Securities and Exchange Commission News

The City of South Miami has agreed to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that it defrauded bond investors regarding the tax-exempt financing eligibility of a mixed-use retail and parking structure being built in its downtown commercial district.

Immune Pharmaceuticals Ltd. , a privately held Israeli company, and EpiCept Corporation announced today that Daniel Teper, Chief Executive Officer of Immune, will be presenting at the BioEquity Europe 2013 conference at the Varumottagning Sheraton Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday, May 23, at 1:30 PM local time in the St.

Targeting Tea Party groups for scrutiny, even if through incompetence, not intention , turned the IRS into a nasty carbuncle on the governing body.

Dish Network Corp. played up a Sprint Nextel Corp. suitor's ties to China as new plot points unfolded Tuesday in the Sprint-Dish-SoftBank Corp.-Clearwire Corp.

Zeek Rewards is the $600 million Ponzi scheme out of Lexington that had investors around the world.

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, three Ohio subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp.

There is a new movement afoot in the world of small business financing. The concept of crowdfunding has its roots in earlier efforts to assist artists get their music and art projects funded in an organized way.

Proxy Disclosures for Corporate Jets: AircraftLogs Announces SEC Reporting Tool AircraftLogs has automated incremental cost disclosures for corporate jets, which the Securities and Exchange Commission requires to be included the annual proxy statements of publicly-traded companies.AircraftLogs has automated the incremental cost disclosures for ... (more)

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a memorandum circular containing its guidelines on foreign ownership for firms engaged in nationalized and partly nationalized activities after several consultations with stakeholders.

Usually companies sell shares to investors. But a company can also buy its shares from shareholders.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has extended the period for commenting on its proposed standard for the maintenance of automated systems used in securities trading by 45 days.

Subpoenas have been issued for SAC's Steven Cohen and other employees, The New York Times reports.

Legg Mason's move comes as a growing number of mutual fund companies consider offering funds in which the net asset value floats, rather than remains fixed.

A recent opinion from the Southern District of New York interpreting the 'means of interstate commerce' under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act , has opened the door for the United States federal judiciary to exercise jurisdiction over virtually any Internet communication, even when the communication both originates and terminates outside the ... (more)

Callon Petroleum Company today announced that it is commencing an underwritten public offering of non-convertible Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock .

Westwood, Mass. based English Helper Inc. has secured a new round of funding. The developer of software to help non-English speaking people learn the English language raised $750,000, according to documents filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The day may come when the worst nightmare a crooked banker or compromised regulator can have begins with the words, "You have a letter from Senator Warren." But before we get to that, here's an experience that may seem familiar: You're at a party or family get-together - a Sunday barbecue, perhaps - and someone says something like, "We need less ... (more)

Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3. "Windows 8 has been, from our standpoint, not necessarily the catalyst to drive accelerated growth that we had hoped it would be," said Brian Gladden, Dell's CFO, in a call last week with Wall Street analysts to discuss the ... (more)

Joe Nacchio's scheduled release from a halfway house in September will effectively mark the end of the legal tsunami that resulted from federal investigations of Denver-based Qwest more than a decade ago.

Legislation cleared the House on Friday that would place stricter requirements on the federal agency overseeing Wall Street to assess the costs and benefits of its regulations before they are issued.