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By Roger Runningen and Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg |
January 24, 2013
Mary Jo White, who gained prominence prosecuting terrorists as U.S. attorney for Manhattan, will be named by President Barack Obama to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a White House statement.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 23, 2013
The petroleum markets are having a hard time deciding whether they should rally on the cold temperatures, or sell-off on a forecast that puts most of the eastern half of the United States to back above normal temperatures.
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By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg |
January 8, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled it may tighten the time limits that apply when the Securities and Exchange Commission and other government agencies seek to impose fines on people and companies accused of fraud.
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By Cheyenne Hopkins and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg |
December 4, 2012
U.S. Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard University law professor and critic of Wall Street, is poised to join the Senate Banking Committee after she’s sworn into office in January.
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By Ian Katz |
December 3, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's pragmatism amid the most recent financial crisis may offer clues to the solution that will ostensibly avoid the looming fiscal cliff.
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By Alanna Byrne |
November 30, 2012
News that Republican leaders rejected the Obama administration’s proposed solution to the impending fiscal cliff has kept markets flat and investors cautious late this week.
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By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Allen Johnson Jr., Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
BP Plc appeared in federal court in New Orleans to answer U.S. charges brought over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, entering a not guilty plea that won’t affect its $4 billion criminal settlement with the U.S.
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By Kasia Klimasinska and Ian Katz, Bloomberg |
November 27, 2012
The Obama administration declined to brand China a currency manipulator, while saying the yuan “remains significantly undervalued.”
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By Michael McFarlin |
November 26, 2012
After nearly four years in office, SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro announced her resignation as the chairwoman of the agency today, effective Dec. 14.
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By Phil Flynn |
November 21, 2012
We all have a lot to be thankful for, especially if you are a commodity news junkie. It seems we have had a cornucopia of news and it just keeps giving.
