Then there are the walking wounded: Washington Mutual and Wachovia Corporation, with bank branches that still seem to be around every corner but corporate structures that have now been subsumed into JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, respectively.
To be really useful, a trading platform needs to show prices from as many sources as possible to encourage corporations, mutual funds and others to do business there.
The allegations involve collusion among the banks' traders to fix benchmark exchange rates in their favor, resulting in higher costs for pension funds, mutual funds, multinational corporations and other bank clients that routinely buy and sell currencies.
Chaplin directed his films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations.
In one notorious example, Fidelity opposed a shareholder resolution to put more independent directors on the board of Tyco, a conglomerate where managers stand accused of lining their own pockets.The SEC is also hoping to extend the sort of corporate governance now expected of corporations to mutual funds.
Mr. Hubbard earned much more making the same pro-industry point in several court appearances, as an expert witness on behalf of corporations and mutual fund interests.
But this use followed broader difficulties, as short-term credit markets were severely strained by the fallout from the money market mutual debacle, as American corporations that relied on sales of short-term commercial paper to the funds had to scramble for other sources of cash for their day-to-day needs.
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism attacks not only mutual funds but also corporations, boards of directors, regulators and investors.
Unlike those examining corporations and mutual funds, where they work for investors, hedge fund auditors are in the employ of the managers.
This is just one example of the power of corporate venture capital and the mutual benefit it can generate for corporations and startups alike.
