... Moore Capital Management and has written widely about risk management , will be a senior policy adviser to Henry Hu, director of the SEC 's Division of Risk , Strategy and Financial Innovation. The SEC also hired Adam Glass , the founder of...

In this article: Securities and Exchange Commission, Moore Capital Management, Derivative, Risk management, Structured finance, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

...a right to expect, we have sufficient, stable long-term funding," Schapiro said. The SEC collects fees from the thousands of companies it regulates. Its budget, which is much smaller than the fees it collects, is determined annually by...

In this article: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Harvard University

The deal was first announced in November 2008 and approved by Centennial stockholders in February. In an October 22 letter to the FCC , AT&T said it will continue Centennial's roaming agreements for two years and maintain a CDMA network...

In this article: AT&T Inc, FCC, Verizon Wireless, Alltel, U.S. Justice Department, Puerto Rico, Carlos Slim, America Movil, Centennial Communications Corp, and Verizon Communications Inc

...for makers of polyvinyl chloride , commonly known as the plastic PVC , under a settlement with environmental groups announced Thursday. EPA has agreed to set emission standards by July 29, 2011, for PVC manufacturers as part of a settlement...

In this article: Polyvinyl chloride, EPA, Louisiana, Plaintiff, Chlorine, Pollution, and Environmental Protection Agency

...as financial institutions struggle to climb out of a deep credit crisis and recession. That has forced the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC ) to sift through its financial toolkit. "We're looking at all options to maximize the value of...

In this article: FDIC, RTC, U.S., Balance sheet, Resolution Trust Corporation, and Recession

* SEC lacks public consensus on move to IFRS accounting * Regulators still promise clarity on proposed roadmap By Emily Chasan U.S. securities regulators are reviewing a proposed roadmap to move U.S. companies to international...

In this article: SEC, United States, and Europe

By Tom Hals The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp asked a court for control over $3.7 billion claimed by both bankrupt holding company Washington Mutual Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co <JPM.N>, according to court documents. The government...

In this article: FDIC, Jpmorgan, Washington Mutual Inc, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Bankruptcy, Delaware, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

Lithuania 's parliament voted on Thursday to investigate allegations that the Baltic state hosted a secret CIA prison for al Qaeda suspects. U.S. broadcaster ABC news reported in August that Lithuania was the third European country after...

In this article: Central Intelligence Agency, Lithuania, Allegation, Dalia Grybauskaite, Al Qaeda, Algirdas Brazauskas, Valdas Adamkus, and Vilnius airport

... Washington by asking for extradition. The U.S. State Department expressed disappointment over the ruling. The CIA had no reaction. " The CIA has not commented on any of the allegations surrounding Abu Omar ," said George Little , a CIA...

In this article: CIA, Defendant, Milan, Rome, Joseph L. Romano, Washington, and U.S. State Department

... Christopher Dodd has begun drafting a bill that would differ from the Obama administration 's proposal by limiting the power of the Federal Reserve and consolidating banking supervision into a single regulator. Dodd , who met Wednesday with...

In this article: SEC, Barney Frank, Bernard Madoff, House Financial Services Committee, Christopher Dodd, Derivative, Paul Kanjorski, and Federal Reserve

Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. FDA aims to fight avoidable harm from medicines Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:36pm EST SILVER SPRING , Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled plans to fight avoidable...

In this article: Food and Drug Administration, Thomson Reuters, Maryland, Small business, Tylenol, Opioid, and NYSE

...Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric in 2003, in a landmark ruling against the CIA "rendition" flights used by the previous U.S. government. WHO WERE THE DEFENDANTS? Twenty-six...

In this article: CIA, Italy, Joseph Romano, United States, Milan, and Rome

* SEC to seek public comment on proxy voting mechanics * SEC expected to consider 'proxy access' rules early 2010 * SEC looks at role of proxy advisory firms (Adds comments on proxy mechanics, broker-dealer voting) By Rachelle...

In this article: SEC, Corporate governance, Bank of America, AIG, and New York

...DEA agent Richard Horn , who says his home in Rangoon , Burma , was illegally wiretapped by the CIA in 1993. He says Arthur Brown , the former CIA station chief in Burma , and Franklin Huddle Jr., the chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in...

In this article: CIA, Royce Lamberth, Allegation, Burma, Defendant, and God

...Authority for spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into the San Francisco Bay. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal judge to order the local agency to pay a $250,000 fine for violating the Clean Water Act.

In this article: EPA, San Francisco Bay, and Clean Water Act

... CIA site "the detainees were manacled to the ceiling and subjected to blaring music around the clock." The FBI agents worked with the CIA in developing questions, but were denied direct access to Binalshibh for four or five days, according to...

In this article: CIA, FBI, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama, United States, Dog, Eric Holder, and Freedom of Information Act

..."Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying to investigators and obstructing the leak probe. Cheney told the FBI he believed it was "amateur hour" at the CIA after reading an article by Wilson stating he had been sent to Africa by the CIA.

In this article: CIA, Valerie Plame, FBI, Joe Wilson, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Thomson Reuters, Iraq, and George W. Bush

* Co. promoted products in way not approved by FDA : DOJ * Products used for spinal, long bone surgeries * Potential material impact on unit's business-Stryker (Adds analyst comment, paragraphs 8-10, byline) By Ros Krasny Medical...

In this article: Justice Department, Stryker Corp, FDA, Surgery, Morgan Stanley, and New York Stock Exchange