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Nasdaq's $62-million payout for Facebook IPO approved
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s proposal to pay brokerages as much as $62 million as compensation for last year's botched Facebook Inc. initial public offering. Nasdaq's trading system was overwhelmed by...
Tags: Media Industry, Social Media, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, NASDAQ, Stock Market
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The numbers behind the decline in workplace benefits
American employers are asking more from workers as they try to cut costs and become more productive to compete in a globalized world, as described in a Los Angeles Times Sunday story. But they’re also giving them much less. Everything from the...
Tags: Business, Pension and Welfare, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Healthcare Policies
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J.C. Penney: 'There is no assurance' turnaround will succeed
Beleaguered retailer J.C. Penney, struggling to boost slumping sales and tanking traffic through an intense revamp, said in its annual report that the turnaround “may take longer than expected” and that the results “may be materially...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, JC Penney Company Inc., Prices, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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Senate confirms former prosecutor Mary Jo White as SEC chairwoman
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday confirmed Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, placing a tough former prosecutor in the role as Wall Street's top watchdog. White was confirmed by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate, an...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Prosecution, Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Mary Schapiro
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For the record
Insider-trading probe: In the March 16 Business section, an article about a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement with two affiliates of hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors mischaracterized a previous deal between the regulator and financier Michael...Tags: SAC Capital Advisors, Style Network (tv network), Insider Trading
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs Henry Blodget with $5 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission may have booted Henry Blodget off Wall Street, but the former Merrill Lynch & Co. Internet analyst has attracted some big fans for Business Insider Inc., which he co-founded in 2007. A major endorsement for the...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Jeff Bezos, Walmart
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Senate panel approves Obama nominees to head SEC, consumer bureau
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog....
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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U.S. probing Microsoft for allegedly bribing foreign officials
Microsoft is being investigated by federal agencies for allegedly bribing foreign government officials in order to secure software contracts, according a report Tuesday. The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, China, Government, Bribery, Italy
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MGM reports strong quarter off 'Skyfall,' 'Hobbit' success
Buoyed by billion-dollar box-office blockbusters “Skyfall” and “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” MGM Holdings Inc., the parent of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., posted fourth-quarter net income of $40.2 million. The Beverly Hills-...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
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SEC nominee Mary Jo White promises tough enforcement if confirmed
WASHINGTON -- Former federal prosecutor Mary Jo White, President Obama's nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, promised senators on Tuesday that tougher enforcement would be a high priority if she was confirmed. White, who spent the...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Eric Holder, Bank of America Corp., Tim Johnson, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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Consumer group urges FTC to investigate Herbalife
A consumer advocacy group has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the business practices of Herbalife Ltd., a Los Angeles nutritional products company that’s been described as a pyramid scheme by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Mutual Funds, Consumers
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Barnes & Noble Chairman Riggio plans retail bookstore buyout
Barnes & Noble Inc. Chairman Leonard Riggio is hoping to buy out the struggling retail side of the bookstore business he bought some 40 years ago as digital advances and online competition threaten the chain’s growth. In a Securities and...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Borders Group Incorporated (MI), Barnes & Noble, Richard Schulze, Dell Inc.
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