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ThinkstockThe Securities and Exchange Commission is usually seen going after individuals, fiduciary managers, and companies for various aspects of investor fraud. We already have seen the state of...
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ThinkstockThe Justice Department may hit SAC Capital Advisors and its founder Steve Cohen with the most brutal prosecution tactic possible, as far as tools for securities fraud go. According to the...
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ThinkstockNear the top of the business headlines is the battle that Congress has started to wage with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the taxes it pays. By some measures, the company barely pays taxes...
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The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may have dated regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on public and Indian lands. That will, for the time being, keep...
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ThinkstockAs federal officials investigate insider trading at Steven Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors, the noose has begun to tighten around his neck. There has long been a suspicion that he was aware...
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ThinkstockTwo days ago, officials of the European Commission (EC), the executive arm of the European Union, raided the offices of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Statoil ASA...
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ThinkstockOn Monday, LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) revised the user agreement for its online professional network to exclude certain businesses and at least one profession. The company said that it has...
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ThinkstockLast year, more than two-thirds of all people surveyed said they felt safe walking alone at night, according to a Gallup poll conducted in 134 countries. But in 31 countries, less than half...
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ThinkstockBloomberg reporters were allowed to look at some of the subscriber data of Bloomberg terminal users. The disclosure, brought to light by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), is staggering...
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ThinkstockAmericans who fly regularly will be able to get better broadband speeds at 30,000 feet than in their homes. Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed an expansion of the...
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ThinkstockThe experiment behind the craze of the virtual currency Bitcoin may soon be coming to an end. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is calling for regulators to look into...
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thinkstockState and local authorities have provided a recommendation to the California Public Utilities Commission that PG&E Corp. (NYSE: PCG) should pay $2.25 billion for a natural gas pipeline...
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courtesy of Google Inc.The European Commission’s (EC) competition committee today issued a statement setting for its view that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) engages in anti-competitive behavior by...
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courtesy Boeing Co.Last week, Air India said it would receive compensation from the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) due to the grounding of the company’s 787 Dreamliner related to a battery problem in the...
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Jon OggChemed Corp. (NYSE: CHE) is a very strange company. Imagine owning the Roto Rooter drain cleaning and plumbing company AND owning a for-profit hospice provider. Now a Department of Justice...
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