US probes sub-prime mortgage firm
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US markets regulator the SEC is investigating troubled sub-prime mortgage lender New Century.
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Berkshire Hathaway, the US conglomerate run by Warren Buffett, has been caught up in a widening investigation into alleged misuse of insurance products to manipulate company earnings.
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The company will provide evidence that banks had information about the risks posed by subprime mortgages.
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Federal regulators have subpoenaed Fidelity Investments and several brokerage firms that handle the stock-trading business for the mutual fund giant, seeking information about gifts and expensive perks Fidelity traders may have accepted from the brokerage firms, according to attorneys involved in the case.
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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 company will provide evidence that banks had detailed information about the risks posed by ill-fated subprime mortgages.
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission is investigating how banks, credit rating firms and  lenders valued and disclosed complex mortgage-backed securities  that ultimately led to the subprime crisis, a top agency  enforcer said on Saturday.
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KB Home, the No. 5 U.S. home builder,  said on Friday the Justice Department was looking into past  stock options practices at KB, but added the agency said KB  Home was not a target of the investigation.
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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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US financial regulators have requested information from Warren Buffett&#39;s Berkshire Hathaway group as part of a probe into certain insurance products.
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The US housing downturn may damage investment funds linked to sub-prime lending, experts say.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the near-collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds that made bad bets on the mortgage market.
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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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KB Home, the No. 5 U.S. home builder, said on Friday the Justice Department was looking into past stock options practices at KB, but added the agency said KB Home was not a target of the investigation.
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US regulators launch an inquiry into whether Wall Street's top brokers adopted trading practices which left clients out of pocket.
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Thomson Financial, a unit of financial information provider Thomson Corp., said it received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission for documents related to its capital markets intelligence business.
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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.