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  • SAC’s Cohen Said to Mull Deal That Would Shut Hedge Fund

    After five years under investigation for insider trading, Steven Cohen is considering proposing a deal to prosecutors that would shut his $15 billion hedge-fund firm to outside investors, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

  • Boston Bombing Judge Emerges as Target for Republicans

    A Harvard Medical School research assistant who has served as a U.S. judge for 23 years now finds herself at the center of the Boston Marathon bombing case, and by extension the post-Sept. 11 issue of whether, and when, suspected terrorists deserve constitutional rights.

  • FBI Rejects Boston Police Stance in Spat Over Terror Data

    A skirmish between the FBI and the Boston police erupted into public view after the bureau sought to rebut a claim that police weren’t aware of a federal probe of the alleged mastermind of the Boston Marathon bombing.

  • Goldman Takes Ebix Private as Probes Said to Intensify

    Goldman Sachs Group Inc. made its $820 million offer to take Ebix Inc. private as U.S. regulators intensify their probes of the insurance software maker, according to people familiar with the matter.

  • Accused Boston Mobster Bulger in Court Seeking Immunity

    Reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger appeared in court for the first time since his arrest almost two years ago, seeking documents his lawyer said will show he had an immunity deal with the U.S. Justice Department.

  • Marathon Bomb Prosecutor Seen as Ready for Marquee Case

    The capture and charging of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shifts attention from the manhunt to the prosecution by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in one of the biggest terrorism cases since the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh two decades ago.

  • Merrill’s ‘Voldemort Book’ Crushes O’Neal in Thriller on Crash

    Some Merrill Lynch & Co . traders had a dark departmental secret: They called it the “Voldemort Book,” says Greg Farrell in “Crash of the Titans.”

  • Hefner Husband Takes Insider Trading Into Playboy Bedroom

    Christie Hefner, former chief executive officer of Playboy Enterprises Inc., said she was shocked as her husband of 15 years, William Marovitz, confessed to her that he was being investigated for suspicious trading in Playboy shares. They were in their apartment atop a 42-story Lincoln Park tower overlooking the glittering Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan on a March evening in 2010.

  • JPMorgan, J&J, Toyota, Microsoft, Rajaratnam in Court News

    The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s collapsed firm said JPMorgan Chase & Co. shouldn’t “escape” facing his $6.4 billion lawsuit in bankruptcy court.

  • Standard Chartered Accuser, Cleary, Willkie: Business of Law

    Little more than a year before he was criticized for breaking ranks with regulators for being the first to accuse Standard Chartered Plc of laundering Iranian money, Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s top banking official, was insisting on his own brand of justice at a charity carnival game, Bloomberg News’ Greg Farrell reports.

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