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Schwab settles SEC case over troubled YieldPlus fund for $119 million
Money & CompanyThree years after a supposedly safe bond fund plunged in value, Charles Schwab Corp. agreed Tuesday to pay $119 million to settle a government lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about the risks. Schwab aggressively marketed its YieldPlus bond... -
Pimco to pay $92 million to settle bond market manipulation suit
Money & CompanyBond fund giant Pimco agreed to pay $92 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the Newport Beach firm of trying to corner part of the market for Treasury bonds in 2005. The class action challenged trades by Pacific Investment Management...... -
Andrew Cuomo and Steve Rattner settle pension fund case
Money & CompanyJust two days before leaving office, New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo opted to settle his lawsuits against financier Steve Rattner. Rattner, a former banker who became President Obama's auto industry czar, agreed to pay $10 million to end two...... -
Box-office futures chief vows market will launch even if outlawed, threatens to sue MPAA
Company TownAcknowledging that legislation backed by the six major movie studios outlawing his business is likely to pass, the head of the box-office futures market recently approved by government regulators said Tuesday that he won't go down without a fight. Robert.... -
Fannie Mae seeks to punish 'walk-away' homeowners
Money & CompanyMortgage-finance giant Fannie Mae on Wednesday took aim at homeowners who are walking away from loans theyâre capable of paying. The company, which has been under government control since September 2008, said it would refuse to back new loans for...... -
Box-office futures ban headed toward law, dashing plans of proponents [updated]
Company TownIn a significant and possibly fatal blow to controversial proposals for box-office futures markets, a ban on them has survived a marathon House-Senate negotiation over financial reform legislation and will likely be passed by Congress next week and then... -
Disney executives Jay Rasulo, Tom Staggs assume new posts
Company TownFormer Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs and Parks and Resorts Chairman Jay Rasulo completed their executive job swap this week, and each were awarded similar compensation packages. Rasulo received a new, five-year employment contract that reflected... -
Cantor Fitzgerald abandoning box-office futures despite regulatory approval
Company TownWall Street giant Cantor Fitzgerald's application to trade futures contracts based on box-office receipts was approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a 3-2 vote Monday, but the news came too late to matter. With financial reform... -
Wall Street Roundup: Bonus brouhaha. How AIG dodged the bullet
Money & CompanyAwaiting stress-test results. Investors have been nervously anticipating the results from stress tests of Europe's biggest banks, which are being released after European markets close. Bonus brouhaha. President Obama's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, released... -
Obama's big-bank tax: Which firms would pay it -- and could they just pass it on?
Money & CompanyThe Obama administrationâs proposed âfinancial crisis responsibility feeâ would hit the nationâs biggest names in banking, brokerage and insurance with a new tax aimed at raising about $9 billion a year for federal coffers.Hereâs a look at... -
Brand X Files: Kara DioGuardi out at 'Idol.' Montana Fishburne porn tape reported. Brazil's sex tourism boom
Brand XKara DioGuardi out at "American Idol": Sources connected with the "American Idol" negotiations say Kara DioGuardi has judged her last contestant on "American Idol" -- because she's been fired. The show is rumored to be going back to a three-judge format,... -
Simon Fuller is leaving one 'X' for two -- CKX for XIX
Company TownWhat is Simon Fuller's obsession with the number 19? Fuller, the "American Idol" producer who cut his ties to Robert F.X. Sillerman's CKX Inc. earlier this week to go his own way, has named his new company XIX Entertainment Ltd.,......
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