Along with the criminal charges being dropped, the Security and Exchange Commission charges were also dismissed.

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The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) prohibits the use of testimonials since it is felt they can be misleading.

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Operators who are already required to report to the Security and Exchange Commission would also have to certify that their plans are sufficient.

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It was a smart move by Rakoff to allow the government a chance to see the evidence that the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) had on Raj and his co-conspirators during the civil proceedings.

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That long tail includes about a hundred databases of specialized information that the search engine is now working on indexing, such as the Security and Exchange Commission's online filings and the online collection of medical journals known as PubMed.

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Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the State Legislature - which took this step at the initiative of Rep. Pete Schneider (R-Slidell) - are to be strongly commended, both for the contribution they are making to mitigate these funds' exposure to what the Securities and Exchange Commission calls 'global security risk' and, we hope, to denying state sponsors of terror the wherewithal they could use to harm Americans.

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Although CSAG's products simply provide information for investors focused on the financial risk to the share values and reputations of these firms, its work has nonetheless catalyzed the recent commitment by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Donaldson to establish a new Office of Global Security Risk at the SEC.

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