Government
Twitter’s ‘Secret’ IPO Reignites JOBS Act Debate
Twitter's use of a confidential initial public offering filing has reignited a debate about a 2012 U.S. law that critics say denies investors time to digest a company's financial information and ...
New York Financial Services Regulator Probes PwC In Independence Probe
New York state's banking regulator subpoenaed PricewaterhouseCoopers and Promontory Financial Group as part of an effort to reform the consulting industry, according to people familiar with the ...
Critics Take Aim at Crop Insurance Subsidies, Insurers’ Profits
Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer. Greenberg's Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved ...
U.S. Judge Tosses Pregnancy Bias Lawsuit Against Bloomberg LP
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit accusing Bloomberg LP of discriminating against dozens of pregnant employees, saying the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's mishandling of the case ...
U.S. House Panel Probes Obsolete Technology at SEC
A U.S. House of Representatives committee is investigating whether federal securities regulators are using last century's tools to review corporations' books despite a rule that requires them to use ...
Google Loses Appeal in Street View Privacy Case
A federal appeals court rejected Google Inc.'s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of violating federal wiretap law when its accidentally collected emails and other personal data while building its ...
World Bank Insurer Posts Third Record Year on Power Projects
Political risk insurance provided by a World Bank Group agency in developing nations rose for a third straight year to a record, led by guarantees on power projects from Angola to Bangladesh. The ...
G20 Regulators Commit to Completing Financial Reforms
World leaders renewed their determination on Friday to work more closely and regulate across the financial system to avoid conflicting rules that would crimp economic growth. The Group of 20 nations ...