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NEWS BROKER DEALERS JUL 26, 2007
Panel: Firm was 'cozy' place for fraud

FSC Securities of Atlanta was taken to task in a recent NASD arbitration panel decision.

RETIREMENT TAX JUL 26, 2007
Edwards would hike capital gains tax

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards wants to raise the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JUL 25, 2007
Bear B-D takes on sales execs

Bear Stearns Broker-Dealer Services has expanded its sales and account officer teams with four new hires.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 25, 2007
National Insurance Act repitched

The first bipartisan House version of the National Insurance Act of 2007 was reintroduced today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
Hedge fund manager pleads guilty

Former hedge fund trader Mark Lenowitz pleaded guilty to profiting from inside tips allegedly leaked by a former UBS executive.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
Hunter faces heat from Amaranth mess

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed civil charges against Amaranth Advisors LLC and its ex-head energy trader Brian Hunter.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 25, 2007
SAC considers stake sale

The $14 billion hedge fund manager run by billionaire Steven Cohen is considering selling up to 20% of itself in a private offering.

NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 24, 2007
Morgan unit last in customer satisfaction

Morgan Stanley’s retail brokerage unit ranked dead last in customer satisfaction for the second year in a row, according to a survey.

RETIREMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 24, 2007
Insurer settles bid-rigging case for $115M

The Hartford said it has reached a $115 million settlement with three states to resolve a bid rigging and market timing case.

NEWS WIREHOUSES JUL 24, 2007
Panel awards Ex-Merrill employee $1.6M

An NASD arbitration panel ordered Merrill Lynch to pay a former employee $1.6 million after he was fired because of his ethnicity.