SEC probing Countrywide CEO stock sales: report
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal probe into stock sales by Countrywide Financial Corp  Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.
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U.S. stocks ended higher on Thursday following news Bank of America  is in advanced talks to buy struggling mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp .
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30  â The chief executive of Countrywide Financial, Angelo R. Mozilo, has been sued by a pension fund that accused the company of helping executives pocket improper gains by artificially inflating its stock price through share buybacks.
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New Century Financial Corp.  on  Tuesday said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is  investigating the subprime mortgage lender, after the agency  recently asked to meet with management to discuss its  accounting.
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Countrywide Financial, the nationâs largest mortgage lender, issued a pessimistic outlook of the housing market, helping to ignite a sell-off in the stock market.
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Three former Countrywide Financial Corp.  executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conducted insider trading in shares of the large U.S. mortgage lender, and each reaped tens of thousands of dollars in illegal profits, federal prosecutors said.
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U.S. regulators plan to probe how the major credit-rating agencies are paid and their independence from Wall Street firms that issue bonds amid the crisis in the mortgage market, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Friday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  shares slid as much as 19.9 percent to their lowest level in nearly eight years on what traders called speculation that the largest U.S. mortgage lender might seek bankruptcy protection.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining stock sales by an American board member of Societe Generale, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Fannie Mae's FNM.N regulator is  investigating the severance payments and bonuses of two top  executives who stepped down earlier this week, the Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.
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U.S. regulators, led by the Securities  and Exchange Commission, are probing how financial firms priced  mortgage securities on their books and whether they should have  told investors earlier about the declining value of those  securities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Securities regulators are probing  several brokerage firms dealing with collateralized mortgage  obligations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Countrywide Financial Corp  posted a $1.2 billion third-quarter loss on Friday, but its shares climbed after the largest U.S. mortgage lender said it expected to be profitable in the fourth quarter and in 2008, and has weathered the worst of the nationwide housing downturn.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission is investigating about a dozen brokerage firms that  may have failed to obtain the best price for stocks traded for  customers, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Stocks turned sharply negative on Tuesday as shares of financial services companies slid with traders citing rumors of more financial problems at Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender.
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New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer urged the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to expand an inquiry into Countrywide Financial Corp's  chief executive to include the company itself.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating about a dozen brokerage firms that may have failed to obtain the best price for stocks traded for customers, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.