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Opinion: SEC Gets It Right on New Investor Rules

By Marty RobinsSep 2nd 2010 – 5:00AM

(Sept. 2) -- You may think the topic of "proxy access" has nothing to do with you, if you've even heard of the term. But if you own stock, directly or through mutual funds, want to retire someday or want to keep your job, you'd be wrong ... way wrong. The topic and recently announced changes in Securities and Exchange...

Should Lehman's Final Few Funds Be Used to Defend Those Who Sank the Firm?

By Paul WachterAug 6th 2010 – 9:43AM

(Aug. 6) -- Though Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy in 2008 and was sold off to Barclays, funds still remain in the estate of the bankrupt firm. Guess where those funds are going? Not to creditors but to attorneys' fees for former CEO Richard "Dick" Fuld and other top executives who drove Lehman to ruin and are now...

Background on lehman

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol LEH) () was a global financial services firm.

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