Merger of Wall Street Groups Creates a Lobbying Powerhouse
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The organization's acronym, SIFMA, sounds like a terrible skin condition.
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The long-awaited interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the culmination of a fierce lobbying battle between accounting firms and small public companies.
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A single cop will police all brokerage firms in the United States starting in mid-2007 under a merger unveiled on Tuesday between overlapping regulators, saving Wall Street tens of millions of dollars a year.
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The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company.
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Two major New York law firms announced yesterday that they had agreed to merge, creating what will be one of the nationâs largest law firms, with broad international reach.
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All manner of automotive executives have found their way to Washington to lobby lawmakers on efforts to raise automobile fuel economy standards.
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A group of small brokerages wants to  block a merger between private regulators, saying it is a  backstairs way for larger firms to strip smaller companies of  their power in shaping regulations.
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A large group of liberal organizations is planning to wage a national lobbying and public relations campaign to press for passage of the House Democrats' legislative agenda next year, taking a page from longtime corporate practices.
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Despite the euphoria of one of the  busiest weeks in U.S. mergers and acquisitions in almost five  years, Wall Street investment bankers cannot live by mega-deals  alone.
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There are two Howard Schultzes. One loves the smaller, more personal chain that Starbucks once was. The other understands Wall Streetsâ needs.
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William B. Maag spent weeks meeting Sovereign Bancorp executives at obscure suburban restaurants, taking phone calls on the sly, and hashing out a business proposal at a country club near the New Hampshire border. While his colleagues at FleetBoston Financial Corp. vied for new jobs at Bank of America Corp. after the banks' merger, Maag realized early on that the ...
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Technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation.
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How to merge profit, principle and purpose to serve an expanding list of constituencies.
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The New York Stock Exchange and NASD announced plans to merge their regulatory organizations and eliminate duplicative and inconsistent rules.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-chartered mortgage funding companies, continued to spend more on lobbying in the first half of this year than almost every other corporation in the United States.
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Wall Street banks, private equity firms and hedge funds are increasingly trying to arrange and finance entertainment deals.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani&#39;s consulting firm has branched out to Wall Street with plans to acquire an investment banking firm, even as he allows rumors about his political ambitions to float.