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• SEC AMENDS PROXY RULES TO REQUIRE TARP SHAREHOLDER “SAY-ON-PAY” VOTE
  Posted February 11, 2010
  

  Author: Courtney C. Crouch III

  Changes to the SEC’s proxy rules that will require publicly registered TARP recipients to permit an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation are set to take effect on February 18, …

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• THE VOLCKER RULE – WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE
  Posted February 4, 2010
  

  Author: Cory D. Childs

  Last week, President Obama announced a proposed rule aimed at separating banks from certain securities activities.  He dubbed the proposal the “Volcker Rule” after Paul Volcker, the Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chairman and former Federal Reserve …

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