Regulation
The U.S. Is Taking Stakes in Companies. This New Activism Is Here to Stay.
The U.S. is pushing the bounds of its legal authority to take ownership stakes in a growing number of companies.
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Finra Hits California Brokerage Firm With Fines, Alleges Multiple Disclosure Failures
The brokerage industry self-regulator fines J.K. Financial Services $65,000 over alleged violations involving Form CRS, Reg BI, and supervision.
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Wall Street Wonders if Grail’s Cancer Test Results Are a True Positive
The stock of the cancer test company shot up before settling back down.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Are Wrong. Banning AI ‘Superintelligence’ Won’t Work.
Genies can’t be put back into bottles. And AI can’t be slowed by banning it.
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NHL Breaks the Ice in Sports Betting With Prediction-Market Partnerships
The National Hockey League is the first in pro sports to reach deals with Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Regulators Promise Eased Rules for Both Stocks and Derivatives
Going public will get easier, and annual meetings will be freed from pesky shareholder proposals, promised Paul Atkins, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair.
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USA Rare Earth Stock Jumps. Why an Analyst Just Rated It a Buy.
Monday, William Blair analyst Neal Dingmann launched coverage of USA Rare Earth with the equivalent of a Buy rating. He doesn’t have a price target for shares.
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Wall Street Is Still Subject to Off-Channel Communications Fines. Why That Could Change.
A Wall Street trade group says current rules regarding unauthorized messaging platforms are outdated.
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CDC Isn’t Answering the Phone. New York State’s Health Commissioner on What States Can Do to Fill the Gap.
The CDC, which directed roughly $15 billion in federal dollars to state and local public health programs in 2023, is under pressure.
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Crypto Industry Dives Deeper Into Prediction Markets as Kraken Buys Exchange
Kraken is paying $100 million for Small Exchange, a designated contract market.
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GM Just Took a $1.6 Billion EV Write-Down. Why the Stock Is Rising.
As electric vehicle adoption slows in the U.S., GM announced a $1.6 billion write down related to its EV investments.
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Housing Policies Are in Focus. What Trump Could Have in Store, According to These Analysts
Policy changes on capital gains, regulations, and land use are among the possibilities to ‘fix’ housing, Raymond James says.
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Ending Quarterly Reports Won’t Fix Companies’ Accounting Issues. What Would.
SEC reporting is in need of a larger regulatory overhaul, Martin E. Persson writes in a guest commentary.
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Nvidia Stock Slides After Trump Suggests ‘Massive Increase’ of Tariffs on China
Nvidia stock reverses earlier gains.
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The Political Arms Race at the Heart of the Government Showdown
The fight over government spending is the latest escalation in an ongoing budget war, Casey Burgat writes in a guest commentary.
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Finally, Tariffs the Stock Market Likes. Why Pharma Levies May Do the Trick.
His new drug policies have excited investors, Christopher Tang writes in a guest commentary.
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U.S. Banks Face New Scrutiny Over Opaque Loans Worth $1.7 Trillion
Loans to non-depository financial institutions like Tricolor now account for some 33% of all commercial and industrial loans originated by large banks.
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Air Travel Delays Are Ramping Up. The Shutdown Could Make Things Worse.
More than 2800 flights in the U.S. were delayed as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the flight-tracking site FlightAware.com.
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He Helped Pioneer Short Activism. Now He’s Waiting for the Next Bubble to Pop.
Muddy Waters CEO Carson Block has been forced to change his tactics in an ebullient market that stymies short sellers.
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Former Top FDA Official, Forced Out by Kennedy, Lands at Eli Lilly
Peter Marks was perhaps the best-known career official at the agency.
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Trump’s Call to Ramp Up Home Building Could Bring Down Prices. Why Analysts are Worried.
The supply of new homes is high and buyers are cautious, and more supply would hurt home builders, analysts say.
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Nvidia Stock Rises. Why It's Shrugging Off AMD’s OpenAI Deal.
President Donald Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping could lead to a shift in tech restrictions, Raymond James analyst Ed Mills said.
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AppLovin Stock Falls on Report of SEC Probe
The SEC has been looking into allegations that AppLovin violated platform partners’ service agreements, Bloomberg reported.
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U.S. Banks Missed Warning Signs on Tricolor. Now, They’re Taking Big Losses.
Tricolor became a major used-car auto dealer before its sudden liquidation last month. Big U.S. banks appear to have overlooked warning signs surrounding its quick growth.
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Fair Isaac Stock Scores Big With Pricing Change. Credit Bureaus, Not So Much.
Fair Isaac, the producer of the FICO Score, changed its pricing model, giving it a greater share of the overall credit-scoring revenue.
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