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The Securities and Exchange Commission is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Ponzi schemes that have emerged over the last few years. It created the conditions that left huge opportunities for the ambitious and unscrupulous to dupe investors. And it shows no inclination to fix the problems. What...

Some of the companies making headlines today: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) said Monday it has agreed to buy Solvay Group's drug business for 4.5 billion euros ($6.6 billion) in an all-cash deal. The deal gives Illinois-based Abbott full control of Solvay Pharmaceutical's cholesterol treatments and...