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Securities and Exchange Commission

American  

noun

  1. SEC.

Securities and Exchange Commission British  

noun

  1.  SEC.  a US federal agency established in 1934 to supervise and regulate issues of and transactions in securities and to prosecute illegal stock manipulations

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Securities and Exchange Commission Cultural  

  1. A federal agency that supervises the exchange of securities so as to protect investors against malpractice, such as insider trading.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has also opened an investigation into Tricolor, Burns said in her filing.

From Barron's

Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission said that the sovereign-wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar were contributing $24 billion, or nearly a quarter of the entire bid.

From MarketWatch

Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission said that the sovereign-wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar were contributing $24 billion, or nearly a quarter of the entire bid.

From MarketWatch

The quandary is on display now at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal

Securities and Exchange Commission and Denmark’s Special Crime Unit after it pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal

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