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  • Government Regulation
    Hedge Funds Face Probe Over Euro Collusion: Report

    The Justice Department is looking into whether hedge funds worked together to drive down the value of the euro, according to a report Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.

  • Can Congress Save Us From the SEC?

    An inability to keep short sellers in check may mean a higher authority is needed to instill discipline in the markets. Cramer interviews Sen. Ted Kaufman for more on the issue.

  • Will New SEC Rules Stop Bears?

    Plus, get calls on drugs stocks, ethanol, oil and gas and more.

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    Short-Selling Rules Need to Target Predators: Sen. Kaufman

    Delaware's short-selling senator thinks the practice is fine so long as predators don't step in and create another Bear Stearns or Lehman Brothers-type crisis.

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    Jobs Bill Is 'Not Bipartisan,' GOP Sen. Grassley Says

    Congress could have passed a more sweeping jobs bill with larger bipartisan support if Democrats had been more willing to work with Republicans, Sen. Charles Grassley told CNBC.

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    Rangel: Stanford Donation Went to Charity

    House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel says he can't turn over political contributions linked to indicted billionaire Allen Stanford, because the money has already been donated to charity.

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    Stanford Seeks Dismissal of SEC Case

    The Securities and Exchange Commission's case against accused fraudster Allen Stanford should be dismissed, according to his attorneys, in part because the certificates of deposit at the heart of the alleged scheme were not securities.

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    Wall Street Elders Favor More Regulation

    While the younger generation, very visibly led by Lloyd C. Blankfein, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, lobbies Congress against such regulation, their spiritual elders support the reform proposed by Paul A. Volcker and, surprisingly, even more restrictions. The New York Times reports.

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    Stanford Investor Suit Targets Central Bank in Caribbean

    One year after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford of running a massive fraud through his offshore bank in Antigua, a group of Stanford investors is suing the region's central bank, calling it Stanford's "partner in crime."

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    Struggling Over a Rule for Brokers

    While most of the debate about financial overhaul legislation has focused on the impact on how big banks do business, one piece that would affect consumers directly has received little public notice: a requirement that stock and insurance brokers act in their customers’ best interest.

  • Robert Khuzami
    SEC Enforcers Focus on Avoiding Madoff Repeat

    Since arriving at the S.E.C. a year ago this month, just as the Madoff scandal was grabbing headlines, Mr. Khuzami has cut red tape, created specialized teams to plumb hedge funds and other worrisome areas and tried to make the S.E.C. quicker and more nimble.

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    New York AG Filing Civil Charges Against BofA Over Merrill

    The New York Attorney General's office is filing civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch when it acquired the Wall Street bank in late 2008.

  • The Carbon Challenge - A CNBC Special Report - See Complete Coverage
    Tamminen: One Step Ahead of the Carbon Cops

    The Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule requiring publicly held companies to disclose their exposure to potential losses from climate change helps not hurts Corporate America.

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    Disclose Climate Change Even If It's Not Real

    I consider myself a semi-intelligent person. However, I've been reading and re-reading the press release from the Securities and Exchange Commission about plans to advise companies on making disclosures related to their carbon footprints. I expended a lot of my own personal greenhouse gases trying to figure the point.

  • Allen Stanford
    Judge Orders Insurer to Pay Stanford Legal Bills

    The lead attorney for indicted billionaire Allen Stanford said Tuesday that he can now start working on his client's defense, after a federal judge ordered Lloyd's of London to pay Stanford's legal bills.

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    Allen Stanford Investors Settling 'Clawback' Claims

    The court-appointed attorney who is rounding up assets in the alleged Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme says he has reached settlements with more than 30 investors over so-called "clawback" claims.

  • Ted Kaufman Talks Regulation

    Cramer and the junior senator from Delaware discuss ways to restore Americans’ lost faith in the markets.

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    BofA Is in Talks to Settle State Claims Over Merrill

    A year after its controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch, Bank of America is discussing settling a troublesome state inquiry into the star-crossed deal and the billions of dollars in bonuses that Merrill hurriedly paid its employees, the New York Times reported.

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    Prosecutors to File New Indictment in Galleon Case

    Federal prosecutors said they intend to file a new indictment against hedge fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam, charged last year in a sweeping insider trading case.

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    Investors Want Aid From Stanford-Linked Congressman

    A group of investors in Allen Stanford's alleged Ponzi scheme are demanding a powerful Texas congressman give them the same kind of support he showed Stanford when regulators shut down the alleged scam in February.