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Apple Locks in New CEO Tim Cook Through 2021

Apple's board of directors has moved to lock in new CEO Tim Cook through mid-2021 by awarding him one million share of company stock. Cook is replacing long-time co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who announced his retirement last week. In connection with Mr. Cook's appointment as Chief Executive Officer, the Board awarded Mr. Cook 1,000,000 restricted stock units, Apple said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Goldman Faces Myriad Legal Challenges

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Conventional wisdom in legal circles has long held that Goldman Sachs (GS.N) might escape further large fines or criminal charges for its role in the 2007-2009 financial crisis after reaching a $550 million settlement with securities regulators in July 2010.
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10 Reasons We Love Ohio

OH-IO! One of the oft-forgotten states of the Midwest is actually a pretty sweet place to visit. With the perfect mix of town and country, there is something here for everyone.
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SEC Investigation of S&P: Could be Bad Move for Obama

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 debt, according to Financial Times.
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SEC investigating S&P's downgrade of U.S. debt: report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) to disclose which employees knew of its decision to downgrade U.S. debt before it was announced last week, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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REFILE-S&P balks at SEC proposal to reveal rating errors

Standard & Poor's, whose unprecedented downgrade of U.S. debt triggered a worldwide stocks sell-off, is pushing back against a U.S. government proposal that would require credit raters to disclose "significant errors" in how they calculate their ratings.
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S&P Downgrade: How does it affect McGraw-Hill?

The amount of negative attention Standard & Poor's has received since its decision to downgrade U.S. long-term debt, would make it seem like the rating agency is public enemy number one.
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Billionaire Charles Wyly Killed in Colorado Crash

Texas billionaire Charles Wyly, a co-founder of Michaels, a chain of arts-and-crafts stores that was sold in 2006, was killed in a car crash near Aspen, Colo., over the weekend, police said Monday.

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