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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The former manager of an investment firm in Easley has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Attorney General Alan Wilson has ordered a University of South Carolina Upstate professor to stop asking people to invest in a private college he's starting.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The former chairman of Carolina Investors is being released from prison.

Monday, November 05, 2012  The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions says checks from the recent Morgan Keegan settlement will be mailed Monday to investors who filed an approved claim.

Saturday, June 16, 2012  South Carolina's top prosecutor is urging people around the state to take a stand against cases of elder abuse.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  Regulators probe whether Morgan Stanley selectively informed clients ahead of Facebook IPO

Friday, April 13, 2012  The Senate Finance Committee advances a bill designed to encourage millionaires to invest in South Carolina's fledgling small businesses

Sunday, October 02, 2011  A former executive involved in one of the biggest bankruptcies in South Carolina history is appealing his conviction for securities fraud before the state Supreme Court.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Report: Justice Department investigating Standard and Poor's mortgage securities ratings

Tuesday, July 05, 2011  GOP using budget, nomination fights to nibble away at Obama's financial overhaul law

Tuesday, February 22, 2011  Two senior executives from the worlds of finance and investment are lecturing in Columbia on the issue of leadership in the world's changing business environment.

Friday, July 16, 2010  Resolving a high-profile government case linked to the mortgage meltdown, Goldman Sachs & Co. has agreed to pay a record $550 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex investments.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010  South Carolina has ordered a Florida corporation to stop selling securities in what prosecutors think may be a Ponzi scheme.

Friday, April 30, 2010  Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plunged 9 percent Friday after word that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation.

Friday, April 23, 2010  The SEC's inspector general conducted 33 probes of employees looking at explicit images in the past five years.