Securities and Exchange Commission News

Patrick Craine, a partner with the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani and former attorney in the SEC's Fort Worth, Texas, office, was hired to augment the company's regulatory and legal compliance efforts, Chesapeake's new chief executive officer, Doug Lawler, said in a statement.

The nation's securities regulator is under brand new pressure to kick some life into small capitalization public companies and the lackluster IPO market.

CDW Corp. once again plans to join the ranks of publicly traded companies. The computer parts and electronics retailer filed an initial public offering Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, aiming to raise $738 million by selling stock.

Ronald O. Perelman's attempt to take Revlon private in 2009 resulted in an $850,000 federal penalty and $37 million in settlements of private lawsuits.

Once again, TIAA-CREF has denied its shareholders the right to have their voices heard through the ballot box at this year's shareholder meeting.

What is an index? It's hard to say these days. An index used to be a broad measure of market value.

Weyerhaeuser Company announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 28,000,000 of its common shares in a registered public offering, subject to market and other customary conditions.

A look back at some of the biggest small business and start-up stories from the past week, with a focus on Washington.

Shareholders under the aegis of Ibadan Zone Shareholders Association, IZSA, have called for a review of tenure of members of audit committee of quoted companies to a period of three years.

On April 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it was not going to initiate enforcement action against Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, who had last year posted a company milestone on his personal Facebook profile without first informing investors.

Two leading Thai government agencies are thoroughly examining the money trail of bankrupt fitness centre California Wow Experience , with preliminary evidence pointing to a swindling of the public, according to a senior officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission .

Advocates for strengthening investment advice rules for brokers are warning the Securities and Exchange Commission not to dilute the standard that applies to investment advisers: acting in the best interests of clients.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority today issued a warning to investors about a sharp increase in e-mail linked to "pump-and-dump" stock schemes.

The average Cincinnati CEO made 93 times that amount, or $4.2 million, according to data compiled by WCPO Digital.

Deregistrations of banking companies have shot up since Congress passed legislation in April, SNL Financial reports.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently published limited guidance on frequently asked questions relating to the SEC's new Conflict Mineral Rules, which require U.S. issuers that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing conflict minerals to disclose annually whether those minerals originated in the Democratic Republic ... (more)

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will award three whistleblowers 15 percent of whatever it can collect from an Andover man who used a "sham hedge fund" to take money from investors.

NEWTOWN, Pa. & PENNINGTON, N.J. -- -- Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

Ever since a big money market fund "broke the buck" during the financial crisis in 2008, financial reformers have been calling for an end to such funds' claims that $1 invested is always worth the same amount.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein met this month with the top U.S. securities regulator to discuss issues including the Volcker rule and regulations for money-market mutual funds.