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  2. Auction rate security - Wikipedia

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    By engaging in these practices, the firms violated Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, which prohibits material misstatements and omissions in any offer or sale of securities." The auction failures in February 2008 led to industry-wide freezing of clients' accounts while requiring municipalities to pay excessive interest rates ...

  3. United States securities regulation - Wikipedia

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    The Securities Act of 1933 regulates the distribution of securities to public investors by creating registration and liability provisions to protect investors. With only a few exemptions, every security offering is required to be registered with the SEC by filing a registration statement that includes issuer history, business competition and material risks, litigation information, previous ...

  4. Net capital rule - Wikipedia

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    In connection with an investigation into the SEC's role in the collapse of Bear Stearns, in late September, 2008, the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets responded to an early formulation of this position by maintaining (1) it confuses leverage at the Bear Stearns holding company, which was never regulated by the net capital rule, with leverage at the broker-dealer subsidiaries covered by ...

  5. Contingent payment sales - Wikipedia

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    In March 2000, Diageo's chief operating officer contacted General Mills’ chairman and CEO to explore a possible sale of Pillsbury. General Mills submitted its proposed deal terms to Diageo in June 2000—the total proposed payment was $10.0 billion. Diageo submitted an asking price of $10.5 billion. The two sides would budge no further, and ...

  6. Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 - Wikipedia

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    The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 is a U.S. federal law that amended the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. [1] It was enacted by the 94th United States Congress and signed into law by President Gerald Ford on June 4, 1975. [2]

  7. Red herring prospectus - Wikipedia

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    Those investors may, however, express an "indication of interest" in the offering, provided that they have received a copy of the red herring at least 72 hours prior to the public sale. After the registration statement becomes effective, and the stock is offered to the public, indications of interest may be converted to purchase orders, at the ...

  8. Mortgage interest deduction: What it is and what qualifies - AOL

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    Let’s say that last year, you paid $26,000 in interest on your mortgage, which is about what you would pay if you were paying 2023’s median monthly interest payments. If your annual salary is ...

  9. Investment Company Act of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    The Investment Company Act of 1940 (commonly referred to as the '40 Act) is an act of Congress which regulates investment funds.It was passed as a United States Public Law (Pub. L. 76–768) on August 22, 1940, and is codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 80a-1–80a-64.