What's New on the SEC Website
February 6, 2008

Press Releases

• Former KPMG Consulting Principal Settles SEC Charges for Role in Peregrine Accounting Fraud (2008-14)
   
• Chyhe Becker Named Assistant Chief Economist in SEC Office of Economic Analysis (2008-13)
   

Litigation Releases

• VesCor Capital Corp., VesCor Capital, Inc., Vescorp Capital, LLC, VesCorp Capital IV-A, LLC, VesCorp Capital IV-M, LLC and Val E. Southwick (Release No. LR-20450)
  See also: Complaint in this matter
   
• Stephen P. Gardner, et al. (Release Nos. LR-20449, AAER-2781)
   

Administrative Proceedings

• William Patrick Borchard (CPA) (Release Nos. 34-57282; AAER-2782)
   
• Massachusetts Financial Services Company, John W. Ballen and Kevin R. Parke (Release No. 34-57276)
   
• TAM Restaurants, Inc. (n/k/a Aerofoam Metals, Inc.) (Release No. 34-57275)
   

Investment Company Act Releases

• Wisdom Tree Trust, et al. (Notice) (Release No. IC-28147)
   
• Barclays Global Fund Advisors, et al. (Notice) (Release No. IC-28146)
   
• Bear Stearns Asset Management, Inc., et al. (Notice) (Release No. IC-28143)
   

Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Rulemaking and National Market System (NMS) Plans

• FINRA: Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Amendments to FINRA’s Gross Income Assessment and Technical Changes to Schedule A to FINRA’s By-Laws (Release No. 34-57259; File No. SR-FINRA-2008-001)
   
• FINRA: Order Approving Proposed Rule Change to Create Exception to Principal Approval Requirements for Certain Filed Sales Material (Release No. 34-57257; File No. SR-FINRA-2007-020)
   
• FINRA: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Amendments to FINRA’s NYSE Rules 421, 440F, and 440G (Release No. 34-57259; File No. SR-FINRA-2007-025)
   
• NYSE: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Changes to NYSE Rules 104 (Dealings by Specialists); 111 (Reports of Executions); 123A (Miscellaneous Reports); 123C (Market on the Close Policy and Expiration Procedures); 421(Periodic Reports); 440B (Short Sales); 440C (Short Sale Borrowing and Delivery Requirements); 440F (Public Short Sale Transactions Effected on the Exchange); 440G (Transactions in Stocks and Warrants for the Accounts of Members, Allied Members and Member Organizations); 902 (Off-Hours Trading Orders); 1000 (Automatic Execution of Limit Orders Against Orders Reflected in NYSE Published Quotation); and 1003 (Application of Tick Tests) Relating to Recent Amendments to Rule 10a-1 and Regulation SHO (Release No. 34-57251; File No. SR-NYSE-2007-62)
   
• NYSE Arca: Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Dissemination of the Index Value for Equity Index-Linked Securities (Release No. 34-57273; File No. SR-NYSEArca-2008-06)