Comments on: Repeal the SEC http://bphouse.com/honest_money/2008/12/17/repeal-the-sec/ Gold is Wealth Hiding in Oil Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ivo Cerckel http://bphouse.com/honest_money/2008/12/17/repeal-the-sec/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Ivo Cerckel Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:16:37 +0000 http://bphouse.com/honest_money/?p=599#comment-769 The SEC and its chairman have come under a storm of criticism for oversight failures amid the financial crisis, raising doubts about the future role of the agency. ( Pressure rising on SEC over detection failings Dec 17 2008 23:25 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a73e66ea-cc6d-11dd-acbd-000077b07658,s01=1.html ) Obama set to name Schapiro as new SEC chief Dec 18 2008 00:52 Barack Obama is on Friday expected to name Mary Schapiro, head of the securities industry's self-regulatory body, as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to senior Democratic officials. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2ef89dda-cc9b-11dd-acbd-000077b07658,s01=1.html The SEC and its chairman have come under a storm of criticism for oversight failures amid the financial crisis, raising doubts about the future role of the agency.
( Pressure rising on SEC over detection failings
Dec 17 2008 23:25
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a73e66ea-cc6d-11dd-acbd-000077b07658,s01=1.html )

Obama set to name Schapiro as new SEC chief
Dec 18 2008 00:52
Barack Obama is on Friday expected to name Mary Schapiro, head of the securities industry’s self-regulatory body, as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to senior Democratic officials.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2ef89dda-cc9b-11dd-acbd-000077b07658,s01=1.html

]]> By: Ivo Cerckel http://bphouse.com/honest_money/2008/12/17/repeal-the-sec/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Ivo Cerckel Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:53 +0000 http://bphouse.com/honest_money/?p=599#comment-766 Still no explanation/definition of the Ponzi scheme: “It is thought that BLAHBLAHBLAH" Regulators face Madoff grilling Page last updated at 06:40 GMT, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786923.stm SNIP It is thought that Bernard Madoff was running what was essentially the world's largest pyramid scheme, the BBC's Andy Gallacher reports from Washington. Now serious questions are being asked about the SEC's role in not preventing it in the first place, our correspondent says. Still no explanation/definition of the Ponzi scheme:
“It is thought that BLAHBLAHBLAH”

Regulators face Madoff grilling

Page last updated at 06:40 GMT, Wednesday, 17 December 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786923.stm

SNIP
It is thought that Bernard Madoff was running what was essentially the world’s largest pyramid scheme, the BBC’s Andy Gallacher reports from Washington.
Now serious questions are being asked about the SEC’s role in not preventing it in the first place, our correspondent says.

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