While acknowledging that the economic indicators have been “dismal,” the Fed has taken steps beyond reducing short-term interest rates to improve credit markets, Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington.
John W. Goff, owner of the Goff Group, may face at least 20 years in prison after his conviction yon charges of mail fraud, embezzlement and filing false documents.
Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that temporary nationalization of U.S. banks may be necessary.
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A member of a blue-ribbon panel appointed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to make recommendations on improving the state’s tax code said the panel’s members are philosophically opposed to taxing professional fees or any other “non-tangible” services but warned that dire economic conditions may make such opposition moot.
President Obama’s mortgage plan aims to keep up to 9 million families from losing their homes to foreclosure.
A former Morgan Stanley employee has been charged with stealing $2.5 million from the firm, with the crimes allegedly occurring over more than seven years.
When the SEC declared that equity index annuities are securities last year, it ignored the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
Clients of the troubled Stanford companies who clear through Pershing LLC will be able to liquidate their accounts if approved by the court-appointed receiver, Dallas attorney Ralph Janvey.
