Securities and Exchange Commission The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial regulatory agency that is responsible for administering federal securities laws. The main objective of these laws is to...

The Independence Standards Board (ISB) was established in May 1997 as a result of discussions between the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The various securities laws...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a regulatory agency responsible for administering the U.S. laws regarding securities. The purpose of these laws is to ensure fair markets and to provide accurate information to investors. The major...

US regulatory body set up in 1933 with the task of regulating US SECURITIES markets, the offer of securities to the public, mutual funds, investment companies, public utility securities and investment advisers. See also: blue-sky...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (commonly known as the SEC) is a United States government agency having primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry/stock market. The SEC...

Rumors persist among trading executives and securities attorneys that the Securities and Exchange Commission's Reg NMS will not be implemented on time this summer because the rules are said to be confusing. "It is a foregone conclusion that NMS will be delayed,"...

The current SEC chairman has been taking a beating long enough for someone to go through night school or add a new child to the family. He may have set a survival record. Like few before him, Harvey Pitt is proving you...

Nortel Networks Corp. shares rose 14 percent on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday despite lower revenue as the Canadian telecom equipment supplier reported its best operating margin since 2004.Shares jumped more than 14 percent, or $2.31 to $18.59 in afternoon trading Tuesday.Tuesday's upswing...

Worth noting on that transition are people like: --Albany DA David Soares, who is investigating state comptroller Alan Hevesi over the chauffeur scandal; --Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, who is prosecuting former Assemblyman and Kings County Democratic Leader Clarence Norman; --Ed Cox, one-time Republican senatorial challenger...