International Business TimesBy John Talty The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ) is now looking into potential insider trading by Standard & Poor's employees before the rating agency's decision to downgrade the U.S.'s long-term d… more »

Huffington Post By Shahien Nasiripour The bipartisan panel appointed by Congress to investigate the financial crisis has concluded that several financial industry figures appear to have broken the law and has referred multiple cases to state or feder… more »

By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 16, 2010   The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating eight lawmakers who held fundraisers within 48 hours of a major House vote on a Wall Street reform bill or received… more »

The US financial watchdog has said it will look into stock market activity which led to the Dow Jones share index plummeting 9% at one point on Thursday. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it would "review the unusual trading activity" and "ta… more »