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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: Comcast-NBCU: Stuck Together For At Least 3.5 Years; Non-Compete Rights]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Some more Comcast-NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) deal details were filed this morning in an SEC filing. From it:&#8212;The formal name of the Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Entertainment + NBCU combine: a lame &#8220;NewCo&#8221;.&#8212;NewCo will be managed by a board of directors initially consisting of three Comcast designees and two GE...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:33:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: Harbinger Sells Another Batch Of NYT Shares, Now Owns Less Than 13 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Harbinger Capital Partners is systematically cutting back its stake in the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) this time taking it down to 12.79 percent, according to an after-market filing with the SEC. The activist hedge fund raised $22.1 million by selling 2,651,635 shares on Dec. 1 at $8.35...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:40:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: New DirecTV CEO Could Make $35.5 Million (And Then Some)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Michael White, the PepsiCo vet who takes over as president and CEO of DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) Jan. 1, could make more than $35 million during his three-year contract, according to an SEC filing. His base salary is $1.5 million a year with up to 200 percent bonus based on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: Skype By The Numbers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The morning-after paperwork from eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) as control of Skype shifts to a private investment group led by Silver Lake Partners offers a look at the post-split financials for both companies&#8212;and the kind of detail on Skype we aren&#8217;t likely to see much of now that it&#8217;s no...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:48 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Charles Gasparino: SEC Bungles Its New Powers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Securities Exchange Commission slept through the near-annihilation of the financial system, it actually gained massive new regulatory authority in 2004. Trouble is, the agency didn?t know what to do with it. Worse, the SEC simultaneously made risk-taking cheaper for Wall Street and let the investment banks self-monitor their...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apollo Group Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we will open the call for a question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. And your first question comes from Andrew Fones with UBS. Andrew Fones - UBS, Yes, thank you. Just regarding the SEC enquiry, I was wondering if you can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apollo Group F4Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we will open the call for a question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. And your first question comes from Andrew Fones with UBS. Andrew Fones - UBS Yes, thank you. Just regarding the SEC enquiry, I was wondering if you can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yahoo! Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript First Draft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptFIRST DRAFT TRANSCRIPT:  As a service to our readers, Seeking Alpha is now releasing a 'quick first draft' version for high profile earnings call transcripts.  We will update the quick draft as we have more accurate and / or complete text. We hope that you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:14:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: Harbinger Cuts New York Times Stake To 16.4 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Harbinger Capital Partners, the activist hedge fund that bought its way into two New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) board seats in 2007, has reduced its stake in the publishing company by nearly one fifth, according to SEC filings. The hedge fund spent more than $500 million to make...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:35:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Votes On Financial Reforms, But At What Cost?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The potential downsides to SEC reforms reveal how tough regulatory decisions that benefit everyone genuinely are. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:17:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former CellCyte Execs Sued by SEC for Role in Pump and Dump Stock Scheme]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10004206/former-cellcyte-execs-sued-by-sec-for-role-in-pump-and-dump-stock-scheme/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you were wondering why counsel always cuts the hype out of your press releasesâ€¦CellCyte Genetics and its former top execs got slapped with an SEC lawsuit for their role in a hype-driven pump-and-dump stock scheme. by Trista Morrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:54:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ocean Power Technologies Inc. (Qtr End 07/31/2009) F1Q10 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14034_23-340797.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptOcean Power Technologies Inc. OPTT F1Q10 Earnings Call September 9, 2009; 10:00 am ET Executives Mark Draper - Chief Executive Officer Charles Dunleavy - Chief Financial Officer Presentation Operator Good day everyone and welcome to Ocean Power Technologies audio webcast for the first quarter of fiscal year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:13:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Does the SEC Really Do?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Created after the '29 crash to regulate the stock market, the Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to be watching your investments, but it doesn't directly oversee mutual funds. Here's why.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hank Greenberg, Lucky and Well-Lawyered, Beats the SEC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10002047/2047/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe he's no spring chicken, but even at 84 former American International Group Chairman and CEO Hank Greenberg is still more than a match for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He got off with little less than a slap on the wrist for allegedly cooking the books at his former...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:57:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why We Need a New Agency to Protect Consumers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/why-we-need-a-new-agency-to-protect-consumers/319507/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Law professor and TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren explains  why Obama?s proposed new watchdog would help bankers as much as consumers.     	Unlike many other consumer crusaders, Warren had the clout  to get her ideas taken seriously. The head of the congressional panel overseeing ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sun Cleared Of Wrongdoing?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun shareholders convening today to approve the company's acquisition by Oracle can breathe a sigh of relief. The company seems to be in the clear today, although as recently as April 30 ten days after Oracle announced its bid, Sun was concerned that it might have breached the Foreign Corrupt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:30:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Evergreen Investment Management to Fund Shareholders: Drop Dead]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's only June, but we have a very strong leader in the clubhouse for the smarmiest mutual fund manager of the year. Take a bow Evergreen Investment Management. Â There's really only one word that can be used to describe people who engaged in the sorts of activities Evergreen is accused...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Case Against Financial Planners]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/consumer-reporter/the-case-against-financial-planners/121/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All hot and botheredÂ I was last week to write about James Putman. He is a past president of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors NAPFA, aÂ white-shoe trade organization whose members pledge not to take commissions on any financial products (mutual funds, annuities and insurance, for example) and to adhere...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:01:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Happens When Venture Funds Dry Up?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent announcement by cloud software vendor Workday that it has raised $74 million in venture capital notwithstanding, venture funding has slowed considerably over recent months and from the looks of things, VCs may be more likely to close up shop than fund new companies. While that means tech ventures...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:26:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merck-Schering: SEC Launches Insider Trading Probe]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC has launched an insider trading probe around Schering-Plough and its March merger agreement with Merck, according to the WSJ. Stock in SGP jumped 8 percent on Friday March 6; the merger was announced on Monday March 9.    This graphic shows that on Thursday, SGP stock...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:13:43 -0700</pubDate>
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