Word: sec
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...Justice Department released a report suggesting that victims of crime may be just as responsible for such delays. The study, conducted by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration in Kansas City, Mo., showed that for 1,000 victims of major felonies, it took a median time of 6 min. 17 sec. to call the police. Many victims were said to have telephoned other people, investigated the crime scene themselves or called a private security guard before summoning police. The survey also cited "hesitancy to take personal responsibility and indecision concerning the need for police assistance." Once the police were called...
Proxmire did not, but Miller won over everyone else, even though the SEC's investigation may continue to put a burden on him. Miller responded to that with sangfroid: "Only my sleep has been inhibited by the investigation in the past few days. My ability to function at the Federal Reserve won't be." In any case, he can now turn his attention to money supply, interest rates and the dollar, subjects that could benefit from the precision he demonstrated during the hearings...
...even larger. Textron's operations are currently under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving foreign bribery, secret bank accounts and questionable billing practices. At the time that some of these alleged practices were performed, they were not illegal, but Textron never reported any of them once the SEC called for corporate statements. The SEC investigation may take up to six months, and while Miller himself may be cleared of any wrong-doing in his nine years as Textron chairman, the lingering doubts about his firm preclude the possibility of confirmation until the details are clear. The Carter administration...
...Securities and Exchange Commission is still examining Lance's management of the National Bank of Georgia and the Calhoun National Bank; among other things, he and his family ran up large and persistent overdrafts while he was the boss of Calhoun. Lance shrugs off rumors that the SEC is debating whether to bar him at least temporarily from holding a management post with a U.S. bank...
...controlling even a minority of its shares. Hence it is no surprise that today's institutional investors-bank trust departments, pension funds, insurance companies and the like-exert great influence over companies and securities markets. Just how concentrated, however, is such influence? In 1975 Congress ordered the SEC and other regulatory bodies to supply it with new information on who owns what. Armies of lawyers descended upon the capital, arguing that such disclosure would be costly and difficult, and so far only one agency (the ICC) has compiled a report...