must be approved by a judge -
Regulation
The GOP's New Tactic Against the CFPB
To weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, House Republicans want to prevent the agency's director from testifying -
Courts
S&P's Outrageous, Clever Fraud Defense
Citing precedents, S&P says its promotional claims about credit ratings amount to "classic puffery" and cannot sustain a federal lawsuit -
Regulation
Meet ISDAfix, the Libor Scandal's Sequel
Regulators investigate rate rigging in an obscure benchmark for interest rate swaps -
Europe
Nomura's Alleged Crime Could Help Monte Dei Paschi
Nomura's alleged connivance in covering Monte dei Paschi's losses could cost the Japanese investment bank $2.4 billion -
Courts
Judge Approves SAC Capital's Big Settlement, With a Condition
A federal judge signs off on the $602 million deal between SAC and regulators, but conditions it on the outcome of a separate case -
Financing
Crowdfunding's on Hold. So Is Crowdfunding Fraud
Predictions about a robust new source of capital for entrepreneurs and a flood of fraudsters preying on gullible investors haven't materialized -
Hedge Funds
Judge Dismisses One Lawsuit Against Hedge Fund Founder John Paulson
The founder of Paulson & Co. won a round in court on Friday, when a judge threw out a class action suit against his firm -
Europe
After Cyprus, the EU's Attention Turns to Tiny Luxembourg
With small countries with big banking sectors suddenly appearing problematic to the European Union, bank assets are nearly 23 times Luxembourg's gross national product
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2012 campaign
The Brutal Arithmetic of the Budget Deficit
Closing the budget gap will be more painful than anyone in Washington admits -
Courts
Miami Heist: The Brink's Money Plane Job's Messy Aftermath
Stealing $7.4 million is the easy part. Keeping it is harder -
Economy
Rethinking Robert Rubin
As Treasury Secretary, Rubin oversaw the last great roaring economy—and set the table for its demise. At Citigroup, he was paid $126 million—and the firm almost perished. The tale of a wise man, and a phantom -
Legislation
Big Banks: Now Even Too Bigger to Fail
Fed officials openly worry about the perils of another collapse -
2012 campaign
Alabama's Immigration Law Could Cost Billions Annually
Since a harsh immigration law took effect in September, thousands of immigrants have fled, triggering a potential economic decline that could erase at least 70,000 jobs -
Regulation
Who's Afraid of the NRA?
A new debate about the political potency of the gun lobby -
Taxes
The Tax Preparers Who Love Obamacare
H&R Block eyes profits in helping customers navigate the law -
Legislation
Dodd-Frank: The 848-Page Financial Firewall
The financial reform law took effect in 2010; whether it has been a success is a complicated question -
Legislation
Lobbying to Become Lobbyists for Crowdfunding
New "trade associations" pop up to represent crowdfunding sites -
Legislation
Who's Afraid of Dodd-Frank? Not Wall Street
A study finds fund managers don't think it's that big a burden -
Regulation
The Questionable Economics of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Supporters of the Keystone pipeline claim it will create thousands of jobs and reduce the price of gas. That may be wishful thinking -
Food
When Cupcakes Are the Enemy of Schoolkids
In the name of nutrition, schools take aim at bake sales -
2012 campaign
Why Romney Won't Kill Dodd-Frank
Wall Street detests a lot of what's in it—but likes the cover it provides -
Policy
The Alleged Housing Scam That's Targeting Vets and Seniors
The consumer protection bureau says lenders are using misleading ads to win customers among veterans and senior citizens -
Wall Street
Scott Brown, Wall Street's Hope to Stop Elizabeth Warren
Why the Massachusetts Republican senator's reelection is the great cause of bankers, hedge fund managers, and private equity executives
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Economy
Rethinking Robert Rubin
As Treasury Secretary, Rubin oversaw the last great roaring economy—and set the table for its demise. At Citigroup, he was paid $126 million—and the firm almost perished. The tale of a wise man, and a phantom -
Legislation
Lobbying to Become Lobbyists for Crowdfunding
New "trade associations" pop up to represent crowdfunding sites
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