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  • The bank's stock price is no longer heading toward penny-stock territory shares are now trading at around $8 today, and market talk about another round of government bailouts has ceased, at least for the moment

    Charles Gasparino: Who Is the Best Person to Run Bank of America? Charles Gasparino 2011

  • In late 2007, Mr. Ruettiger and the company's president hired an experienced penny-stock promoter to orchestrate a public distribution of company stock.

    SEC Tackles 'Rudy' in Fraud Case Andrew Ackerman 2011

  • Just as the penny-stock scandals reflected badly on Colorado's business community in the last decade of the 20th century, Colorado's bank failures in the first years of this century -- eight since 2008 -- will reflect badly on the state for some time to come.

    Robert Schwab: Bank Failures Reflect Badly on Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

  • The bank's stock price is no longer heading toward penny-stock territory shares are now trading at around $8 today, and market talk about another round of government bailouts has ceased, at least for the moment

    Charles Gasparino: Who Is the Best Person to Run Bank of America? Charles Gasparino 2011

  • He has a conviction rate of more than 95%, largely from cases involving mini-Madoff investment schemes, unregistered brokers and penny-stock firms.

    In Alabama, Beware the Borg Jean Eaglesham 2011

  • Just as the penny-stock scandals reflected badly on Colorado's business community in the last decade of the 20th century, Colorado's bank failures in the first years of this century -- eight since 2008 -- will reflect badly on the state for some time to come.

    Robert Schwab: Bank Failures Reflect Badly on Colorado Robert Schwab 2011

  • The SEC said it also is seeking "an officer and director bar against Dubeau and penny-stock bars against Gomez and Dubeau."

    SEC Charges Two Florida Firms, CEOs Nathan Becker 2010

  • Monday, the SEC charged more than a dozen penny-stock promoters with securities fraud.

    Overheard 2010

  • Bloomberg News Vikram Pandit "They want to change their image and get rid of the penny-stock image," suggested James D. Rosenfeld , a finance professor at Emory University in Atlanta who has studied reverse splits.

    Heaven Cent: Citi Reinstates Dividend Randall Smith 2011

  • The bank's stock price is no longer heading toward penny-stock territory shares are now trading at around $8 today, and market talk about another round of government bailouts has ceased, at least for the moment

    Charles Gasparino: Who Is the Best Person to Run Bank of America? Charles Gasparino 2011

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