‘The New Normal’ for Tech Companies and Others: The Stealth I.P.O.
Start-ups and much larger companies are taking increasing advantage of a 2012 law that allows them to file for public offerings while slowing the release of financial information.
View ArticleChange the Way Stock Prices Are Quoted to Help the Economy? The S.E.C. Is...
To promote the I.P.O. market and thus job growth, Congress is considering changing the increments in which stock prices are quoted. But research suggests that this move may not accomplish those goals,...
View ArticleLawmaker Urges U.S. Regulators to Scrutinize Mortgage Servicers
Representative Maxine Waters is urging federal banking regulators to scrutinize the sale of billions of dollars of mortgage-servicing rights to specialty firms.
View ArticleHouse Proposal Would Raise Taxes on Private Equity Income
The investment profits generated by private equity, long a subject of debate in Washington, would be taxed at a higher rate under a proposal on Wednesday by the chairman of the House Ways and Means...
View ArticleThe So-Called Blackstone Bill, Resurrected
If a proposal by Representative Dave Camp goes through, publicly traded private equity firms would either have to take themselves private again or pay corporate-level taxes, Victor Fleischer writes in...
View ArticleFutures Commission Appointees Talk With Senate Panel
The nominees — Timothy Massad, who would become chairman, and Sharon Bowen and Christopher Giancarlo — now await a vote from the panel and full confirmation by the Senate.
View ArticleHerbalife Shares Fall as Ackman Makes New Accusations
Shares in Herbalife were down slightly after William A. Ackman, the founder of the firm Pershing Square Capital Management, called Herbalife’s accounting of its Chinese business as “highly misleading.”
View ArticleNew Taxes on Global Reinsurers Would Hurt Response to Natural Disasters
A new tax under consideration aimed at reinsurers based outside the United States would be punitive and could reduce aid for natural disasters by billions of dollars, the authors write.
View ArticleInquiries to Watch in a Second Term
There are not likely to be any new, sweeping investigations involving white-collar crime in President Obama’s second term, but prominent cases involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the...
View ArticleWilliam Baer Confirmed as Justice Department Antitrust Chief
William J. Baer is expected to continue what has been widely seen as the agency’s reinvigorated enforcement of antitrust laws after a period of lax oversight during the Bush administration.
View ArticleFor White-Collar Defense Bar, It’s Happening in Vegas
“What happens in Vegas is the same thing that happens here in Washington: the blurring of lines between the regulator and the regulated,” contends a consumer advocate.
View ArticleBritish Proposal to Rein In Banks Is Faulted
British lawmakers warned on Monday that proposed legislation to protect Britain’s financial services sector from future crises did not go far enough and might fail to stop banks from engaging in risky...
View ArticleIntrade Sheds Light on How Gray Markets Can Go Dark
While Intrade’s predictive record was good, it didn’t foresee the rising controversy over under-regulated speculation.
View ArticleAfter Financial Crisis, Prosecutors Navigate Tricky Waters
The dearth of prosecutions since the financial crisis is again stirring controversy, but there is still time for political leaders to hold corporate executives responsible when a company engages in...
View ArticleThe Fine Line Between Political Intelligence and Insider Trading
The imprecise rules governing insider trading are an ineffective means to regulate how political intelligence firms operate, the author writes.
View ArticleEurope Votes to Curb Banker Bonuses
European politicians approved major new rules on Tuesday to cap the amount that bankers at the region's largest institutions can receive in bonuses.
View ArticleThe Seductive Simplicity of a New Banking Bill
Senators Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, and David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, not only want to toughen the overhaul of the financial system, but also simplify it.
View ArticleShould Smaller Banks Really Have Less Capital Protection?
A new proposal by Senators Brown and Vitter is an unprecedented attempt to unfairly advantage smaller “regional banks” and disadvantage bigger “megabanks,” the author writes.
View ArticleCongress’s Role in the I.R.S. Focus on Conservative Groups
The I.R.S. is supposed to enforce the tax code. Under current law, however, it has little choice but to exercise discretion in the constitutionally dangerous waters of campaign finance.
View ArticleWhy Did Citigroup Try to Overturn an Overhaul?
Citigroup's direct involvement in shaping a House bill suggests it feels that it should work behind the scenes to shape legislation for its benefit. Fears about its bottom line may have been what...
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