News in brief: US president names SEC commissioners

US president George W Bush has nominated Paul Atkins and Cynthia Glassman as new commissioners at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Atkins is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers while Glassman is at Ernst & Young. Their appointments still need to be confirmed by the US Senate.

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