U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Articles

ThinkstockForget the book Flash Boys for a moment. This will go above and beyond that, if it turns out that the Department of Justice is correct. Again, IF… The May 2010 Flash Crash came at a time...
The SEC announced Tuesday that fraud charges were filed against a former NFL player who is alleged to have operated a Ponzi scheme.
Caterpillar has announced that the SEC is investigating whether it illegally moved money between its U.S. and foreign subsidiaries.
Alibaba Group Holdings said it would cooperate with the SEC after receiving a letter asking for details about its interaction with a Chinese regulator.
GE may have just, at least partially, opened the door a tad wider to activist investors or investors who want to take on a more strategic role in one of America's largest companies.
Wikimedia CommonsBrazil’s government-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, issued a statement Tuesday morning saying that the company had received a subpoena from...
ThinkstockHave activist investors gone too far? That is what the news focus may be full of in the coming week. The financial media loves following activist investors like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and...
Beleaguered beauty products company Avon has struggled for years to turn itself around. When Sheri McCoy was brought on as CEO a little more than two years ago, she promised a turnaround.
Paying out $108 million to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges may sound expensive on the surface, but for a company like Hewlett-Packard it may be cheaper than it sounds if you consider its...
ThinkstockVirtu Financial Inc. was supposed to be one of the top ten IPOs of 2014. Now it appears as though the high frequency trading shop, which almost never loses money on a daily basis, may be...
ThinkstockA firm connected to Aubrey McClendon, former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) filed on Friday a preliminary Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to...
ThinkstockBankers are still not very well thought of after the financial meltdown, even if they might not have ben that well thought of before the meltdown. Still, at some point the public needs to...
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsIn the midst of the start of earnings season and in the midst of a Fitch credit ratings warning to the United States, a key decision has been made by the company...
ThinkstockIt appears that scam artists are now targeting medical marijuana and legalized marijuana schemes to part you from your money. As the business opportunities are rising around the new and...
Wikimedia CommonsBeing an executive at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) can be no easy job at the moment. This is one of only a few large institutions that could have survived without a...