New commission seeks changes to Sarbanes-Oxley: WSJ
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A new independent commission that  plans to recommend changes to the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act and  other regulations it believes hinder the competitiveness of  U.S. capital markets will be unveiled on Tuesday, The Wall  Street Journal reported.
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The U.S. Congress asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund boards to have independent chairmen.
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The nation's stock exchanges would be forced to tighten their governance and move toward separating their self-policing function from their business operations under a plan proposed by federal regulators yesterday.
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The report proposed strengthening shareholder rights, imposing caps on litigation against accounting firms and refining Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed stricter rules to halt underwriting practices that artificially boost demand for shares in initial public offerings.
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Marsh & McLennan Cos. , the world's largest insurance broker, said on Tuesday it would reform its business practices and stop accepting fees at the center of an investigation by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into bid rigging.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to overturn a rule requiring mutual funds&#39; boards of directors to have independent chairs.
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission aims to increase the transparency of Wall Street's  disclosures and has more than 3 dozen investigations underway  amid the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis, Chairman  Christopher Cox said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to review the regulatory system for financial institutions, with the goal of making changes to better reflect modern markets.
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The U.S. Congress asked the  Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to send  lawmakers a report justifying a new rule forcing mutual fund  boards to have independent chairmen.
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The Wall Street Journal, whose parent  Dow Jones & Co. is the target of a $5 billion takeover offer by  News Corp., is set to shake up its newsroom by reassigning and  replacing several top editors, the New York Times reported on  its Web site.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting rules that govern listed companies are too much for Creative Technology, which has renewed plans to delist its shares from the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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The Bancroft family, controlling shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , are set to submit to News Corp. a new set of proposals on how to protect the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Companies must disclose more information about their business deals and financial obligations starting Monday, when new Securities and Exchange Commission rules take effect.
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US stock markets would have to disclose executive pay and provide details of their regulatory programs, under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote soon on new governance and disclosure rules for the groups that oversee America's stock markets, SEC Chairman William Donaldson said on Thursday.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed that stock markets disclose more information about their operations, including executive pay and regulatory programs.