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Securities:
The SEC
is pursuing civil charges against Bank of America for failing to
disclose to shareholders Merrill Lynch bonus payments (see
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-177.htm).
The SEC has approved measures to
strengthen
safeguards of investor funds controlled by investment advisers.
The SEC proposed rule amendments to facilitate
access to capital markets by larger companies (see
2009-273).
The SEC charged a U.S. subsidiary of
the world's largest inter-dealer broker for displaying fictitious
trades and misleading customers (see
2009-272).
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Business:
Forbes' comes out with its list of the World's Most Powerful People (see
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/11/worlds-most-powerful-leadership-power-09-people_land.html).
We all know about risks and rewards in business. But what is "reputation
risk" and how do you control it? (see Forbes
Chief Reputation Officer: Whose Job Is It, Anyway?).
The SEC has approved new rules to
improve
disclosure of information that public companies provide to investors
in proxy statements.
Small business confidence taking a beating (Reuters 12/09/09).
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