NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREW CUOMO, THE NEXT CHRIS COX?

BY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN AS the US presidential election draws nigh, speculation is mounting about who may replace Christopher Cox as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). One name in the frame is Andrew Cuomo, the attorney general of the state of New York. Oddly, Mr Cuomo - the son of former New York governor and leading Democrat Mario Cuomo - was first floated as a candidate for the SEC post by John McCain, the Republican nominee during a television interview last month. So far, Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee who leads in the ...


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