Scott Eyre, a left-handed relief pitcher with the reigning World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, has joined the roster of major-league players ensnared by the Stanford Financial scandal.
In the first watchdog criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the financial bailout, the head of a congressional oversight panel said the new Treasury Department plan “lacks crucial details,” especially about how it will treat toxic securities held by banks.
With many major companies trading in penny-stock territory, the New York Stock Exchange is considering relaxing a rule that requires shares to trade above a dollar.
A former Secret Service agent is expected to be named chairman of the organization overseeing the federal-economic-stimulus-plan spending.
Trustees handling Bernard L. Madoff Securities is in the process of selling the market making operation connected with the firm, trustee Irving Picard said today .
A trustee of a charitable foundation that helps poor people in Central America and Mexico has filed a civil case against Texas billionaire financier R. Allen Stanford.
Commentators in Switzerland voiced their anger at the bank's business practices and what they saw as heavy-handed treatment by U.S. authorities.
Broker-dealers and registered representatives are being hit by the legal fallout of the historic market collapse.
While R. Allen Stanford's investors were swallowing claims of vast returns on safe investments, some of his employees weren't so sure.
NYSE regulatory chief Richard Ketchum will be named the new chief executive of Finra, the Wall Street Journal reported today.
UBS AG will pay $780 million in fines, interest and restitution to avoid U.S. prosecution on charges that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes.
Insurers doing business in N.Y. that receive breaks on accounting rules in their home states must adhere to N.Y.'s accounting rules when filing annual statements.
Former Deutsche Bank general counsel and federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami today was named director of enforcement at the SEC.
The U.S. sued UBS AG today in an effort to get the Swiss bank to turn over the names of as many as 52,000 wealthy Americans who allegedly tried to evade taxes.
Clients of the troubled Stanford companies who clear through Pershing LLC will be able to liquidate their accounts if approved by the court-appointed receiver, Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey.
John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.
A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.
President Obama’s mortgage plan aims to keep up to 9 million families from losing their homes to foreclosure.
The SEC today charged that Allen Stanford and his financial companies also falsely promoted the Stanford Allocation Strategy fund mutual fund wrap program.
