<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Securities </title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/government/sec?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><description>Securities </description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[8 Accused of Inflating Kmart Profit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30284-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30284-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed civil fraud charges against three former Kmart Corp. executives and five employees of companies that supplied the Troy, Mich., retail chain, accusing them of scheming to inflate Kmart's profit by $24 million in 2001.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC to Review Trading Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23823-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23823-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Securities and Exchange Commission will meet later this month to consider controversial changes to a proposal designed to help average investors win the best price for their stock trades. The plan, which has been opposed by Fidelity Investments, Bear Stearns and other investment firms, will be published for comment before the agency takes action. Opponents had pushed for a delay, arguing that the widespread changes required a new round of public comment. The SEC will hold a final vote on the proposal, which already has drawn more than 700 letters, next year.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Delays Reviews for Some Firms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23630-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23630-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Securities regulators gave more than 2,000 public companies a brief reprieve from new rules requiring them to assess the strength of their financial safeguards.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best price]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15933-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15933-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In stock trading, a commitment by the market maker to find the highest price for a seller's shares, or the lowest price for a buyer, that is available in any market at that time.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[W.R. Grace Expects Indictment]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15662-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15662-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ W.R. Grace &#38; Co. disclosed yesterday that federal prosecutors were likely to indict the chemical and building material supplier during the first quarter of 2005 on charges related to environmental problems at a former mine, unless both sides strike a deal before then, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Likely To Delay Review for Small Firms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15664-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15664-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to grant small companies a 45-day delay to finish complying with rules requiring them to attest to the strength of their financial safeguards, according to four sources with knowledge of the plan.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brokers' Gifts Investigated]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8969-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8969-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Securities regulators are opening up yet another front in their long-running investigation of the mutual fund industry, examining brokerage firms that allegedly gave mutual fund employees lavish gifts in exchange for business, officials said yesterday.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIG Tentatively Settles With SEC, Justice Dept.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8967-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8967-2004Nov23.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York-based American International Group Inc. has already paid the SEC $10 million to end the commission's civil fraud investigation into its sale of "income smoothing" insurance.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Warner Nears Deal Over AOL Accounting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5526-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5526-2004Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Media giant would pay $750M to settle wide-ranging allegations of accounting irregularities at Va.-based America Online.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[RECENT DEALS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3159-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3159-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS <br>   Meggitt PLC , an international aerospace, defense and electronic sensors group based in England, agreed to buy to acquire    Wilcoxon Research Inc. , a privately owned maker of laboratory and test instrumentation sensors in Gaithersburg. Meggitt paid $15 million.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Co-Founders Register to Sell Stock]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64162-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64162-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 -- Google Inc. co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin each plan to sell up to 7.2 million shares of their stock in the online search engine leader during the next 18 months -- divestitures that would generate more than $1 billion for each at current prices.]]></description><author> Michael Liedtke</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers In the Limelight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63824-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63824-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By all appearances, Steven Woghin was a lawyer at the top of his game. After years in government service, the former Justice Department attorney had worked his way up to a comfortable six-figure salary and the chief legal job at software maker Computer Associates International Inc.]]></description><author> Carrie Johnson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fund Founders to Settle, Pay $160 Million]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58944-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58944-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- Gary L. Pilgrim and Harold J. Baxter, founders of a tech-based mutual fund that blazed and then fizzled in the 1990s, agreed yesterday to pay $160 million to settle charges that Pilgrim took advantage of trading opportunities and Baxter shared inside information at the expense of investors.]]></description><author> Brooke A. Masters</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Unveils Research Tool]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58824-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58824-2004Nov17.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Google is launching a new search engine today that will focus on finding works of academic research. Located online at <a href="http://scholar.google.com">scholar.google.com</a>, the free service will facilitate Internet searches for theses, books, abstracts and technical reports. It will also offer ways to find scholarly works in hard copy that are not available on the Internet.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flyi Delays Buying Airbus Jets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52856-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52856-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Flyi Inc., parent of struggling low-cost carrier Independence Air, yesterday announced plans to delay acquisition of 10 new Airbus jets, a money-saving move the company hopes can help avert a bankruptcy filing.]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEC Files Civil Suit Against Former Hollinger Executives]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52985-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52985-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed a civil lawsuit alleging that media baron Conrad M. Black fraudulently diverted millions of dollars from Hollinger International Inc., the newspaper company he formerly led.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fannie Mae Misses SEC Filing Deadline]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52228-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52228-2004Nov15.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The company, accused by regulators of deliberately flouting accounting rules, said Monday that it could not meet a deadline for a quarterly financial report and may be required to record $9 billion of previously unreported losses.]]></description><author> David S. Hilzenrath</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes in Pay and Schedules at SEC Bring Higher Employee Satisfaction Rates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50283-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50283-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lawyers, accountants and examiners at the Securities and Exchange Commission are more satisfied with their pay and their ability to work flexible schedules than they were three years ago, a survey by the Government Accountability Office found.]]></description><author> Stephen Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-Price Stock Takes Wild Ride On Internet Buzz]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50131-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50131-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_business/government/sec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2004 9:01:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It was an incredible week for shareholders of Monarch Services Inc., a little Maryland company that fell victim to what looked a lot like an Internet penny-stock scam.]]></description><author> Jerry Knight</author></item></channel></rss>
