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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Corporate Governance</title>
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		<title>CF Industries says RiskMetrics proxy adviser tells Terra shareholders to elect CF&#8217;s nominees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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RiskMetrics backs CF nominees to Terra board

DEERFIELD, Ill. — CF Industries Holdings Inc. said Friday that the RiskMetrics proxy advisory firm supports its nominees for the board of Terra Industries, which is fighting a CF takeover attempt.
Terra&#8217;s stock jumped.
A day earlier, fertilizer maker Terra said two independent proxy companies — Proxy Governance Inc. and Egan-Jones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. AG Coakley, would-be senator, shows no asset besides home in financial disclosure forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. Sen. candidate Coakley shows no large assets
BOSTON — Financial disclosure forms filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in her bid for the U.S. Senate offer an unusual revelation: Despite a six-figure salary, she has no reportable assets worth more than $1,000.
Primary residences are excluded from the form, and Coakley owns a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former hedge fund manager faces federal securities fraud charges in $7 million stock scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-hedge fund boss charged in stock scam
NEW YORK — A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam.

The indictment against 45-year-old Joseph Contorinis of New York City was announced by federal prosecutors on Friday.
The indictment charges him with conspiracy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds: 14 charged in widening $25M Wall Street insider trading case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Feds: 14 charged in insider trading case
NEW YORK — Two attorneys and Wall Street professionals were among 14 people charged Thursday in a widening $53 million insider trading case that has snared one of America&#8217;s richest men and shown white collar suspects to be using the cover-up tactics of drug dealers.

The actions raise to 20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Names of dozens of lawmakers under ethics scrutiny go public when confidential report leaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the Ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private memo from congressional ethics probe leaks, naming dozens of lawmakers under scrutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaked, reveals names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Calif. lawmakers, has to explain when private memo gets online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics report leaked, discloses internal probes

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge in Seattle lets multibillion dollar Washington Mutual securities lawsuit proceed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Klass</dc:creator>
		
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Judge lets huge WaMu securities lawsuit advance

SEATTLE — A judge has refused to dismiss a multibillion dollar securities fraud case against former officers, directors, accountants and underwriters of Washington Mutual Bank, which collapsed last year in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.
A few accusations and a $400 million securities issue were dropped from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin financial disclosure says she has received at least $1.25M in book deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Palin makes at least $1.25 million in book deal

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming book &#8220;Going Rogue.&#8221;
A disclosure statement released Tuesday discusses Palin&#8217;s finances from Jan. 1 to July 27, when she resigned as Alaska governor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin financial disclosure says former governor received $1.25M from HarperCollins for book</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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Palin receives $1.25M for book retainer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin reports she received $1.25 million as a retainer for her upcoming book &#8220;Going Rogue.&#8221;

The former Alaska governor says in her financial disclosure statement released Tuesday that she received the money from publisher HarperCollins.
Palin, the former GOP vice presidential candidate, resigned in July. She kept a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC accuses promoter, ex-brokerage exec of bilking seniors with &#8216;free lunch&#8217; seminars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday accused a real estate funds promoter and former brokerage executive with bilking mostly elderly investors of about $12 million by using &#8220;free lunch&#8221; seminars to lure them to invest.

The Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s allegations, brought in a civil lawsuit filed in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y., were announced as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart device maker AGA set to go public, but with key products years away, investors are wary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marley Seaman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors appear cautious ahead of AGA Medical Holdings Inc.&#8217;s initial public offering scheduled for Wednesday, as the potential blockbuster heart devices the company is developing are several years from reaching the market.

An SEC filing from Oct. 13 showed the company priced its stock at $19 to $21 per share, but on Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 South Fla. men accused of running Ponzi scheme that bilked $14M from Haitians in Fla., NJ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Kay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South Florida and New Jersey.

In a complaint filed Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Ronnie Eugene Bass Jr., Abner Alabre and Brian Taglieri promised to double their clients&#8217; money every 90 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of actions by the Supreme Court on Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Tuesday:

— Agreed to hear an appeal from former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling for his role in the collapse of the one-time energy giant. Lower courts have upheld 19 of his 2006 convictions of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors involving the 2001 collapse of Enron.
— Agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court will hear former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling appeal of criminal convictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling&#8217;s appeal of his convictions for his role in the collapse of the energy giant, accepting another high-profile challenge to a favorite tool of prosecutors in white-collar and public corruption cases.

Skilling&#8217;s appeal stems from his convictions in 2006 on 19 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans Ostrom and Williamson win Nobel economics prize, Ostrom 1st female winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, honored along with fellow American Oliver Williamson on Monday for analyzing economic governance — the rules by which people exercise authority in companies and economic systems.

Ostrom was also the fifth woman to win a Nobel award this year — a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sysco CEO DeLaney earns $3.2 million during fiscal 2009, down from previous year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley M. Heher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — CEO William J. DeLaney at food distributor Sysco Corp. saw his total compensation dip 4 percent during the most recent fiscal year, even as he was promoted to the company&#8217;s top post this spring, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.

The 53-year-old, who succeeded Richard J. Schnieders in April, received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALL BUSINESS: Corporate boards still fail at leadership development and executive pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Corporate directors don&#8217;t like it when shareholders accuse them of being management cronies, but how else can they be seen when they drop the ball on basic responsibilities like leadership development and executive pay?

Too many boards are being reactive when it comes to important matters of corporate governance. Just consider what happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House ethics committee expands investigation of House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee on Thursday expanded its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel to include his belated financial disclosure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported assets and income.

The expansion only increases the political burden that the Ways and Means Committee chairman from Harlem places on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers AIG, Hartford, Travelers look to cash in as Verisk Analytics IPO expected Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ieva M. Augstums</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Insurance data specialist Verisk Analytics Inc. shares are set to debut Wednesday, and a handful of insurance giants, including government-supported American International Group Inc., are looking to cash in their shares.

In an initial public offering, the Jersey City, N.J., company plans to raise as much as $1.79 billion as it offers 85,250,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symetra Financial files registration statement with SEC for proposed initial public offering</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BELLEVUE, Wash. — Symetra Financial Corp. on Monday said it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of common stock.

Symetra, which sells life and health insurance, and retirement and employee benefits products, has not yet named the price it expects for its shares or how much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALL BUSINESS: Pay package for new Freddie Mac CFO is sending a disturbing message</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The pay package given to Freddie Mac&#8217;s new chief financial officer should have sent a message from Washington to corporate America about how executive compensation standards must change. Instead, it did just the opposite.

The government-controlled mortgage finance company is giving CFO Ross Kari compensation worth as much as $5.5 million. That includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio AG takes lead role in securities lawsuit alleging concealment by Bank of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has taken the lead role in an aggressive securities lawsuit alleging that Bank of America Corp. concealed billions of dollars in losses and bonuses paid during the bank&#8217;s merger with Merrill Lynch.

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray is the top lawyer representing the state&#8217;s two largest public pension systems and other investor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talecris Biotherapeutics to raise about $515M in week&#8217;s largest IPO, proceeds to pay debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc. is expected to go public this week after a two-year pause, potentially giving the two private equity firms behind the biotechnology company a payday while allowing Talecris to pay debt.

The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based maker of protein therapies is offering 28.9 million shares for $18 to $20 apiece, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers received $14.2M in 2009 compensation, up 16 pct from year ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The chief executive of Cisco Systems Inc., John Chambers, received $14.2 million in compensation for the latest fiscal year, up 16 percent from a year earlier due to more generous allotments of stocks and options, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures disclosed in a regulatory filing.

As Cisco&#8217;s sales and revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallen money-market fund makes $1 billion distribution, with $3.5B remaining amid litigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Jewell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A money-market mutual fund that held more than $60 billion before it notoriously &#8220;broke the buck&#8221; a year ago said Wednesday it will hand out $1 billion in a fifth distribution to investors from the fund&#8217;s remaining assets.

The $1 billion distribution, the smallest of five partial payouts since the Reserve Primary Fund&#8217;s collapse, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACORN names former Mass AG Harshbarger to investigate housing program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.

Democrat Scott Harshbarger, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel: a man with many friends and many ethics issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rep. Charlie Rangel, the latest congressional titan with ethics problems, is described by a longtime House colleague as the guy who would make sure everyone put on oxygen masks during a flight emergency, but would have to be told to put on his own.

If Rep. Gary Ackerman&#8217;s characterization fits the chairman of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former executive at Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s Gen Re sentenced to probation in AIG fraud case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Haigh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. — A former executive of Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s General Re was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation for his role in a financial scandal that cost shareholders of insurer American International Group Inc. more than $500 million.

Richard Napier was also fined $10,000 by a federal judge Tuesday in Hartford and ordered to perform 400 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey&#8217; to be marquee ride at Universal Orlando park in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Reed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — It sounds like a new book in the Harry Potter series, but &#8220;Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey&#8221; will be a high-tech ride and the marquee attraction at the &#8220;Wizarding World of Harry Potter,&#8221; a new theme park area opening in spring 2010 at Universal Orlando Resort.

The &#8220;Forbidden Journey&#8221; ride was named by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge throws out $33M SEC-BofA settlement, orders trial; Cuomo preparing to file charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday rejected a $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp., saying the SEC&#8217;s accusations of inadequate disclosure by the bank over bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch must now go to trial.

Separately, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s office is preparing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge throws out $33M settlement with Bank of America, SEC over Merrill Lynch bonuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday rejected a $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp., saying the SEC&#8217;s accusations of inadequate disclosure by the bank over bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch must now go to trial.

Separately, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s office is preparing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC defends deal with Bank of America over Merrill bonuses; banks says no individual at fault</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Wednesday defended their proposed $33 million settlement with Bank of America over bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch. But the Securities and Exchange Commission said the bank didn&#8217;t waive attorney-client privilege, making it impossible to establish if its executives knowingly breached securities laws.

Bank of America Corp., in its own legal filing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Former CEO of Countrywide Financial cites inaccuracies in SEC suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp. is asking for the dismissal of the federal government&#8217;s civil-fraud case against him, citing distorted evidence and the omission of company disclosures, according to a published report.

The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that attorneys for Angelo Mozilo filed the motion to dismiss the Securities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP leader asks Rangel to step aside as Ways and Means chairman during ethics inquiry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel&#8217;s disclosure of previously unreported assets sparked a new Republican demand Friday for the House Ways and Means chairman to relinquish his post while his conduct is investigated.

&#8220;Set aside your gavel while the Ethics Committee works to resolve the questions that have been raised,&#8221; House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial disclosure forms show Sen. Kennedy had personal wealth in tens of millions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual federal financial disclosure forms give a glimpse into Sen. Edward Kennedy&#8217;s wealth at the time of his death. Kennedy, like other members of Congress, was required to report assets held by himself, his wife and any dependents.

2008 report:
—Publicly traded assets included two trusts valued between $5-$25 million and four valued between $1-$5 million; one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial reports: Kennedy wealth in tens of millions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual federal financial disclosure forms give a glimpse into Sen. Edward Kennedy&#8217;s wealth at the time of his death. Kennedy, like other members of Congress, was required to report assets held by himself, his wife and any dependents.

2008 report:
—Publicly traded assets included two trusts valued between $5-$25 million and four valued between $1-$5 million; one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders SEC to explain why didn&#8217;t investigate Bank of America execs in Merrill bonus case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A judge on Tuesday ordered federal regulators to explain why they didn&#8217;t investigate whether executives at Bank of America Corp. misled shareholders about bonuses paid by Merrill Lynch.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan has delayed approving the bank&#8217;s proposed $33 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the bonus affair, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former colleague who got loan from NJ gov candidate Christie resigns from US Attorney&#8217;s office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Delli Santi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RINGWOOD, N.J. — A federal prosecutor who received a $46,000 loan from her boss — now the Republican candidate for New Jersey governor — has resigned.

In her resignation letter submitted Tuesday, Michele Brown said she did not want to be a distraction for the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office. GOP candidate Chris Christie was U.S. attorney for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ gov candidate Christie won&#8217;t end loan to ex-colleague in US Attorney&#8217;s office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Delli Santi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RINGWOOD, N.J. — The Republican challenger in the New Jersey governor&#8217;s race said Tuesday he won&#8217;t ask a federal prosecutor to end the 10-year mortgage loan he took out for her even if he is elected governor.

Chris Christie said Michele Brown would have to decide whether to repay the $46,000 loan early.
Christie said he and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC, BofA defend $33M Merrill Lynch bonus settlement; bank says it didn&#8217;t mislead investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. on Monday defended the fairness of their proposed $33 million settlement over executive bonuses paid out by Merrill Lynch, and the bank maintained it didn&#8217;t mislead investors in the affair.

In a court filing, Bank of America suggested that shareholders should have already known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News CEO Murdoch compensation falls 40 percent to $18 million as incentive pay slashed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Nakashima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive and controlling shareholder of News Corp., saw his compensation drop 40 percent in fiscal 2009 as weak earnings reduced his incentive pay, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory filings.

Murdoch, 78, was awarded a compensation package valued at $18 million, down from $30 million a year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss bank UBS to divulge more than 4,000 account names as IRS agreement pierces famed secrecy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. pulled back the veil on Switzerland&#8217;s famed tradition of banking secrecy Wednesday, winning an agreement for banking giant UBS AG to disclose the names of 4,450 American clients suspected of hiding assets in Swiss accounts.

The news is expected to prod thousands more UBS clients in America to voluntarily disclose their financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nielsen, Time Warner sign 7-year contract; financial details not disclosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Nielsen Company said Wednesday it signed a new 7-year deal that will wrap all of its ratings services for Time Warner Inc. together in one contract.

The companies said that the deal is the first of its kind and includes national and local TV ratings as well as online and mobile audience measurements. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FedEx CEO&#8217;s compensation package fell 26 pct to $7.7M in fiscal 2009 amid layoffs, pay cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The top executive at FedEx Corp. saw his total compensation package drop by about 26 percent to $7.7 million in fiscal 2009 — a year in which thousands of employees were laid off and others took pay cuts, an Associated Press analysis shows.

According to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Capital One Financial Corp. said Monday that defaults on its U.S. credit cards rose in July.

The McLean, Va., company in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said its annual net charge-off rate, or the percentage of loans the company believes won&#8217;t be repaid to total managed loans, rose to [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Capital One Financial Corp. said Monday that defaults on its U.S. credit cards rose in July.

The McLean, Va., company in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said its annual net charge-off rate, or the percentage of loans the company believes won&#8217;t be repaid to total managed loans, rose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALL BUSINESS: Next stage in debate over executive pay focuses on what&#8217;s fair compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The scrutiny of executive pay in Washington isn&#8217;t knocking down the compensation of banks&#8217; head honchos. It&#8217;s just changing what form the money comes in.

Just look at Wells Fargo &#038; Co.&#8217;s recently altered pay plan. Earlier this month, the San Francisco bank raised CEO John Stumpf&#8217;s salary to $5.6 million, through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffett&#8217;s Berkshire adds to J&amp;J holding, buys stake in Becton Dickinson, cuts several holdings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Funk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett&#8217;s company revealed Friday that it had bought a new stake in medical supply company Becton, Dickinson &#038; Co. and boosted its holdings in Johnson &#038; Johnson during the second quarter.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. disclosed those investments and several other changes to its roughly $49 billion U.S. stock portfolio in documents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConAgra CEO got nearly 27 percent boost in fiscal 2008 compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fredrix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE — The chief executive of ConAgra Foods Inc. received a nearly 27 percent boost in compensation in 2009 in a package worth $10.1 million, according to an Associated Press calculation of figures filed with regulators. Most of it came in stock options and restricted stock that haven&#8217;t vested.

The increase for CEO Gary Rodkin came [...]]]></description>
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