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...have turned to layoffs: 600 to 800 workers from Sprint Cup teams have been let go since the end of last season. "It has served to cull the flock," says Steve Kalik, a team manager for Specialty Racing in NASCAR's second-tier Nationwide series. NASCAR also banned testing prior to Daytona and during the season, essentially R&D time for the cars at its sanctioned tracks for the 2009 season. France estimates the ban will save teams $30 million. (See pictures of custom big rigs...
...commission's "penalty pilot" program, Schapiro said, has caused "significant delays" and forced staffers to negotiate penalties with SEC commissioners prior to negotiating with the actual company. This, according to Schapiro, discouraged staffers from arguing for penalties and "sometimes resulted in reductions in the size of penalties imposed" against public companies that harmed investors...
...program kicked in once a case was completed and entered the monetary penalty phase. Prior to the program, SEC prosecutors would negotiate directly with wrongdoers, say, asking for $1 million in penalties and then negotiating down to $500,000. But since the program started, prosecutors had to first plead their case for penalties to SEC commissioners, who would negotiate up or down for wrongdoers in advance of direct negotiations for penalties...
...Prior to joining the SEC, Schapiro was the highly paid chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a self-regulatory agency that also missed Madoff's scam. Upon leaving FINRA last month, Schapiro received a $7.2 million severance payment...
...that angle on [Thunstrom], and unfortunately she was able to squeeze a pass across to Stack, and Stack put it in,” Kessler said.Despite reclaiming the prestigious Beanpot title they won in 2007, the Eagles had a tough time breaking away from Harvard in the first periods. Prior to the last 20 minutes, the Crimson showed force on the offensive end. Aggressive right from the start, Harvard took its first shot on Schaus in the opening minute, following that up with 18 more shots in the frame.In the second period, the Crimson picked up the tempo as both...