Bank boss in Dow Jones deal probe
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A board member of US media giant Dow Jones may face civil action over breaches of securities laws.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an investigation into investments by Marsh & McLennan's executives in partnerships set up by the company.
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Riggs National Corp., the parent of Riggs Bank, disclosed Tuesday that both the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the Department of Justice are conducting an investigation into the bank holding company.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  board member David Li, a prominent Hong Kong banker, may face civil charges in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading investigation linked to News Corp.'s  $5 billion bid for the U.S. media company.
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A banker in Pakistan is charged with insider trading in the US involving information about the sale of energy firm TXU Corp.
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The U.S. securities regulator is probing whether two Dow Chemical Co.  executives engaged in unauthorized talks to sell the company, the New York Times reported on its Web site 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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The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Bear Stearns Cos&#39; (BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) municipal bond offering practices, according to a filing from the US investment bank.
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The family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc.  said on Thursday it plans to meet with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  to discuss News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones.
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New York prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks stemming from subprime loan-linked investments, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Four big banks face a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission probe of their auction-rate bond operations, a securities filing shows.
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Germany's biggest bank - Deutsche Bank - is being investigated on suspicion that it may have manipulated its balance sheet.
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Bear Stearns Cos  is being  investigated by Massachusetts securities regulators over  whether the bank improperly traded with two in-house hedge  funds that collapsed last summer, the Wall Street Journal  reported on Friday.
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The US stock market regulator is investigating troubled insurance broker Marsh &amp; McLennan&#39;s shareholder transactions, the firm has said.
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Private investment bank Lazard said  in a regulatory filing on Friday that the NASD and SEC are  investigating the company over gifts and gratuities.
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Philadelphia Media Holdings Chief Executive Brian Tierney said on Thursday he is interested in bidding with partners for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc.
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French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.