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How do you calculate a company's carbon footprint? The SEC is figuring that out.

by Lily Jamali
Jan 19, 2022
Emissions by a company's suppliers and customers could count towards the total.
The SEC may soon require companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions. Whether they'll also include emissions from suppliers — usually a larger proportion of emissions — is unclear.
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SEC's Gary Gensler wants to tighten rules around insider trading, stock buybacks and more

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Rose Conlon
Dec 21, 2021
The Security and Exchange Commission's proposals could attract pushback from corporate America.
Gensler's new proposals could attract pushback from corporate America.
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Do insider trading rules apply to corporate stock buybacks?

by Janet Nguyen
Sep 23, 2021
Big companies spent nearly $200 billion on share repurchases last quarter. The lack of government oversight has drawn a backlash.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Flush with cash, many big American companies are buying back their own shares, a practice that is relatively unregulated.
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Robinhood slapped with two separate regulatory complaints

by Justin Ho
Dec 18, 2020
Massachusetts regulators say the brokerage app Robinhood makes it too easy for inexperienced traders to buy risky options.
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Charles Schwab on how low commissions became zero commissions

by Rose Conlon and David Brancaccio
Oct 9, 2019
The brokerage firm has a history of lowering trading fees, says founder Charles Schwab.
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SEC seeks contempt charges against Tesla CEO Elon Musk

by Associated Press
Feb 25, 2019
Tweets from Feb. 19 projected the number of cars the company will make this year.
As part of his settlement with the SEC, Elon Musk agreed to having future tweets that could affect Tesla’s stock preapproved.
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A Hail Mary bid to save Sears

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 7, 2018
The chairman of the storied retailer has proposed a $4.6 billion bid to save what's left of the 130-year-old chain.
A Sears store in Brooklyn, New York, in October.
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SEC agreement puts the brakes on Elon Musk

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 1, 2018
Tesla CEO pays the price for tweets.
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The SEC is trying to drop a hammer on Elon Musk. How big can it be?

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Sep 28, 2018
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued the Tesla CEO for what it says was misleading tweets that hurt investors. A former SEC lawyer tells us what could be next.
Tesla's stock has taken a hit.
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SEC files complaint against Tesla’s Elon Musk

by Associated Press
Sep 27, 2018
The commission is asking for an order that would stop Musk from being “an officer or director” of any public company.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during an event to launch the Model X Crossover SUV in 2015 in Fremont, California.
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