Leader: Hot on the trail

The financial world is a hotbed of intrigue these days with everyone from mutual funds to heads of exchanges getting punished for behavior that would have gone unnoticed just a couple years ago. In the new age of corporate responsibility and transparency, however, no stone (or e-mail in-box for that matter) will go unturned, if regulators and legislators have their way. There are certainly more than a few companies cleaning house now to ensure they won't be the focus of the financial media's