Legal & Regulatory

MBIA Engages Law Firm for Advice

MBIA engages the law firm of Weil, Gotshal and Manges on ways to avoid rehabilitation of its structured finance business unit.


SEC Chair Caught Between Rock and Hard Place

SEC Chair Jo White is caught between a promise made during her confirmation hearings and the ire of consumer advocates she has sworn to protect.

SEC Studying ETF Registration Process

The SEC is seeking to find ways to ease requirements to allow less complex ETFs to be registered with the bourse.

MRI Int'l License Revoked

MRI International Inc is now under investigation for false information and misleading clients not only in Japan but in the US as well.


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Deutsche Bank faces one of the many trading day cases in court. Back in October 2008, Alexander Vik went to the London office of Deutsche Bank AG to meet with account managers regarding his Sebastian Holdings Inc investment fund.
NCC issues new rules for mobile phone users in Nigeria. Under new regulations for mobile phone users in Nigeria, indivdual customers can change their service providers and retain their numbers.
The Trans Pacific Partnership Pact has invited Japan to join in the negotiations. Japan has been granted approval from participating countries to form part of the talks on the US initiated Asia Pacific Free Trade Agreement.
According to the federal court, the case between AIG and Bank of America should be heard in state court.
Mongolia's Strategic Entities Foreign Investment Law has been amended to relax requirements for foreign investments.
Dish plays national security issue in its bid to stop the Softbank bid from pushing through. Dish Network has formally sought regulator intervention, specifically suspension of the review of the bid provided by Softbank Corp of Japan for the acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp.
Because of a claim from a Singaporean creditor, share trading of Surabaya Agung was suspended in the Indonesian bourse.
The approval by the mayor's executive committee pushes the casino plan forward for Cadillac Fairview and MGM.
China conditionally approves Glencore-Xstrata merger. The merger plan of Glencore and Xstrata cleared its final hurdle when the Ministry of Commerce of China backed the deal's completion.
Dai Xianglong of the National Social Security Fund recommends state controlled enterprises In a quote of the National Social Security Fund council's party secretary, he is proposing that Chinese state-owned enterprises transfer 30% of their capital gains and ownership shares exceeding 51% to the fund.
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