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		<title>ITG Research Struggles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ITG is a bellwether for commissions and, with its acquisition of Majestic Research and subsequent purchase of Ross Smith Energy Group, it is a publicly traded example of an agency broker seeking to...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>JP Morgan Presses Bloomberg on Access to Subscriber Data</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/siZfnnYVTZM/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/20/jp-morgan-presses-bloomberg-on-access-to-subscriber-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6345</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, JP Morgan Chase sent a formal letter to global market data vendor Bloomberg LP, requesting five years of internal logs verifying what data the firm’s journalists had...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Independents &amp; the WSJ Research Awards</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/RW9gcEr0_Bg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/15/independents-the-wsj-research-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6338</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Independent research firms took the top two spots in the latest WSJ Research Awards, but overall independents were under-represented in the rankings. Investment bank research, which tends to be more...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nomura Tries to Smooth the Waters</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/JPgcwK9HDec/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/14/nomura-tries-to-smooth-the-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6335</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nomura appointed the former head of UBS’s global equity research to run its European equity research after a major shake-up that led to nearly 20 employees being cut from its research team. Alan...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grassley on Political Intelligence</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/Q5JYsOuf1XU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/13/grassley-on-political-intelligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, Senator Charles Grassley (R, Iowa) spoke on the floor of the Senate about his investigation into a potential leak about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Compliance Head for GLG</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/mOy_q4tHWGw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/07/new-compliance-head-for-glg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6316</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gerson Lehrman Group, the leading expert-networking firm, recently hired a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement lawyer to lead its compliance effort. Michael King, a former...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Insider Trading and Information from Washington</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/2-UwmQdGxhU/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6311</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – The investigation into a potential leak of information from the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services regarding an important policy decision reversal announced early last month...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Macro Upheaval</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/agR4RQgsOgI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/05/01/macro-upheaval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6306</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Co-founder Nancy Lazar has left ISI Group to form a new macro research shop, Cornerstone Macro LP, taking with her François Trahan of Wolfe Trahan.  They are joined by ISI&#8217;s policy team, Andy...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Goodbye CFRA, Hello Governance Research</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/UqhTlkejzHc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/30/goodbye-cfra-hello-governance-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the wake of CFRA’s spinoff, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading proxy research provider, announced it is now distributing third party governance research. The move underlines...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two Plus Two = Insider Trading</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/waYk6EF6SFQ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/29/two-plus-two-insider-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6298</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – A few weeks ago, a case involving a Canadian investment banker who figured out about an upcoming merger on his own and profitably traded on this information, has settled his case with...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Objective Ratings? I Said That?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/twF6QP-TEL8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/25/objective-ratings-i-said-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6254</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s weighed in with its initial response to the U.S. Justice Department&#8217;s lawsuit that its ratings on structured debt defrauded investors.  Its 26-page motion to dismiss...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New Enforcement Priorities for the SEC</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/UCWu8QVJPvo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/23/new-enforcement-priorities-for-the-sec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mary Jo White, the new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will likely set new enforcement priorities for the agency. The first former prosecutor to serve as chairman, she is...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Political Intelligence Firm Investigated for Potential Insider Trading Violation (Revised)</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/qWFTIdvN9TM/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/22/political-intelligence-firm-investigated-for-potential-insider-trading-violation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week the Wall Street Journal published that Washington policy research firm, Height Securities, received a tip from a lobbyist that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where All The Children Are Above Average</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/Ivt_7aGuzjI/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6198</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[No, not Lake Wobegon, we&#8217;re talking about Finland.  A recent study found that Finnish children under the age of 10 were remarkably astute investors, outperforming regular investors by as much...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Key Provision of STOCK Act Gutted</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/-j7ibBBT3e8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/15/key-provision-of-stock-act-gutted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6192</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, in a rather secretive move, the Senate and House passed a bill that effectively guts one of the more important aspects of the STOCK Act passed last year – and that is...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Whistleblower Alleges Early Release of Embargoed Data</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/bSgKphB95Nk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/09/whistleblower-alleges-early-release-of-embargoed-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A former  employee accused Thomson Reuters of firing him for telling the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the company’s release of consumer sentiment data violated insider-trading laws according...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GAO Report Prompts Cry for More Transparency in Political Intelligence</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/fzuDcytLIJU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/08/gao-report-prompts-cry-for-more-transparency-in-political-intelligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, the Government Accounting Office released its long awaited report on the political intelligence industry.  Unfortunately, the lack of clarity and insight in the report...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>HF Survey Suggests Insider Trading Here to Stay</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/AWV6hjur2UQ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/04/hf-survey-suggests-insider-trading-here-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a recent survey of hedge fund professionals, nearly half (46%) believed that their competitors have engaged in illegal activity, more than one third (35%) have personally felt pressure to break...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Social Media Blessed by SEC for Corporate Communications</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/gvKengarhHE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/03/social-media-blessed-by-sec-for-corporate-communications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Earlier this week, the SEC cleared Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, of violating Reg FD when he posted a market moving piece of corporate news on his Facebook page.  The agency ruled that...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Observations on Research Due Diligence</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/d9NK0Rmki_g/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/02/observations-on-research-due-diligence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6165</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We recently had an article published in the Hedge Fund Law Report which discusses how asset managers review the compliance platforms of external research providers.  The article summarizes our...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Online Consumer Sentiment Data Used to Generate Alpha</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/WLyrVk_7bjY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/04/01/online-consumer-sentiment-data-used-to-generate-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer activity]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY &#8211; Can the actions and sentiment of online consumers be captured and synthesized into a meaningful signal for individual equity prices?  One unique social media data and analytics...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>FSA Stirs the Commission Pot</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/YA2tYgQVN7g/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/26/fsa-stirs-the-commission-pot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6131</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we reported last October, the Financial Services Authority in the UK is challenging the payment for corporate access with client commissions.  The FSA&#8217;s scrutiny goes beyond corporate...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Overcapacity Leads to Cuts at Nomura’s Equity Research Group</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/OnWtYidipmg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/25/overcapacity-leads-to-cuts-at-nomura%e2%80%99s-equity-research-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – A few weeks ago, Japanese investment bank, Nomura cut a large number of staff in the firm’s London equity research operation.  Management cited overcapacity and a continued period of...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Goldman Sells Last Hudson Street Vestige</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/fKA7ICAlDmY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/19/goldman-sells-last-hudson-street-vestige/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs received $32.5 million for its remaining stake in Epocrates Inc, after the healthcare technology company was acquired by athenahealth Inc., according to a securities filing on Friday. ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two SAC Capital Subsidiaries Settle SEC Insider Trading Charges for $616 mln</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/b3YYMI-KH40/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/18/two-sac-capital-subsidiaries-settle-sec-insider-trading-charges-for-616-mln/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, two units of Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital hedge fund, agreed to settle civil insider trading charges with the SEC for a record $615.7 mln.  The two units that reached...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>MSCI To Sell CFRA</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/riU5-bY3-fE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/14/msci-to-sell-cfra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[MSCI released a terse press release yesterday announcing it will be selling CFRA, a leading forensic research provider, to an undisclosed &#8216;private investor&#8217; for an undisclosed price.  Is...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Value of Face Time</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/T-R71xx0pSM/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/13/the-value-of-face-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The lead article in the March 4 edition of FTfm, the fund management section of the Financial Times, began with this sentence: “Investment banks are charging asset managers up to $20,000 an hour to...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SEC Priorities</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/9LyQYPL_Tcs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/11/sec-priorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has laid out its priorities for 2013, and insider trading remains at the top of its list.  Similarly, fraud detection remains a high priority for its...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wedge Partners Transfers Trading Desk to Rosenblatt Securities</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/gff59rK1lDI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/07/wedge-transfers-trading-desk-to-rosenblatt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Wedge Partners, a technology research boutique, has decided to outsource its trading to Rosenblatt Securities.  The move will save money for Wedge, which previously had its own trading desk, as well...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Anonymous Hacks ClearForest</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/L10vv8D1AgA/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/05/anonymous-hacks-clearforest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ClearForest, a Thomson Reuters subsidiary which provides tools for data mining text and social media, suffered a severe attack by a group affiliated by Anonymous.  A group called Par:AnoIA is...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Footnoted Relaunches Website After Buy-Back</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/eb-mM6aKRB0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/03/04/footnoted-relaunches-website-after-buy-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Footnoted.com, a well-known financial website used by both retail and professional investors to investigate potential issues buried deep in public companies’ SEC filings, relaunched...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Code Red Says It Is In The Green</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/LdtgN3VcHFE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/27/code-red-says-it-is-in-the-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Code Red issued a press release saying it has added over 2,000 new users to its research management system over the last twelve months.  New clients cited in the release include Sprott Asset...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>TABB Predicts Uptick in U.S. Equity Commissions</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/5o9vXaPKuiY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/26/tabb-predicts-uptick-in-u-s-equity-commissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[TABB Group, a consultancy focused on financial services, predicts U.S. equity commissions will rebound in 2013.  The outlook is not as sanguine in Europe, where pressures on cash equities remain...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Catfishing Comes to the Stock Markets</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/Z7f3-DKgkow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/25/catfishing-comes-to-the-stock-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – When are Manti Te’o and stock market investors alike?  When they are both the victims of scams using social media to perpetrate lies.  Unfortunately, in the past month, two such...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ITG Undertakes Review</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/7K2XdYnkX_s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/20/itg-undertakes-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After a second year of losses, ITG announced it would begin monitoring and measuring its financial performance by line of business, leading to speculation that cuts to its research may result.  ITG...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>SAC Withdrawals Exceed Expectations Due to Insider Trading Probe</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/1ezQAXEL3io/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/19/sac-withdrawals-exceed-expectations-due-to-insider-trading-probe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Valentine’s Day 2013 was not filled with love for hedge fund SAC Capital as the government’s ongoing insider trading investigation prompted investors to request withdrawals of $1.68...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>UK Broker Folds Into Cantor</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/BATLJA06_qY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/13/uk-broker-folds-into-cantor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Venerable UK stockbroker Seymour Pierce signed a “pre-pack” agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald last week, under which it went briefly into insolvency before transferring assets to Cantor.  Cantor...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gaming Research Providers Form Alliance</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/XG-hPCebfRw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/12/gaming-research-providers-form-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=6047</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gaming industry analysts Frank Fantini and Todd Eilers have formed a strategic alliance to to create and distribute gaming market research reports.  The main focus of the collaboration is a quarterly...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cowen Group Acquires Dahlman Rose</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/5Jyx_6MIB4o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/11/cowen-group-acquires-dahlman-rose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – A few weeks ago, New York City based financial services firm, Cowen Group, said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dahlman Rose &#38; Co., a research-driven investment bank...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another Brokerage Casualty: CapStone Investments</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/1_iXbyNB0xY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/08/another-brokerage-casualty-capstone-investments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[CapStone Investments Inc., a San Diego-based stock-research boutique, shut its doors in mid-January after merger talks with Ascendiant Capital Markets LLC collapsed, according to an article in the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Standard &amp; Soon to be Poor</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/5R5kQy5JJhI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/07/standard-soon-to-be-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Department of Justice&#8217;s 119 page complaint against Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s is a devastating depiction of S&#38;P&#8217;s ratings of residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) and...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Equity Research and IPOs</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/XNNtdIhgJGI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/05/equity-research-ipos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tim Keating of Keating Capital, a publicly traded company which makes pre-IPO investments emerging growth companies, has published a thoughtful white paper on the impact on IPOs from changes in the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Direct Access Partners Adds New Provider to Research Platform</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/9DNjvC2i1qg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/04/direct-access-partners-adds-new-provider-to-research-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – A few weeks ago, institutional trading firm Direct Access Partners, announced that it had developed an exclusive distribution relationship with specialist independent research firm,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Test Your Insider Trading Skills</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/1UH-Soltwdc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/02/01/test-your-insider-trading-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=5967</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This tongue-in-cheek insider trading &#8220;exam&#8221; was posted on the Cassandra Does Tokyo blog.   Click on the link for the full exam. 3. What statement most closely approximates the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How Much Insider Trading Prosecution Is Enough?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/dh6EMzhwE5o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/29/how-much-insider-trading-prosecution-is-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=5933</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Skepticism about the high regulatory priority placed on insider trading is rising in both the media and in academia.  Matt Levine of DealBreaker recently posted a great blog questioning the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Former Seligman PM Fingers Another SAC Manager</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/Drm1e-iZ6Mc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/28/former-seligman-pm-fingers-another-sac-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York , NY – Last week, the Wall Street Journal broke a story that another government informant told federal investigators that a  former portfolio manager at SAC Capital Advisors had shared and...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xinhua Finance Insider Pleas</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/nkA6xxUrT-A/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/24/xinhua-finance-insider-pleas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The former chief executive of Xinhua Finance, a former media company which controlled a number of independent research properties, signed a plea deal with prosecutors to settle charges of a series...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>ConvergEx Sells Eze Castle</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/hBhhCeNWjZI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/23/convergex-sells-eze-castle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ConvergEx Holdings announced today the sale of its software platform business, consisting primarily of order management services provider Eze Castle Software LLC and execution management services...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Marwood’s Prescient Advice Receives Scrutiny</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/Drqw22rvHu4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/22/marwood%e2%80%99s-prescient-advice-receives-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=5929</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, the Wall Street Journal broke a story about how the investment advice provided by a well-connected research firm specializing in Washington political developments, the...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Decline in Investment Banking Research Spending</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/1275w98481o/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/15/decline-in-bulge-research-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Neil Scarth of Frost Consulting, a UK-based consulting firm specializing in global commission unbundling,  forwarded some interesting estimates on sell side research spending.  Frost Consulting...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Former SAC Analyst Gets Probation for Cooperating with Feds</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/vHiC-XXaWcE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/14/former-sac-analyst-gets-probation-for-cooperating-with-feds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Last week, former SAC technology analyst, Wesley Wang, was sentenced to probation in federal district court after pleading guilty to insider trading as a result of his cooperation with...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2012 Performance Review</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/opS3dRXJeIk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We analyzed the performance of stock recommendations made by stock research firms tracked by Investars, a New York based performance measurement specialist, for the 3-year period from January 1, 2010...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Underperformance and Indie Research</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/FaJvvVnmres/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/07/hedge-fund-underperformance-and-indie-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – 2012 was a bust for most hedge funds as the average fund posted a meager 5.5% return, compared to a 13% return for the S&#38;P 500, marking the fourth consecutive year where hedge...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What’s Ahead?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/oGLbM0D0q9I/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2013/01/02/whats-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We persist in the belief that &#8217;13 will be a lucky year for the research industry.  However, some hard luck will be mixed with the good. W(h)ither Commissions? 2012 did not offer much relief to...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mosaic Theory in Question?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/cBU83eIoQko/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/31/mosaic-theory-in-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/?p=5846</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – A few weeks ago, in a panel discussion on insider trading held at the Pierre Hotel in New York City, a number of controversial comments were made, which when taken in combination,...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>B. Riley Acquires Caris &amp; Co.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/P5Z-ZcGFMOo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/24/b-riley-acquires-caris-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Early last week, Los Angeles-based investment bank, B. Riley &#38; Co., LLC announced that it was acquiring San Diego-based investment bank Caris &#38; Company to increase its sales...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley Fined over Facebook Research</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/0EMD9RKazoc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/20/morgan-stanley-fined-over-facebook-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY – Earlier this week, Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook’s initial public offering, was fined $5 million by the state of Massachusetts to settle charges that its investment...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Social Media &amp; Research: Opportunities and Risks</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/bXku2QXY_dk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/17/social-media-research-opportunities-and-risks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The FBI is reportedly monitoring Twitter and Facebook for insider trading violations.  The FBI views social media as a potential breeding ground for securities fraud.  At the same time, social media...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More on CSAs</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/EwRbPW-kanA/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/11/more-on-csas-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanford Bragg</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What, another study of commission sharing arrangements?  Hot on the heels of the Greenwich Associates/Frost Consulting report we discussed last week comes another study of CSAs by Woodbine...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Decision Resources Group Acquires UK-Based Abacus International</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Integrityresearch/~3/AUjdbk_gI3s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.integrity-research.com/cms/2012/12/10/decision-resources-group-acquires-uk-based-abacus-international/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Mayhew</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York, NY &#8211; Last week, Burlington, Massachusetts-based research and advisory firm for the healthcare industry, Decision Resources Group (DRG), announced that it was acquiring UK-based Abacus...]]></content:encoded>
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