SEC - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/sec/?source=rss&aim=sec en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT Another Goldman executive named to key government post as its profits skyrocket By Glenn Greenwald Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/16/goldman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/16/goldman/index.html?source=rss A Goldman executive today becomes key enforcement official, joining a long list of his colleagues in key posts. McCain was right: Fire Chris Cox! By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/03/fire_chris_cox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/03/fire_chris_cox/index.html?source=rss 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 McCain flubs call for SEC chairman's head, again By Alex Koppelman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/19/mccain_fec/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/19/mccain_fec/index.html?source=rss 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. McCain to SEC chair Cox: "Off with your head!" By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/mccain_and_christopher_cox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/mccain_and_christopher_cox/index.html?source=rss The Republican presidential candidate reinvents himself as a stern regulator. That's definitely a "change." The Cox guarding the henhouse By Judd Legum Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/16/cox_at_sec/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/16/cox_at_sec/index.html?source=rss If Rep. Chris Cox is confirmed as chairman of the SEC, corporate wrongdoers in the Bernie Ebbers mold will be able to rest easier. Pitt is history, but the foxes are still guarding the henhouse By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/11/07/pitt_resigns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/11/07/pitt_resigns/index.html?source=rss So what if the most visible face of Bush's see-no-evil economic policies is gone? Corporate reform is further away than ever. Wall Street's worst nightmare By Damien Cave Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/10/spitzer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/10/10/spitzer/index.html?source=rss Does New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer really want to clean up the stock market, or just make himself look good? Investors of the world, unite! By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/25/levitt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/25/levitt/index.html?source=rss Former chairman of the SEC Arthur Levitt declares the time is ripe for fighting back against Wall Street. Send the bastards to jail! By Arianna Huffington Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/07/16/corporate_reform/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/07/16/corporate_reform/index.html?source=rss Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. Bush rides the Whitewater By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/13/harken_whitewater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/13/harken_whitewater/index.html?source=rss 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? Starving the SEC By Eric Boehlert Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/10/secbudget/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/10/secbudget/index.html?source=rss Bush is suddenly calling for a stronger SEC -- but his previous actions make a mockery of his words. The SEC goes AWOL By Arianna Huffington Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/05/14/sec/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/05/14/sec/index.html?source=rss Chairman Harvey Pitt is as bold a Wall Street watchdog as Scooby Doo. Another tale of corporate greed By Arianna Huffington Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/05/07/merrill_lynch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/05/07/merrill_lynch/index.html?source=rss New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer says Merrill Lynch, like Enron, intentionally peddled bad investments to boost its bottom line. Risky business By Damien Cave Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/05/funny_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/05/funny_money/index.html?source=rss How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of bankruptcy insurance? Enron, we hardly knew ye By Andrew Leonard Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/11/09/enron/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/11/09/enron/index.html?source=rss Ironically, only one thing could have saved the now-imploding corporate poster child for deregulation: Tougher regulations requiring more financial "transparency." Gore campaign's close call By Jake Tapper Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/11/gore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/11/gore/index.html?source=rss At the last minute, a Dallas fundraiser is moved from a restaurant whose owner faces an SEC complaint. Wall Street lynching By David Bowman Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/05/27/jett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/05/27/jett/index.html?source=rss Falsely accused of bilking millions, a black bond trader talks about the frat-boy culture of high finance.