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Shareholders sue Facebook, NYSE comes calling
SAN FRANCISCO - The fallout from Facebook Inc's messy initial public offering widened on Wednesday as shareholders sued the social network and its bankers while a trading firm revealed a massive loss on the shares and threatened to seek "remedies."
NASDAQ OMX board elects interim chairman
NEW YORK - Nasdaq OMX said on Friday its board of directors elected Börje Ekholm to serve as the interim chairman of the exchange operator, replacing Furlong Baldwin, who retired.
LCH.Clearnet left off U.S. 'systemic' list
CHICAGO - LCH.Clearnet, the world's biggest clearer of interest-rate swaps, did not make an initial list of global clearinghouses labeled "systemically important" by a council of U.S. regulators earlier this week, three sources familiar with the decision said.
CFTC to hold roundtable on tricky 85 percent rule
WASHINGTON - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a roundtable on June 5 to discuss a controversial rule aimed at protecting price discovery in the swaps and futures markets, the agency announced on Friday.
CME says it may push back pit grain trading close
CHICAGO - CME Group is considering extending open-outcry grain trading at the Chicago Board of Trade by 45 minutes to close at 2 p.m. CDT, an exchange spokesman said on Friday.
Advice from FINRA on new suitability rule
- After nearly two years of waiting for a new suitability rule to take effect, brokers will finally be put to the test.
SEC shuts down $11-million Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK - Regulators have charged a New York fund manager who was running an $11-million Ponzi scheme, federal court filings showed.
IRS prepares for potential private equity tax hike
WASHINGTON - Tax regulators are preparing for a potential tax hike on profits earned by private equity managers such as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney known as "carried interest," to be ready if the issue flares up in coming months.
Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will nominate Allison Macfarlane, an expert in nuclear waste, as the nation's top nuclear safety cop, seeking to turn the page on a period of bitter acrimony at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Regulator urges faster curbs on oil speculation
WASHINGTON - A commodities regulator said he is "acutely dismayed" that his agency is not moving quickly to curb speculation in the oil markets, especially as summer driving season begins.
- Financial: SEC eyes Nasdaq compliance in Facebook debacle
- Technology: UPDATE 4-Canada lifts threshold for foreign takeover reviews
- Healthcare: European CEOs push back against investor activism
- Consumer: UPDATE 1-Chilean retailer Cencosud files for $718 mln U.S. IPO
- Energy: Japan to seek Sumitomo Mitsui unit fine-sources
- Industrials: UPDATE 2-Speculators go short copper first time since Jan -CFTC
- M&A: ThyssenKrupp CEO sees Steel Americas loss next year
- Bankruptcy: Judge says Enron's Skilling can seek new trial
- IPOs: DryShips open to selling drilling unit Ocean Rig - COO
- Private Capital: IFC plans to invest in Malaysia's Khazanah healthcare arm
- Hedge Funds: Hedge funds eye further profits from JPMorgan losses
Road shows, analysts and jumping the gun: the Facebook IPO
The U.S. regulations regarding IPOs are complex and differ from other securities rules in key respects including disclosure.
- U.N. says over 92 killed in Syria, 32 of them children
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- Subtropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast coast
- Wildfires hit six U.S. states, small towns evacuated
- Greek pro-bailout conservatives regain lead: polls
- Islamist and ex-PM vie for mantle of Egypt's revolt
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- Putin puts Medvedev in charge of Russia's ruling party
- Brother of blind Chinese activist returns home: lawyer
- Spain region, Greek exit warnings rattle euro zone
- Pope's butler charged over leaks scandal
- Spain's Bankia eyes stake sales after record bailout
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