Jesse Westbrook

August 27, 2020 at 8:58 am

Fannie-Freddie foreclosure suspension extended to year’s end

Fannie and Freddie said the eviction moratoriums only apply to properties that the companies own. The eviction suspensions don’t apply to tenants living in homes...

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• Real Estate

October 7, 2010 at 10:00 pm

Alaska Air CEO, hedge fund said to be targets of insider-trading probe

Alaska Air Group CEO William Ayer and hedge fund Donald Smith & Co. are subjects of an insider-trading investigation by the SEC into well-timed bets...

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May 27, 2010 at 5:26 pm

Peqot founder to pay $28 million to settle claims

Pequot Capital Management and the hedge-fund firm's founder, Arthur Samberg, will pay almost $28 million to settle regulatory claims they illegally tapped information from a...

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April 20, 2010 at 7:51 pm

Ex-Lehman CEO Fuld tells Congress no bailout was needed

Richard Fuld, the former chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers, told lawmakers he never assumed the U.S. government would bail out his company before it...

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February 19, 2010 at 5:12 pm

Securities and Exchange Commission expects to OK new limits on short sales

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to approve new curbs on short selling next week after banks and lawmakers raised concerns that bearish bets...

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December 19, 2008 at 12:00 am

Obama choice to lead SEC likely to seek tougher rules

Mary Schapiro, a top brokerage regulator tapped to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is likely to promote an overhaul of the nation's financial-market...

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July 16, 2008 at 12:00 am

Short sales curbed on Fannie, Freddie

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will limit the ability of traders to bet on a drop in shares of brokerage firms, Freddie Mac...

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September 8, 2007 at 12:00 am

Subprime woes may spur new rules

U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said lawmakers may need to write new regulations in response to the subprime-mortgage...

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• Real Estate

September 24, 2005 at 12:00 am

Storms will cost insurers billions

Hurricane Rita may cost insurers, including Allstate and St. Paul Travelers, $9 billion to $18 billion, less than half their estimated expense...

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April 14, 2005 at 12:00 am

CEO shifted $2 billion in AIG stock to wife before he resigned

Maurice "Hank" Greenberg transferred $2.14 billion of American International Group (AIG) shares to his wife four days before an accounting...

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