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Paulson Announces Potential Break on Subprime Mortgages
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson has noted that a plan to freeze rate resets on adjustable rate mortgages is in the works, and could be finalized as early as this week.

Former SEC Chairmen Weigh In on Paulsons Plan
Much has been written over the past month including on these very pages about Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson?s plan to ?reform? the U.S. financial services regulatory system. Among the critics of the plan are three former chairmen of the SEC...

Secretary Paulson: We Thought We Knew You
Welcome to the party Secretary Paulson! In a speech yesterday by the Treasury Secretary concerning the sub-prime mess, and the recommendations of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets, the Secretary sounded nothing like himself...

Treasury Secretary Proposes Overhaul of Financial Market Regulatory Process
WSJ - Sweeping Changes in Paulson Plan: "U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson plans Monday to call for sweeping structural changes...

SCO announces reorganization plan - $100 M from SNCP and "partners from the Middle East", to go private - Updated
Here's the press release, titled "The SCO Group Announces Reorganization Plan to Include $100 Million Financing by Stephen Norris Capital Partners". It seems Stephen Norris Capital Partners "and its partners from the Middle East" have fallen in love with SCO's "vast range of products and services":"We saw a tremendous investment opportunity in SCO and its vast range of products and services, including many new innovations ready or soon to be ready to be released into the marketplace," said Stephen Norris, managing partner for SNCP...

Paulson's Financial Reorg-- Should We Rethink the Structure of US Antitrust Agencies
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has urged a substantial and fundamental reorganization of American oversight of the US financial system. Here is the report, and here's the text of Paulson's speech...

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

Exotic Meats USA
Announces Urgent Statewide Recall of Elk Tenderloin

Bankruptcy Reorganization
Calpine Corp. pays $2.13 million bankruptcy settlement.

Energy Price Gouging
Inergy Propane announces refunds to customers as part of lawsuit settlement.

Nortel
faces class action over changes to employee pension plan

Yellow Freight Pension Plan
alleging ERISA violations

Health Plan Boycott
Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.