Countrywide Chief Is Said to Face S.E.C. Inquiry
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Angelo R. Mozilo has been criticized by Countrywide shareholders who question the timing of his stock sales in the months before the companyâs shares plummeted as the mortgage crisis deepened.
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LOS ANGELES - A former executive at mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. was charged yesterday with insider trading after he sold stock before the company disclosed negative earning results three years ago, regulators said.
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Freddie Mac (FRE.N), the No. 2 U.S. mortgage finance company, on Wednesday said it may face civil action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violations of securities laws.
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The man who blew the whistle to U.S.  regulators about Fannie Mae's accounting practices will appear  before a congressional panel next week, a Capitol Hill aide  said on Tuesday, as the company revealed it had discussed a  possible earnings restatement with regulators.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal probe into stock sales by Countrywide Financial Corp  Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.
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Longtime securities regulator Paul S. Atkins is under serious consideration to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to two people briefed on the process.
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Countrywide Financial Corp Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo said on Thursday the U.S. housing downturn is likely to lead the country into recession, but that the largest U.S. mortgage lender will survive.
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Countrywide Financial, the troubled lender that became a symbol of the excesses that led to the subprime mortgage crisis, is negotiating a sale to Bank of America.
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The former head of NHS Scotland is to be questioned about the continuing cash crisis in Argyll and Clyde.
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Freddie Mac, the government-chartered mortgage company that restated earnings by $5 billion, said yesterday that it might be the subject of a civil lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising an array of oversight investigations that could provoke sharp disagreement with Republicans and the White House.
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The chairman of Lowe's Cos. Inc. , the second-largest U.S. home improvement retailer, warned on Tuesday that problems in the subprime mortgage sector may hurt its business in some areas.
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Former Qwest Communications chief executive Joseph Nacchio reportedly may soon face civil charges related to improper accounting at the telecommunications company.
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CALABASAS, Calif. -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, said Tuesday it will begin calling borrowers to offer refinancing or modifications on $16 billion in loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of 2008.
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Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on Thursday an investigation of Countrywide Financial Corp's chief executive should be expanded to include the company.
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New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer urged the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to expand an inquiry into Countrywide Financial Corp's  chief executive to include the company itself.
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Citigroup Inc., the world&#39;s largest bank, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission may take enforcement action against Thomas Jones, the head of the company&#39;s investment-management unit.