Dealbook: Contender For S.e.c. Chief Drops Out

By BEN PROTESS and SUSANNE CRAIG, New York Times
Wed, 11/28/2012 - 1:17pm

After Mary Miller, a senior Treasury Department official, removed her name from consideration, Sallie L. Krawcheck, a long-time Wall Street executive, has emerged as a potential front-runner to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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