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<p>A former Equifax executive has been charged with insider trading for dumping stock before the company's massive data breach was made public.</p>

Former Equifax executive charged with insider trading before data breach made public

December 14, 2018 at 3:51 p.m.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former Equifax executive with insider trading, alleging that he profited from confidential information about the massive breach at the company that compromised sensitive data...

<p>Intel Corp. CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote address at CES 2018 at Park Theater at Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on January 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. </p>

Timing of $24 million stock sale by Intel CEO draws fire

May 23, 2018 at 7:11 p.m.

Two U.S. lawmakers are calling for an investigation into whether Intel's CEO, Brian Krzanich, improperly sold company stock after learning of a serious security flaw in the tech giants' microchips...

Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington on Nov. 27, 2017.

Federal judge rules that Trump pick can remain at head of consumer watchdog agency

August 22, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to block President Trump's move to appoint budget director Mick Mulvaney to serve as the temporary leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, denying...

Sen. Warren to Wells Fargo CEO: ‘You should be fired.’

June 2, 2018 at 3:33 a.m.

Wells Fargo's chief executive Timothy Sloan on Tuesday defended the mega bank against withering criticism from lawmakers that it has not done enough to reform itself since admitting last year...

Richard Cordray, center, is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Business groups sue to stop rule that allows class-action suits against banks

June 2, 2018 at 4:03 a.m.

More than a dozen U.S. banks and business groups sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday in a last-ditch effort to block a new rule allowing consumers to band...

After the breach, Equifax now faces the lawsuits

June 2, 2018 at 8:16 a.m.

Since it announced a massive data breach earlier this month, Equifax has been hit with dozens of lawsuits from shareholders, consumers and now one filed by a small Wisconsin credit...

In this Aug. 25, 2017, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at the White House in Washington.

Mnuchin: It may not be possible to reach 15 percent corporate tax rate

June 2, 2018 at 12:53 p.m.

The median U.S. household's income finally topped pre-recession levels in 2016 after two strong years of increases. Incomes for a typical U.S. household, adjusted for inflation, rose 3.2 percent from...

High-level Equifax executives sold nearly $2 million in corporate stock shortly after the company learned of a major data breach.

Outrage builds after Equifax executives banked $2 million in stock sales following data breach

June 2, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

The sale of nearly $2 million in corporate stock by high-level Equifax executives shortly after the company learned of a major data breach has sparked public outrage that could turn...

Chicago Stock Exchange employee James E. Conlin gives a slip showing a stock sale to Walter H. Johnson, Western Union operator, who types it onto ticker tape in March 1956.

Chinese bid to buy Chicago Stock Exchange stirs security fears

June 2, 2018 at 3:37 p.m.

In its heyday, the Chicago Stock Exchange helped introduce big-name American companies such as Marriott and IBM to investors. Now the 135-year-old Midwest institution could do the same for Chinese...

Samir Hanef sits in his car, which he bought back after it was repossessed, in Durham, North Carolina.

Wells Fargo’s scandal damaged their credit scores. What does bank owe them?

June 2, 2018 at 10:23 p.m.

Samir Hanef exited his Durham, North Carolina, home late last year to find his 2010 Honda Civic missing. The police told the clinical social worker that the car was not...

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