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Month: February 2025

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SEC’s Abrupt Change of Course on Proposals Shakes Up Proxy Season

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Investors’ favorite time of year, proxy season, is right around the corner. New guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission has added a wrinkle to this year’s festivities, though. This month, a bulletin from the SEC Division of Cor...

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Intelligize Report Highlights Public Companies’ Rising Concerns Over U.S.-China Trade War

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As the days when China was the United States’ largest trading partner seem further away than ever, a new report from Intelligize explores the trade war that has roiled geopolitical stability for more than seven years and shows no signs of a...

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New Merger Rules Survive Change in Administrations

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Since taking up residence in the White House for a second time, President Donald Trump has rolled back many policies put in place by his predecessor, Joe Biden. This week, however, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced...

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Observers Broadly Pan Trump’s Idea for a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund

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Despite facing a projected budget deficit of $1.9 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year, Republican President Donald Trump on February 3 signed an executive order instructing the federal government to establish a U.S. sovereign wealth fund to “...

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Companies Talking Frankly About Tariff Worries

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In the opening weeks of his second stint in the White House, President Donald Trump has started putting the tariffs he spoke so fondly about on the campaign trail into play. During talks earlier this month on border security with Canada and...

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