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  • How Bad Can It Be for SEC Whistle-Blowers?

    George Canellos, 48, has one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top jobs. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Jo White, appointed him as co-director of the enforcement division, along with Andrew Ceresney, a former partner of White’s at Debevoise & Plimpton. Their job is to oversee 1,200 investigators, accountants and lawyers who try to root out corruption on Wall Street. Canellos should be above reproach.

  • GE’s Last Consumer Stand Gets $1 Billion Plus New Chief

    General Electric Co. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt tried to sell off the company’s appliance and lighting businesses in 2008, only to have the effort derailed by the financial crisis. Now Chip Blankenship has the job of proving the division was worth keeping.

  • How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid

    The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-12 to more than $440,000 a year. This increase vastly outpaced the rate of inflation, as well as the earnings of the typical worker in the U.S. economy. Perhaps, most relevant for this community, it also surpassed the compensation growth for university professors.

  • Accused CIA Imposter Gets Court Supervision for Forgery

    A Virginian who the government said posed as a CIA agent and recruited people to rob banks was sentenced to time served and three years of court supervision as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

  • University of Virginia Put on Warning by Accrediting Board

    The University of Virginia was sanctioned by its accrediting board today over the failed ouster of the school’s president six months ago.

  • Harvard Private Equity Head Peter Dolan Said to Leave Endowment

    Peter Dolan has left Harvard Management Co. where he oversaw the private equity and venture capital portfolio, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

  • America’s Oldest Director Quits at 96 to Focus on Tax Law

    Mortimer Caplin, who is stepping down from the board of Danaher Corp. at age 96, said the departure will allow him to spend more time on two of his passions: tax law and the University of Virginia.

  • Notre Dame Leads in Undergraduate Business School Ranking

    Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business holds the top spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of undergraduate business schools for a fourth year, as students lauded its curriculum, liberal arts bent and focus on ethics.

  • No. 3 Duke Falls to Virginia 73-68 in Men’s College Basketball

    Third-ranked Duke University fell 73-68 to the University of Virginia in men’s college basketball.

  • University of Virginia Attack ‘Reflection of Malice,’ Lawyer Tells Jurors

    State prosecutors portrayed former University of Virginia lacrosse player George W. Huguely V as a violent man whose actions caused the death of Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old UVA student and the defendant’s ex-girlfriend.

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