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Category: Rules & Regs

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Twitter Investment Could Get Elon Musk in More Trouble with SEC

Twitter bird perched on branch

It’s always something with Elon Musk, isn’t it? Once heralded as a visionary innovator, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX now appears more interested in burnishing a reputation as a social provocateur. As his personal fortune has grown, the...

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The White House’s New BBB: Biden Bashing Buybacks

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Critics of corporate stock buybacks found a pleasant surprise tucked in President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for the 2023 fiscal year. If enacted, the administration’s plan could transform the practice, which has long been a source of cont...

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Amplifying the impact of greenhouse gases

The Climate Disclosure Rules Are Here! The Climate Disclosure Rules Are Here!

Amplifying the impact of greenhouse gases

The Securities and Exchange Commission this week finally proposed its rules for disclosing companies’ climate change-related risks. If enacted, registered companies would be required for the first time ever to report on their greenhouse gas...

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Could SEC’s Beneficial Ownership Proposal Kill Off Activist Investing?

A Bubble on the floor

How long should investors be allowed to wait before alerting the market that they have taken significant equity stakes in publicly traded companies? According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the current grace period of 10 days is...

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SEC Proposes New Pay vs. Performance Rule

Cat playing with a ruler, measuring financial performance

How should a public company define success? It’s the kind of abstract question that might appear on a college economics exam. But for more than a decade, it has also been a very real question plaguing the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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