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US Industry Opposed to Increasing Textile Imports The US textile industry is urging the Brush administration to reject developing countries' demands to increase textile imports into the country as it [...]

Reacting to one billion-dollar accounting scandal after another, a devastating loss in pension assets, and near panic in the markets, the federal government this summer proffered what looked like a [...]

The funding patterns of the US Securities and Exchange Commission are examined using an institutional perspective and statistical methods. The study seeks to test the hypothesis that the institutional perspective can provide insights that will lead to a better understanding of the complex phenomenon of SEC funding. Findings indicate that the agency's funding process is affected by institutional aspects of economic and political considerations, and specifically by enforcement actions. The results also suggest that the amount of resources allotted to the SEC is found between the predisposition to allocate funds to the regulatory agency and political party affiliation.

Nearly, half a billion dollars. That's how much the Philadelphia area's 25 largest publicly traded companies expect to spend making sure their computer systems and other equipment are ready for [...]

Fund firms may have to contend with two separate audits of client assets under the Securities and Exchange Commission's new custody rule and the Dodd-Frank Act, delegates at the North [...]

Many state regulators preparing to supervise thousands of extra investment advisers face an uphill struggle with local legislatures to secure the funds they need to beef up their examination teams [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has revoked the registration of Overland Park, Kan.-based investment adviser Sierra Financial Advisors (SFA) and barred its two owners. The SEC alleged that, from 2004 [...]

Byline: Kate Davidson Northfield BancorpInc. in Avenel, N.J., plans to raise up to $463 million of capital by converting from a mutual holding company to a stock company. The $2.1 [...]

Fannie Mae pulled back from offering unsecured advances to delinquent homeowners and significantly increased loan modifications in the first quarter, but it also provisioned heavily for credit losses. In a [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission said it will conduct a $54 million overhaul of its company filing system to implement an interactive reporting system already favored by bank regulators. Banks [...]

With a new chairman in place, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff has asked an industry task force to recommend alternatives to its proposal for curtailing the late-trading abuses by [...]

Sovereign Bancorp Inc.'s largest shareholder, which had threatened to initiate a proxy fight if the Philadelphia company failed to make certain board changes, has increased its stake. In a filing [...]

With an expanded technology budget, the Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to remake itself into a more aggressive regulator, according to TowerGroup. A report released Tuesday by the MasterCard [...]

American Home Mortgage Holdings on Friday reaffirmed its earnings guidance for this year and next. In a press release, the Melville, N.Y., originator and servicer said it still expects to [...]

Capital One Financial Corp.'s auto loan portfolio recorded higher losses and delinquencies last month than it did in the previous month. The McLean, Va., company, which holds mostly credit card [...]

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) wants to bring decimals to nickel-trading U.S. options markets and end exclusive index contracts-two proposals that, if approved, would hurt its floor competitors. According to [...]

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that it had fined Piper Capital Management, a now-defunct unit of the investment banking firm U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, $2 million for misrepresenting [...]

Banks that have traditionally expanded through acquisition may soon be facing a tough choice: purchase companies or purchase their own stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been working since [...]

Shares of Metris Cos. Inc. fell 29% after it published its master trust portfolio loss and delinquency data with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday. The portfolio represents 90% of [...]

The lameduck Congress went home without approving the new Securities and Exchange Commission budget. And that means the higher than needed Section 31(a) rate stays in place at least for [...]

The expected Section 31 (a) transaction fee rate cut will not take place at least until mid-November and may be delayed beyond that date depending on funding for the U.S. [...]

In a letter on Thursday, Rep. John J. LaFalce, the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, chided President Bush for not mentioning Enron Corp. during the State of [...]

Enron Corp., a Houston-based buyer and seller of natural gas and electricity on Oct. 22 said the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information regarding certain related party transactions. [...]

Celestica Inc., Toronto, last week filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $2.6 billion from the equity market. The latest registration is in addition […]

San Diego-based Digirad Corp. recently announced it has filed a $69 million initial public offering of common stock with the SEC last month. The 16-year-old diagnostic maker announced Aug. 24 [...]

Returning to the public markets after less than a year, Los Angeles-based Veterinary Centers of America Inc. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $240 [...]

To have an initial public offering of common stock, your company will have to file a registration statement, which includes the prospectus, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form [...]

The following insider trading transactions--stock shares sold by high- level corporate executives or significant stockholders--were filed over the past week, according to Form 144s filed by issuers with the SEC. […]

The chairman of the Senate panel that has control over funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated yesterday he supports the $422.8 million spending level the Clinton administration proposed [...]

How's this for overtaxation in the era of the big budget surplus: the fee on publicly traded stock transactions last year pulled in almost double the entire amount of the [...]

Securities and Exchange Commission Arthur Levitt yesterday applauded Senate Banking Committee chairman Phil Gramm, R-Tex., for introducing a bill that would bring SEC pay levels up to those of the [...]

Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate's Banking Committee, is planning to hold a hearing today on the Securities Fees Rationalization Act, a new act aimed at reducing the [...]