Monthly Archives: February 2012

Google Tracked iPhones, Bypassing Apple Browser Privacy Settings online.wsj.com | Feb 17th 2012 Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers—tracking the … Continue reading →

Google’s Cookie Trick in Safari Stirs Debate by Brian X. Chen, bits.blogs.nytimes.comFebruary 17th 2012 Researchers have discovered that Google deliberately bypassed the privacy settings in Safari, the Web browser on the iPhone and other Apple devices, so it could customize … Continue reading →

Apple Loophole Gives Developers Access to Photos by NICK BILTON, bits.blogs.nytimes.comFebruary 28th 2012 8:19 p.m. | Updated SAN FRANCISCO — The private photos on your phone may not be as private as you think. Developers of applications for Apple’s mobile … Continue reading →

New York Sues BofA and Merrill for Pension Losses by DEALBOOK, dealbook.nytimes.comJuly 22nd 2010 The State of New York is suing Bank of America and its Merrill Lynch securities firm over the companies’ merger and Merrill’s subprime mortgage exposure, hoping … Continue reading →

Bank of America Faces a $50 Billion Shareholder Lawsuit by STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF, dealbook.nytimes.comSeptember 27th 2011 Bank of America’s potential liability for bad mortgages — in the tens of billions of dollars — is well known. But Bank of America … Continue reading →

Merrill Lynch Fined $1 Million for Bonus Clawbacks by BEN PROTESS, dealbook.nytimes.comJanuary 25th 2012 The big bonuses doled out at Merrill Lynch during the height of the financial crisis have once again reared their ugly head. Merrill Lynch agreed on … Continue reading →

Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. topics.nytimes.com | Feb 27th 2012 Updated Sept. 15, 2009 Merrill Lynch was founded in 1914 and heralded the idea that everyone, not just the rich, should invest in the financial markets. That stance made Merrill … Continue reading →

Brokers Plead Not Guilty in Eavesdropping Case by BLOOMBERG NEWS, nytimes.comMarch 25th 2006 Three former stockbrokers from Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers Holdings and four former and current executives at the online brokerage firm A. B. Watley Group pleaded not … Continue reading →

S.E.C. Faces Fresh Scrutiny Over Trading Inquiry at Lehman by GRETCHEN MORGENSON, nytimes.comFebruary 22nd 2009 The Securities and Exchange Commission, under fire for failing to heed warnings about the Ponzi scheme that was apparently run by Bernard L. Madoff and … Continue reading →

S.E.C. Choice Is Sued Over a Merger of Regulators by STEPHEN LABATON, nytimes.comJanuary 11th 2009 WASHINGTON — Mary L. Schapiro, who appears this week at a confirmation hearing on her selection to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been … Continue reading →