Date:03/06/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/06/03/stories/2005060304221700.htm

Business - Briefly

Congressman named SEC chief

WASHINGTON: Acting quickly, the President, George W. Bush, on Thursday named conservative Rep. Christopher Cox to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Cox would succeed William Donaldson, who announced the day before he was stepping down after 28 months on the job.