January 6, 2012

SEC Charges Adviser with Defrauding Investors via Social Media Sites

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On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Chicago-area investment adviser , Anthony Fields, with fraudulently promoting more than $500 billion in fictitious securities on several social media sites and issued two alerts and an investor bulletins regarding the risks investors and advisory firms face when using social … (more)

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Georgian sued over bond application

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A Columbus businessman and his company have been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which claims he failed to disclose an arrest and federal indictment in documents used to obtain $3 million in bonds to buy a West Virginia casket company in 2006.

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First Potomac expands loan agreement to $225M

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First Potomac Realty Trust has expanded a term loan agreement to $225 million from $175 million via the loan\’s accordion feature, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, GlobeSt.com reports.

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J&J Said to Agree to $1 Billion Accord in Risperdal Sales

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Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $1 billion to the U.S. and most states to resolve a civil investigation into marketing of the antipsychotic Risperdal, according to people familiar with the matter.

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TD Ameritrade CEO\’s pay flat at nearly $6 million

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Compensation for the president and CEO of TD Ameritrade stayed near $6 million last year as the online brokerage performed well in a challenging market, according to documents the company filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Nike\’s Mark Parker has good day on Wall Street

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Mark Parker made a profit of $1.3 million Wednesday after exercising 19,000 stock options on the same day Nike shares hit a new 52-week high.

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Millennial Media files $75M IPO

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Baltimore-based Millennial Media posted revenue of $69.1 million in the first nine months of 2011, but lost more than $417,000, according to an S-1 form filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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2 former Stanford brokers say SEC let them down

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Former Stanford Financial Group brokers Charles Rawl, left, and Mark Tidwell say SEC attorneys promised them legal protection, but the receiver appointed to recover assets in the case sued both of them for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Subprime suicide: Notorious broker found dead

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A disgraced securities broker who was one of the subprime mortgage market\’s chief magicians was found dead of an apparent suicide in his South Florida condo this week.

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January 3, 2012, issue

SEC News Digest


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