Report criticizes UK financial regulator
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The Northern Rock crisis has revealed systemic failures at Britain's financial regulator after it failed to spot the reckless behavior of the bank's directors, British lawmakers said in a report published Saturday.
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A government review into the nation's No. 1 mortgage finance company charges it with inappropriate accounting practices, the company's board said today.
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An official of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday a review had found that the firm had violated accounting rules and that he had told the mortgage giant to restate its earnings.
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The government faces calls to overhaul the way banks are monitored after a report into the  Northern Rock crisis.
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Business & money: Â· Scant detail 'designed to antagonise', says analystÂ· Debt suspected to have soared to Â£300m
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WASHINGTON/LONDON  - Credit rating agencies drew more fire on Wednesday as a powerful U.S. regulator said it was investigating if their judgment had been colored by money from customers selling subprime mortgages.
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The UK's banks should reveal their exposure to the US sub-prime sector, the financial watchdog says.
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The regulator said broad problems raised questions about the reliability of the mortgage finance company's management.
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Royal Dutch/Shell was criticised by US and British regulators for a catalogue of failings in relation to its misstatement of energy reserves, and fined a total of 150 million dollars.
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U.S. regulation of financial professionals is based on distinctions that date back to the early 1900s and does not address the complexity of today's industry, according to a report commissioned by securities regulators and released on Thursday.
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Bank of England boss Mervyn King faces MPs on Thursday, amid criticism of his handling of the credit crisis.
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InfoWorld - The U.K.&#39;s financial services regulator has levied a heavy fine against the nation&#39;s largest building society over a stolen laptop containing confidential customer information.
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MPs call for the Child Support Agency to improve or be scrapped in a report on its performance.
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Leading medical experts in Scotland criticise a major shake-up of the regulation of doctors.
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Â· CPA was dysfunctional, says British official  Â· UK 'complicit' in failing to prepare postwar plan
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Kate Middleton was hounded by photographers, a report on press regulation by MPs has concluded.
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Investor groups sounded alarms yesterday after it emerged that a foundation with ties to a pair of well-heeled business donors and an executive battling civil charges had funded a controversial new report seeking to slash corporate regulation.