SEC’s Top Enforcement Official Resigns
In the wake of her dressing-down by Bernie Madoff whistle-blower Harry Markopolos and Representative Gary Ackerman, among others on the House Financial Services subcommittee, Linda Thomsen, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, has resigned. [Reuters via NYT]

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