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Salesforce Shows That It, Too, Can Wildly Overpay For Wildly Overrated Things
Take that, Satya Nadella.
Bill Gross Has Not Mellowed In Retirement
Who doesn’t aspire to the hobby of suing one’s neighbors?
Senator Procrastinated About Selling Stock Until He Got A Cryptic E-Mail From His Buddy, The Company’s CEO
We’re sure it just reminded David Perdue of something he was totally going to do anyway once he got around to it, and not evidence of something seriously crooked.
Joe Biden Getting The Band Back Together
Janet Yellen gets her reward for putting up with Donald Trump for a year.
Marissa Mayer Has Solved A Problem You Didn’t Have, Erm, Didn’t Know You Had
Sign up for Yahoo! Contacts.
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Noted Glitch Manufacturer Would Like To Sell You Some Anti-Money Laundering Software
You’d trust Nasdaq to keep you out of trouble with technology, right?
Jay Clayton Doesn’t Want To Start Smacking Insider Skulls, So Don’t Make Him
He’s this close to not having to give a s**t about any of this any more, you guys. Come on.
Trump Fed Nomination Catches COVID
Like so many Americans, Judy Shelton’s hopes for a spot on the Fed are on life support.
Judge Tosses Hank Greenberg’s Lawsuit Against Eliot Spitzer, Insults Him To His Face
The former AIG CEO is too blinded by hatred and rage to see any similarities between himself and the libidinous former governor.
S&P Bows To Inevitable, Makes Aspiring Homeless Billionaire That Much Richer
Elon Musk’s behavior aside, Tesla has become too big for the S&P 500 to ignore.
Jay Clayton Giving Himself Second-Best Christmas Present Imaginable
A one-way ticket out of the swamp.
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Even Bill Barr’s Justice Dept. Can’t Deny The Obvious Where Jeffrey Epstein Is Concerned
The A.G.’s old colleague Alex Acosta definitely could have done a better job with the whole thing.
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Kodak As Good At Keeping Track Of Forfeited Options As Holding On To Government Loans
Or, you know, making money.
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Wall Street May Not Have Biden’s Ear, But Two Guys Who Hate It Do
Gary Gensler and Ted Kaufman are not the kind of people big finance want to see in positions of influence.
SEC, DoJ Looking Into Just How False Those Fraud Allegations Against Not Tesla Are
Nikola may have no revenue, but it does have subpoenas.
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British Chancellor Closes Eyes, Wishes Real Hard That London Will Remain Relevant
Barring that, it welcomes your green finance dreams.
Well, That Was Fast
Masa Son wastes no time getting back to wheeling and dealing (and maybe self-dealing).
Harbingers Of Old Future Of Finance Move To Current Future Of Finance
Quantopian’s take from the rich and make people poor ethos finds a home at Robinhood.
Pfizer Is Sure You’ll Agree That A Little Alleged Bribery Can Be Forgiven In Exchange For Saving The World
It hopes the SEC and Justice Department do, too.
Here’s A Little Reminder Of How Little Jay Clayton Cares Anymore
The SEC strikes a generous profit-sharing arrangement with the people who allegedly hacked it.
Sulking Jay Clayton Shelves ETF Investor Protection Rule
The amazing thing is that such a provision was ever even considered, we suppose.
Trump Administration’s Commitment To Transparency On Full Display At SEC
Why should the public know what its government is up to, anyway?
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Convicted User Of Material Non-Public Information Pretty Pissed About Other Use Of Material Non-Public Information
Billy Walters has a bone to pick with the FBI.
Quibi Lasts About As Long As A Quibi Video
Maybe Meg Whitman should have taken the Uber job instead.
McAfee The Company Really Wishes McAfee The Man Could Have Found Some Other Moment To Be Arrested For Tax Evasion
It’s not the entire reason MCFE shares priced so low, but it can’t have helped.
Warren Buffett Wants Trump To Lose, Just, Like, Not Before He Settles This Little Sanctions Violation Thing
It’s clock-striking-midnight dealmaking time at the Justice Department.
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Travis Kalanick Finds New Industry To Put Out Of Business
A global pandemic is a fertile time for disruption, no?
Robinhood Pretty Good At Getting Hacked, Not So Good At Getting Back To Hacking Victims
There are some growing pains at baby’s first brokerage.
Flashy Global Law Firm Accused Of Bilking Trusting Nebraska Senior Citizen
Warren Buffett’s got a bone to pick with Jones Day.
GE Would Probably Have Been Better Off Doing No Accounting At All
Assuming you can call whatever it is they did accounting, anyway.
Treasury Department Simultaneous Encouraging, Discouraging Crypto Adoption
Which, you must admit, is perfectly par for the course for the Trump administration.
Mike Novogratz Creates Giving Pledge For Bitcoin
He’ll never have to make good on it, of course, but it’s a fun rhetorical and imaginary game to play.
‘Billions’ Gets A Dozen More Chances To Mess With Local Hedge Fund Performance Coach
Denise Shull can’t shake her fictionalized self next year—or the year after.
Jacob Wohl Finally Succeeds At Something (Getting Charged With A Crime)
The MAGA child prodigy managed to set up a robocalling operation, so good for him.
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Maybe Bankruptcy’s Not The Best Time To Show Off Your Silk-Encrusted Mansion
Neiman Marcus’ Geoffroy van Raemsdonck is feeling himself a little too hard.
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CFTC Nominee Brings Enormous Amount Of Recent Practical Experience To The Job
Sure, he’s been a government employee for three-and-a-half years, but that hasn’t stopped Robert Bowes from also being a day-trader.
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Yes, The SEC Has Noticed The Swarm Of SPACs Crawling All Over Wall Street
Jay Clayton’s got some questions.
Jay Clayton Really Making Up For Three Years Of Procrastination
Gut shareholder democracy? Check. Put a crimp in whistleblowing? Check.
French Foreign Minister Calls LVMH A Liar
Whether that means it has to buy Tiffany is now for a court to decide.