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Omicron Can’t Stop Omaha’s Biggest Party This Year
Unless, you know, it can. But for now, book those flights and hotels to one of the Midwest’s, uh, cities.
Boring Hollywood Heist Not-Much-Of-A-Thriller Ends With Predictable Guilty Plea, Home Listing
You’d like to think ripping the world’s largest asset manager off would be more exciting, but no.
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Ex-Law Firm Partner Suspended After Insider Trading Conviction Would Really Like To Be Readmitted To The Bar
He wants to be a lawyer again after a three-year break.
New York Attorney General ‘Concludes’ Trump Committed Fraud, Isn’t Gonna Do Anything About It Just Yet
I mean, we know it’s mostly just lying to Deutsche Bank, but it whether his Trump Tower apartment is 30,000 square feet or one-third that size seems pretty cut and dried.
Prince Andrew No Longer Duke, Still In A Heap Of Sh*t
Guess we'll find out if he remembered how to sweat.
You Won’t Have Dick Clarida To Kick Around Anymore
Jay Powell will have to take the lumps for his soon-to-be-former number two’s unusual and timely portfolio rebalancing strategy.
Green Bay Packers, Football’s Tackiest Team, Sell Financially Illiterate Cheeseheads Fake Stock Certificates
Kind of seems uncool to take advantage of your most fervent supporters.
Outgoing Fed Vice Chair Really Making His Patron Proud
What would Donald Trump have done with a tip-off from Jay Powell? Probably “rebalance” his portfolio just like Richard Clarida did.
No One Knows What The Hell Is Going On
Davos? No. Holiday parties? Maybe. Vaccine mandates? It’s up to Neil Gorsuch.
Trump SPAC Player Confirms It Broke All The Rules, Wants His Money Anyway
In another world, Donald Trump would not be able to help admiring Brian Shevland, quite frankly.
Former McKinsey Partner Pleads Guilty To Living Up To His Own Name
Puneet Diskhit is going up the river.
Jack Dorsey’s Consciousness Has Not Been Raised To The Existence Of Other Tax Preparation Companies Called ‘Block’
So it’s being raised in lawsuit form.
At Least Some Actual Evidence Of Insider-Trading Required To Win Insider-Trading Cases
The SEC is as surprised as you are.
Trumpkin F.D.I.C. Chair Develops Newfound Respect For Rules, Order, Procedure
What seem like meddlesome requirements in a deregulatory environment are a godsend in a regulatory one.
Mohamed El-Erian Thinks Less Of Jay Powell Than He Does Of Bill Gross
The normally mild-mannered and academic ex-PIMCO chief is getting upset.
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SEC To Make SPACs More Like IPOs, Thus Obviating The Need For SPACs
The need for reform of which is apparently the post-presidential project of one Donald J. Trump.
As Ever, Martin Shkreli Gets The Spotlight All To Himself
This time, at his upcoming antitrust trial.
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SEC Going Back For Umpteenth Round With Elon Musk
Seems combustible solar panels sold by public companies are the kind of thing the regulator wants to look into.
Why, Yes, Gary Gensler Would Like A Little Look At Donald Trump’s SPAC Fantasy
Collecting the low-hanging fruit of fraud is, after all, the SEC’s favorite activity, even when it doesn’t involve the worst president in American history.
Compensation/Resignation Watch ’21: SoftBank Nos. 2
Marcelo Claure is ready for his reward, or to send the stock tanking even further. Your choice, Masa.
That Buzzing Is The Sound Of The SPAC Bubble Collapsing
Because there’s certainly no buzz around BuzzFeed’s public debut.
It’s Best Not To Have Checks Reading ‘Home’ From Your Girlfriend After You Deny Living With, Talking To Her To FINRA
Especially when there’s insider-trading allegedly involved.
SPAC That Merged With WeWork A Lot More Like WeWork Than Previously Thought
This is not a compliment.
Defrauded Temple MBA Students Can’t Have Their Money Back, But They Can See The Guy Who Defrauded Them Go To Jail
Turns out lying to U.S. News is a federal crime.
Bizarro Elizabeth Warren To Bedevil Banks At Fed
The first head of the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau wasn’t doing anything anyway, so…
Hertz Now The Only Thing Willing To Buy Hertz Shares
Turns out when you’re not calling yourself worthless, no one else is interested.
SoftBank Vision CFO Promises Plenty Of WeWorks, Ubers Going Forward
Navneet Govil’s got 250 potential catastrophes on his hands.
So Maybe Getting A Zoom-Based M.B.A. Was A Good Idea
Seems being a warm body with a degree is worth something after all, even if you never set foot on campus.
Hertz Celebrates Re-IPO Day In Court
Perhaps having paying customers arrested is not a good basis for a $29 per share valuation?
Company That Wants To Guard Your Cryptos Can’t Keep Your Personal Information Safe
Robinhood is once again demonstrating its commitment to customer service.
Kevin Durant Launches Second SPAC To Buy A Crypto Business Because Everything Is Perfectly Normal And Reasonable And It’s A Totally Sensible Thing To Do
We’re doing great. Really. Why would you ask?
Jeff Bezos’ Tesla Knockoff For Sale At Discount, At Least By Tesla Standards
And, frankly, not all that much of a discount, either.
Why Does Sen. Richard Burr’s Brother-In-Law Worry Testifying Before The SEC Will Be Stressful?
Unless, you know, he and the less-the-esteemed gentleman from North Carolina did, you know, insider-trade.
President Who Didn’t Care Much For Rules As President (Allegedly) Doesn’t Care Much For Them As SPAC Impresario
The Securities and Exchange Commission, on the other hand….
Merrick Garland Is Looking To Nail Some Corporate A**es To The Wall
The Justice Department is going holistic on wrongdoers.
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At Least One Good Thing Came Out Of Theranos
Relieving the DeVos family and Rupert Murdoch of a combined $225 million may not do much to balance the scales, but it’s something.
Ohio Man Accused Of Using Twitter For Nefarious Purposes
Penny-stock pump-and-dumps on popular social media platform? Who could have foreseen such a thing!
Minimum Corporate Tax, Possibly Unconstitutional Billionaires’ Tax Latest Thing Democrats Throw Against The Wall
Will they stick? Probably not!
WeWork’s Dream Of Going Public Is About To Come True
All it took was changing everything about itself, an 80% valuation haircut and Shaq.
SEC Finds Everything Worked Fine During Memestock Madness, Will Look Into Changing Everything Anyway
Gary Gensler needs no damning report to get regulating.
