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Posted 11/13/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

Madoff Programmers Traded Silence About Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud for Relatively Puny Salary Increase

The two programmers arrested today almost extricated themselves back in 2006.

Filed Under: ballsy crime, bernie madoff, george perez, jerome o'hara, made-off, sec, the sec

Posted 11/2/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

Bernie and the Blowhard

Bernie tells colorful stories about his friends at the SEC.

Filed Under: ballsy crimes, bernard madoff, bernie madoff, business, david komansky, made-off, sec, william ostrow

Posted 10/19/09 on Daily Intel
Ballsy Crimes

Hedge-Funders Are Now Supposed to Be Nervous About the SEC

Perhaps for the first time.

Filed Under: ballsy crimes, galleon, hedge funds, raj rajaratnam, sec

Posted 10/16/09 on Daily Intel
Goldmanfellas

SEC Installs 29-Year-Old As Enforcement Division’s COO

That's young!

Filed Under: adam storch, finance, goldman sachs, goldmanfellas, sec

Posted 6/16/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

The SEC’s Report on How It Missed Madoff Is Totally in the Mail

No, really, they swear.

Filed Under: bernard madoff, bernie madoff, business, made-off, madoff, sec, securities and exchange commission, the s.e.c.

Posted 4/2/09 on Daily Intel
Keeping Them Honest

Waiting for the Vitaminwater Bubble to Pop

We're calling it.

Filed Under: congress, gark ackerman, keeping them honest, michael capuano, sec, vitaminwater

Posted 2/2/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

Harry Markopoulos Is Ready for His Close-up

The reclusive and cranky financier who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff will finally (let's hope) appear in front of Congress.

Filed Under: bernard madoff, bernie madoff, business, harry markopoulos, made-off, sec

Posted 1/12/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

The Amazing Harry Markopolos

The man who blew the whistle on Madoff speaks.

Filed Under: bernard madoff, bernie madoff, business, daphne guinness, italian vogue, made-off, ponzi schemes, sec

Posted 1/5/09 on Daily Intel
Made-off

Representative Gary Ackerman to SEC: ‘You Suck’

The SEC hearing in front of the House Financial Services Committee is heating up!

Filed Under: ballsy crimes, business, congress, house financial services commitee, made-off, sec

Posted 11/17/08 on Daily Intel
Crapitalism

Mark Cuban Slapped With SEC Insider-Trading Suit

Just another thing to start cussing about.

Filed Under: business, crapitalism, insider trading, mark cuban, sec

Posted 9/19/08 on Daily Intel
Early and Often

McCain, Grasping for an Edge, Calls for SEC Chairman’s Head

The problem is that it's not even clear that the president can fire the chairman of the SEC — and even if he could, a lot of people aren't enamored with the sentiment anyway.

Filed Under: christopher cox, economy, john mccain, politics, sec, wall street

Posted 7/25/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

There May Be a Day When Port Authority Is Nice to Look At

We know, we know — dare to dream, right? But there are proposals to build above it, and the renderings look lovely. Plus, news from the finance, law, real estate and media industries, in our daily roundup.

Filed Under: andrew cuomo, barack obama, blackstone, blackstone group, clear channel, company town, federal reserve bank, foreclosure, ge, harvey weinstein, judith miller, new yorker, park slope, port authority, portfolio, sec, sirius, smart solutions to landmarked buildings, the ace hotel, ubs, wall street, washington mutual, xm

Posted 7/18/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Citigroup Posts $2.5 Billion Loss

A lot of big news at the banks today — but there's also crazy stuff going down with Jeff Zucker, Dan Rather, Brooke Astor (from beyond!), and Barack Obama, in our daily industry roundup.

Filed Under: andrew cuomo, brooke astor, citigroup, company town, dan rather, dow jones, fannie mae, freddie mac, hollywood reporter, jeff zucker, john thain, lincoln center, merrill lynch, nbc universal, new yorker, sec, ubs, unions, variety, vikram pandit, wall street journal

Posted 7/16/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Chairman Cox Bans Naked Short-Selling

Heh. Naked short selling. Sounds like something a frat boy would do, right? Well … it sort of is. Read all about the SEC's bold move to crack down on market manipulators and more, in our daily roundup of finance, media, law, and real-estate news.

Filed Under: barbara corcoran, bear stearns, bill marler, brooke astor, christopher cox, company town, lehman brothers, milberg weiss, sec, viacom, wall street journal, wildenstein

Posted 6/26/08 on Daily Intel
White Men With Money

Angelo Mozilo’s Crocodile Tears

The Countrywide CEO gets all choked up at the last shareholder meeting before the sale to Bank of America.

Filed Under: angelo mozilo, bank of america, countrywide, fbi, sec, white men with money

Posted 5/20/08 on Daily Intel
Company Town

Will the Fallout From a Failed Hedge Fund Steal the Smile From Vikram Pandit's Face?

The Citigroup CEO struggles with a hedge fund that lost hundreds of millions of dollars, the White House claims NBC's Knesset footage was edited to make Bush look like a jerk, and noogies are legally defined, all in our daily rundown of industry news.