SEC

  • McCain was right: Fire Chris Cox!

    And Henry Paulson too, while we're at it. They made this mess, and they should pay for it. The New York Times has the evidence
    By Andrew Leonard October 3, 2008

  • McCain flubs call for SEC chairman's head, again

    John McCain has been blaming Chris Cox for the economy's woes, but twice in two days he has made embarrassing mistakes in doing so.
    By Alex Koppelman September 19, 2008

  • McCain to SEC chair Cox: "Off with your head!"

    The Republican presidential candidate reinvents himself as a stern regulator. That's definitely a "change."
    By Andrew Leonard September 18, 2008

  • The Cox guarding the henhouse

    If Rep. Chris Cox is confirmed as chairman of the SEC, corporate wrongdoers in the Bernie Ebbers mold will be able to rest easier.
    By Judd Legum July 16, 2005

  • Pitt is history, but the foxes are still guarding the henhouse

    So what if the most visible face of Bush's see-no-evil economic policies is gone? Corporate reform is further away than ever.
    By Andrew Leonard November 7, 2002

  • Wall Street's worst nightmare

    Does New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer really want to clean up the stock market, or just make himself look good?
    By Damien Cave October 10, 2002

  • Investors of the world, unite!

    Former chairman of the SEC Arthur Levitt declares the time is ripe for fighting back against Wall Street.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 25, 2002

  • Send the bastards to jail!

    Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars.
    By Arianna Huffington July 16, 2002

  • Bush rides the Whitewater

    Through the length of Bill Clinton's presidency, the press scrounged for details on the arcane Whitewater controversy. Will it do the same for Harken Energy?
    By Eric Boehlert July 13, 2002

  • Starving the SEC

    Bush is suddenly calling for a stronger SEC -- but his previous actions make a mockery of his words.
    By Eric Boehlert July 10, 2002

  • The SEC goes AWOL

    Chairman Harvey Pitt is as bold a Wall Street watchdog as Scooby Doo.
    By Arianna Huffington May 14, 2002

  • Another tale of corporate greed

    New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer says Merrill Lynch, like Enron, intentionally peddled bad investments to boost its bottom line.
    By Arianna Huffington May 7, 2002

  • Risky business

    How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of bankruptcy insurance?
    By Damien Cave February 5, 2002

  • Enron, we hardly knew ye

    Ironically, only one thing could have saved the now-imploding corporate poster child for deregulation: Tougher regulations requiring more financial "transparency."
    By Andrew Leonard November 9, 2001

  • Gore campaign's close call

    At the last minute, a Dallas fundraiser is moved from a restaurant whose owner faces an SEC complaint.
    By Jake Tapper September 11, 2000

  • Wall Street lynching

    Falsely accused of bilking millions, a black bond trader talks about the frat-boy culture of high finance.
    By David Bowman May 27, 1999
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