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Cuomo: Sandy cost NY, NYC $32B in damage and loss

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Top political leaders in New York put their heads together Monday on big requests for federal disaster aid as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Superstorm Sandy ran up a bill of $32 billion in the state and the nation's largest city. The

SEC official Elisse Walter chosen to lead agency

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has chosen Elisse Walter, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to lead the agency after Chairman Mary Schapiro leaves next month. She will take over at a critical time for the agency, which is finalizing new rules crafted in

Schapiro's SEC successor likely to follow her lead

By MARCY GORDONAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission will change next month. Its approach to regulation probably won't. Mary Schapiro will step down as chairwoman after a tumultuous tenure in which she helped lead the government's

Correction: Egypt story

CAIRO (AP) - In a story Nov. 25 about Egypt, The Associated Press misidentified reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a former director of the U.S. nuclear agency. ElBaradei is a former director of the U.N. nuclear agency. A corrected version of the story is below: Egypt's political foes dig in