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BUSINESS, Page 54Business NotesWALL STREETBig Brother Is Listening
When anyone at Drexel Burnham Lambert talks, the Government
may soon be listening. Last week the investment firm said it would
submit to unprecedented federal supervision as part of an agreement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges of
insider trading and stock fraud. The deal will enable Drexel to
proceed with a separate settlement of criminal charges, first
announced last December, for which the firm will pay $650 million
in fines.
Drexel's pact with the SEC, which must be approved by a federal
judge, will allow the firm to close the book on a 2 1/2-year
federal probe. But the price is high. The agreement puts Drexel on
probation for three years and requires it to set up an oversight
committee. The firm is also naming a new chairman, former SEC head
John Shad, to succeed Drexel's Robert Linton. As expected, the deal
forces Drexel to cut all ties to its former junk-bond king, Michael
Milken, who is facing separate criminal charges of racketeering and
securities fraud. Last week Milken agreed to set aside assets of
at least $600 million, which could be forfeited if he is found
guilty.