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Source: NYT (video)

Roundup: Media's Take

9-28-09

NYT: The Day the S.E.C. Changed the Game

An audio recording from 2004 shows levity, even laughter, as the S.E.C. made a little-noticed, but fateful change to rules governing the five largest U.S. investment banks.

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