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Miami-Area Patient Broker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Jean-Luc Veraguas, 51, of Plantation, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederico A. Moreno in the Southern District of Florida.



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Former Dallas Securities Broker Pleads Guilty in Oklahoma for Role in Stock Manipulation Scheme

A former securities broker pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud thousands of investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks.



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Former Financial Services Broker Sentenced to Serve 18 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracies Involving Investment Contracts for the Proceeds of Municipal Bonds

A former financial services broker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, for his participation in conspiracies related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts.



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Former Title Agent and Broker Convicted in Miami for Role in Reverse Mortgage Scheme

A Miami title agent and former mortgage broker was found guilty late yesterday, Feb. 4, 2013, for her role in a “reverse mortgage” fraud scheme in connection with a loan worth more than $400,000.



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Former Officials and Broker of Peanut Corporation of America Indicted Related to Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Products

A 76-count indictment was unsealed yesterday charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America and a related company with numerous charges relating to salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products.



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Two U.S. Broker-dealer Employees and Venezuelan Government Official Charged for Massive International Bribery Scheme

Two employees of a U.S. broker-dealer and a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank have been charged in New York’s federal court for their alleged roles in a massive international bribery scheme.



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Former Dallas Securities Broker Sentenced in Oklahoma to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Stock Manipulation Scheme

A former stock broker was sentenced to prison today for his role in an extensive pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme.



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Managing Partner of U.S. Broker-Dealer Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Participating in Massive International Bribery Scheme

A managing partner of a U.S. broker-dealer was arrested today on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank, Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela (BANDES).



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Truck Broker Sentenced for Dumping Thousands of Tons of Asbestos Contaminated Debris in Violation of the Clean Water Act

Jonathan Deck, 59, of Norwood, N.J., was sentenced today in federal court in Utica, N.Y., to 15 months in prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with the illegal dumping of thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on a 28-acre piece of property on the Mohawk River in upstate New York, the Justice Department announced.



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Three Former Broker-dealer Employees Plead Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Bribery of Foreign Officials, Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice

Three employees of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer have pleaded guilty for their roles in bribery schemes involving two state economic development banks in Venezuela.



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ICAP Brokers Face Felony Charges for Alleged Long-Running Manipulation of LIBOR Interest Rates

Two former derivatives brokers and a former cash broker employed by London-based brokerage firm ICAP were charged as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the Justice Department announced today.



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Former Brokerage Firm Operations Head Indicted for Tax Crimes

An indictment was unsealed today charging Dominick Pannitti, formerly of North Bellmore, N.Y., with tax crimes, the Justice Department announced.



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Patient Broker of South Florida Psychiatric Hospital Sentenced for Role in $67 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A patient broker of a South Florida psychiatric hospital was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her participation in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme.



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Former Miami Mortgage Broker and Real Estate Agent Sentenced for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme

A former Florida-licensed real estate associate and mortgage broker was sentenced to serve 135 months in prison for his role in a $2.4 million mortgage fraud scheme.



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CEO and Managing Partner of Wall Street Broker-Dealer Charged with Massive International Bribery Scheme

The chief executive officer and a managing partner of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer were arrested today on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank.



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Real Estate Developer and Mortgage Broker Plead Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Two Miami, Florida, residents pleaded guilty this week to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of condominium units in the Miami area



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Why Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan should ditch a rushed, Washington-brokered Nile Treaty

The ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a point of contention among Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan in recent years. The GERD is now 70 percent complete and its reservoir expected to start being filled in the rainy season of 2020. The three countries, however, have not yet reached an agreement on the process…

       




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As behemoth brokerage firms go zero-commission on trades, advisors are concerned

There may be no free lunch in the financial services industry, but there is now free trading of stocks, exchange-traded funds and options as custodians eliminate commissions for retail and financial advisor clients.




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New client best interest rule raises standards but 'muddies the water' on advisor, broker differences

Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI), the new rules passed by the SEC in September, may have raised the standard of care required of brokers making investment recommendations to their clients, but it didn't clear up the confusion about the differences between registered investment advisors and brokers.




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NYC brokers expect real estate prices to fall up to 20%

Many real estate deals were renegotiated or cancelled when the world was placed on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. CNBC's Robert Frank reports the numbers.




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Some Brokerages offer zero brokerage while some old brokerages charge 0.5% and above. Is it wise to open account with zero brokerage company? (SHEIK)

Can I Open account with zero brokerage company for share buy/sell.Whether it is safe? Please clarify..




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Interactive Brokers takes $88m hit from crude futures collapse

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses




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Hong Kong’s hidebound brokers face coronavirus reckoning

Viral outbreak has sped shift to online platforms, squeezing many traditional outfits




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What happens if my broker fails?

I use an online stock broker to purchase shares in quoted companies 




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Mortgage broker accused of paying Filipino nanny just $2 an HOUR to work in his Sydney apartment

The nanny was allegedly hired from the Philippines by agents for Tony Lam and lived with him and his wife and their two children in the Sydney CBD.




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Merkel and Macron try to broker new US-Iranian talks at UN

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron of France both sat down separately with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN in New York.




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Brokers prey on businesses desperate for coronavirus lending

Treasury officials and the City watchdog expressed concern after it emerged a company is charging £500 upfront, then a percentage of the value of the loan if the application is successful.




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AUTUMN STATEMENT: AIM-shares tax relief welcomed by small firms and stockbrokers - but one critic condemns the move as 'borderline crazy'

Small companies and stockbrokers welcomed the chance that shares quoted on the junior Alternative Investment Market may qualify for tax relief under the Individual Savings Account shelter.




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HUL spurts after foreign broker maintains 'outperform' rating

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) jumped 4.81% to end at Rs 2088.35 after a foreign brokerage reportedly maintained an 'outperform' rating on the stock with a target of Rs 2,400 per share.




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Turning farmers into brokers


To expect poor and marginal farmers to trade online seems to be a wild imagination of a stockbroker, says Devinder Sharma.




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Indian Economy May Contract 0.4% in FY21 on Coronavirus Pandemic, Say Two Foreign Brokerages

Japanese brokerage Nomura warned of a likely downgrade of the sovereign by global ratings agencies while American brokerage Goldman Sachs (GS) said RBI will cut rates by another 1 percentage point to arrest the economic slide.




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HUL Gains As Soc Gen Buys 1.2 Crore Shares, Brokerages Remain Bearish

Shares of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) gained over 3 percent on Friday after foreign portfolio investor Societe General picked up 1.29 crore shares of the 5.69 percent stake off-loaded by GSK on Thursday. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Pte (GSK) and Horlicks sold




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Brokerages see over 50% upside in this PSU stock given its strong balance sheet; do you own it?

Brokerages have a positive view on the stock with a target price of Rs 41 (upside potential of 74.5 percent) in medium to long term.




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Coal India sees steepest decline in volume offtake since listing, but brokerages keep faith

On the front of earnings, the company is expected to see a contraction in sales and EBITDA margin for FY21 but FY22 may be the year of revival.




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Pick auto stocks with lower COVID-19 impact, strong balance sheets, say brokerages

The Nifty Auto Index has corrected by about 21 percent in the past two months, compared to an18 percent decline in the Nifty.




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Be selective while picking midcaps: Over 20 stocks on buy list of brokerages

The Nifty Mid-cap 100 was up 15.4 percent in Apr’20, as against the Nifty’s rise of 14.7 percent. In the last 12 months, mid-caps were down 23% as against Nifty’s decline of 16 percent.




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Brokering peace in nuclear environments: U.S. crisis management in South Asia / Moeed Yusuf

Dewey Library - JZ6009.S64 Y87 2018




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Japanese firm Nomura gets equity brokerage licence in India

Japanese brokerage firm Nomura has received an equity brokerage licence in the country and also memberships of the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, a British media report said on Sunday.




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The Migration Industry in Asia: Brokerage, Gender and Precarity / Michiel Baas, editor

Online Resource




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Accounting guide [electronic resource] : brokers and dealers in securities / American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, author




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Accounting guide. September 1, 2018 [electronic resource] : brokers and dealers in securities / American Institute of Certified Public Accountants




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Your successful career as a mortgage broker [electronic resource] / David Reed

Reed, David (Carl David), 1957-




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Hindalco gains 5% after unit Novelis' Q4 results; brokerages maintain 'buy'

Novelis informed that its net income attributable to its common shareholder came in at $63 million for the quarter under review, down 39 per cent year-on-year (YoY




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Brokers plan to sue MCX over negative price settlement of April crude

MCX said that it had settled the contract according to the formula in the contract, which has been followed for the last 15 years




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Association of stock brokers ANMI to mobilise 10 mn investors for LIC IPO

The proposed listing will help the government in achieving its disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 trillion for 2020-21




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Young Klondike's gold syndicate, or, Breaking the brokers of Dawson City




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Larry Murtagh's missing-ear case, or, A clew to the murder of Langley, the broker




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Boss Bob, the king of bootblacks, or, The pawnbroker's plot




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Nip and Tuck, or, The young brokers of Wall Street




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Golden Fleece, or, The boy brokers of Wall Street