With modern bank holding companies engaged in both the securities business and the commercial banking business (at its core taking deposits and making loans), how are the regulators going to mesh these laws together in their regulatory activities?

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The Justices ruled 5-3 Tuesday that third parties, such as investment banks, accounting firms and suppliers, can be shielded from liability if they engage in business with companies that are involved in securities fraud.

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News out of the subprime mortgage sector continues to worsen, as New Century Finance, already teetering toward bankruptcy, announced new regulatory probes and Massachusetts-issued subpoenas to two big securities companies for information on their research into the business.

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Though Draghi didn't spell out what policy changes could emerge, analysts say the bank could look at ways to encourage lending to midsize companies that could allow banks to bundle small business loans as securities and park them at the ECB as collateral for central bank loans.

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Now, the Securities and Exchange Commission plans to require foreign companies listing in the US to disclose their business interests in those countries.

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Hyundai started out as a construction company in 1947, and founder Chung Ju-Yung and his extended family soon controlled a powerful South Korean business empire consisting of some 50 companies with interests in shipbuilding, automobiles, elevators and securities, among others.

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