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As Labor Strife Grows, So Do Complaints About CEO Pay

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Elon Musk has apparently had enough of automotive companies showering their executives with lavish compensation packages. The Tesla CEO, himself under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for asking the electric-vehicle m...

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New Disclosure Rules Prove Timely Amid Crippling Cyber Attacks

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Here’s a case of what may be fortunate timing for both investors and gamblers. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s new cybersecurity disclosure rules went into effect this month within days of hackers launching crippling cyber-attacks...

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Flurry of High-Profile Activity Could Revive Listless IPO Market

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The grim market for initial public offerings may be picking up thanks to recent high-profile activity. IPOs have seen wild fluctuations in the last two years as the number of companies going to market has suffered a steep drop. Though the b...

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Court Decisions Further Complicates Crypto Regulation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered yet another loss on a cryptocurrency issue in court, adding more upheaval to the messy process of building a new regulatory regime from scratch. The latest legal setback came in the form o...

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Regulatory Focus on Crypto Continues as FASB Tentatively Approves New Accounting Standards

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In keeping with U.S. regulators’ efforts to get a grip on cryptocurrency, the Financial Accounting Standards Board last week tentatively approved much-anticipated rules affecting how businesses account for and disclose crypto assets. The ne...

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