NEW YORK TIMES Embracing Finra, 'the Devil We Know' | While many investment advisers first panned a bill that would give broader authority to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the plan is gaining traction in some parts of the financial world.
"The point of the bill is so that by 2020, Moscow will have someone to rule its government," explained Alexander Grishunin, an adviser to bill sponsor Yevgeny Yuryev, apparently without irony.
A5 NATIONAL A16-22 California Governor Gains A New Adviser: Bill Clinton Bill Clinton has become one of the key strategic advisers to Gray Davis, the California governor facing a recall election Oct. 7, associates of both men say.
London's new poster-child for the online retailing mania – a shifter of fridges, freezes and microwaves – will soon be sent a bill by its financial advisers and underwriters that equates to more than twice its pre-tax profits last year of £8.7m.
The president's science adviser and a leading Democrat heaped scorn on a bill authored by Representative Lamar Smith (R TX), the chair of the House of Representatives science committee.
A bill affecting so-called investment advisers would shift oversight from federal authorities to groups like Finra.
Sinn Féin tried, and narrowly failed, to use a petition of concern to block Jim Allister's special adviser (Spad) bill in the assembly.
