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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) spoke to the FBI and handed over documents last month related to recent stock transactions by her husband that have come under public scrutiny. "Senator Feinstein was asked some basic questions by law enforcement about her husband’s stock transactions. ...She was happy to voluntarily answer those questions to set the record straight and provided additional documents to show she had no involvement in her husband’s transactions," a spokesman said. Feinstein's conversation with the FBI took place in April and the spokesman said that "there have been no follow up actions on this issue." Feinstein's husband sold...

Toll Brothers (TOL) director Bruce Toll sold 500,000 shares of his TOL holdings on December 19 for $31.62 per share netting him $15,810,000. And, that is apparently a drop in the bucket to what he has been selling. On November 15, 2006, he sold 350,900 at $28.64 per share and then again on November 16, 2006 he sold another 149,100 at 29.20 per share. Even further back in September he sold 355,000 at $28.99 per share. Pretty massive selling by an insider. Other officers of the company have been selling quite a bit too over the last year.

WASHINGTON -- John Negroponte, President Bush's choice for intelligence chief, is a multimillionaire who promised last year to sell stock in companies that have business stakes in Iraq's reconstruction, according to his financial disclosure reports. It is unclear from two April reports, Negroponte's most recent filings, whether he followed through on sales of General Electric and other companies helping to rebuild Iraq, where he is U.S. ambassador. The White House did not immediately comment Monday. Less than two weeks ago, Bush asked Negroponte to take on the new job of national intelligence director, bringing together 15 independent intelligence agencies. That...