Epstein Secrets

-fraud lawsuit against Stifel Financial Corp., the broker for the deals, claiming it misled the school districts about the risks of the securities. Stifel has denied any wrongdoing and is fighting the lawsuit. Now, though, the SEC is weighing civil charges against the Royal Bank of Canada unit that cre

market and one of the big losers, suffering billions of dollars in losses from subprime loans when the housing bubble burst. The SEC's inquiry into Mizuho still is months from completion and might not result in charges being filed against the company. Mortgage-bond deals under scrutiny include Tigris,

PRGO Key Research: cuts HRL (sell) Key Research: ISI initiates CVS/MCK/ABC (ow) & CAH/ESRX (mw) & WAG (uw), Mizuho downgrades ADTN Key Research: Stifel initiates TRN/GBX (buys) & ARII/RAIL (hold) & downgrades ADTN, BMO initiates AMZN (mp) Key Research: Raja downgrades AGP, Wells upgrades DIS, Canto

y Research: ADTN Key Research: cuts PRGO Key Research: cuts HRL (sell) Key Research: ISI initiates CVS/MCK/ABC (ow) & CAH/ESRX (mw) & WAG (uw), Mizuho downgrades ADTN Key Research: Stifel initiates TRN/GBX (buys) & ARII/RAIL (hold) & downgrades ADTN, BMO initiates AMZN (mp) Key Research: Raja do

S (op) • Opco initiates NXPI (op) & upgrades AEO & downgrades APTO/SVU, Roth initiates NDRM/JYNT (buy) • RBC initiates FGEN (op) & downgrades CBST, Stifel initiates FGEN (buy) and COG/APC/NFX/NBL (hold) • Wedbush initiates CSCO (op) and JNPR (neut), Lonbow downgrades LPX & upgrades LECO (buy) Europe K

owngrades SEIC • JPM initiates ALL/AON/MMC (ow) and ACE/PGR/TRV (neut) and CB/UW (uw) & downgrades SLB • Macquarie upgrades SM, DB cuts DOV (sell), Mizuho downgrades WAG, Northland initiates PMCS (op) • Opco initiates NXPI (op) & upgrades AEO & downgrades APTO/SVU, Roth initiates NDRM/JYNT (buy) • RBC