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The Web according to Samuel Rubenfeld, a journalist published in The Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com, Dow Jones Newswires, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram, The Hill, Village Voice, Newsday, Times of Middle Country and my alma mater's campus newspaper, The Hofstra Chronicle.

I write the Corruption Currents blog, which is hosted on the Wall Street Journal's website.

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SEC’s Mary Schapiro to Step Down - Corruption Currents - WSJ

Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced Monday she would be stepping down.

Her decision will mark the end of a turbulent and trying period for the agency, which was reeling after the emergence of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.

Schapiro will officially step down Dec. 14.

A career regulator, she is credited by current and former SEC officials with steadying the agency after its failure to spot the Madoff fraud.

1:41 pm • 26 November 2012