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| _________::::____#162 - April 19, 2006________________ |
| #162 Updated: 4/18/06 11:30 p.m. 04/18/06 SEC v. David A. Dadante The complaint alleged that Dadante, an unregistered investment adviser, raised approximately $50 million dollars from at least 110 investors by offering unregistered limited partnership interests in IPOF 04/18/06 Investors globally want better corporate governance Just like activist U.S. shareholders monitoring companies, investors worldwide want businesses they own to embrace tougher corporate governance standards, according to a report being released this week. 04/18/06 Some Workers Hesitant to Blow the Whistle More than one in three workers (34 percent) have seen unethical activities at their workplace, but only 47 percent report they are likely to "blow the whistle" on their company or their boss for these types of activities, according to a recent Spherion Workplace Snapshot survey of 1,436 employed adults in the United States. 04/18/06 Visible Erosion in Covenant Use: Fitch A revised indictment of former Refco Inc. (RFXCQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Phillip Bennett will include a longer list of investors injured by the fraud he is accused of carrying out, according to court papers filed by government prosecutors. 04/18/06 Enron's Skilling Denies Earnings Pressure Forced Bad Asset Buys Former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling denied an accusation that the company met earnings targets by shifting risky assets off the books in transactions that made little economic sense. |