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Shareholders sue Facebook, NYSE comes calling

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SAN FRANCISCO - The fallout from Facebook Inc's messy initial public offering widened on Wednesday as shareholders sued the social network and its bankers while a trading firm revealed a massive loss on the shares and threatened to seek "remedies."

LCH.Clearnet left off U.S. "systemic" list 3:15am IST

CHICAGO - LCH.Clearnet, the world's biggest clearer of interest-rate swaps, did not make an initial list of global clearinghouses labeled "systemically important" by a council of U.S. regulators earlier this week, three sources familiar with decision said.

CFTC to hold roundtable on tricky 85 percent rule 12:26am IST

WASHINGTON - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a roundtable on June 5 to discuss a controversial rule aimed at protecting price discovery in the swaps and futures markets, the agency announced on Friday.

CME says it may push back pit grain trading close 1:01am IST

CHICAGO - CME Group is considering extending open-outcry grain trading at the Chicago Board of Trade by 45 minutes to close at 2 p.m. CDT, an exchange spokesman said on Friday.

Advice from FINRA on new suitability rule 25 May 2012

- After nearly two years of waiting for a new suitability rule to take effect, brokers will finally be put to the test.

SEC shuts down $11-million Ponzi scheme 25 May 2012

NEW YORK - Regulators have charged a New York fund manager who was running an $11-million Ponzi scheme, federal court filings showed.

IRS prepares for potential private equity tax hike 25 May 2012

WASHINGTON - Tax regulators are preparing for a potential tax hike on profits earned by private equity managers such as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney known as "carried interest," to be ready if the issue flares up in coming months.

Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator 25 May 2012

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will nominate Allison Macfarlane, an expert in nuclear waste, as the nation's top nuclear safety cop, seeking to turn the page on a period of bitter acrimony at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Regulator urges faster curbs on oil speculation 25 May 2012

WASHINGTON - A commodities regulator said he is "acutely dismayed" that his agency is not moving quickly to curb speculation in the oil markets, especially as summer driving season begins.

CFTC to hold roundtable on Volcker rule 25 May 2012

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday it will host a roundtable next week to get more insight on how to craft key exemptions in the Volcker rule that would limit trading by government-insured banks.

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