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Month: April 2021

Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

Is the SEC Ready to Play Ball with SPACs?

If you’re a baseball card enthusiast who left your collection to gather dust in an attic somewhere, you may want to stop reading now. Earlier this year, a 1952 Mickey Mantle in mint condition sold at auction for $5.2 million. The original c...

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Infrastructure Plan Builds Corporate Tax Debate

Infrastructure Plan Builds Corporate Tax Debate

Infrastructure Plan Builds Corporate Tax Debate

In the S-1 filed ahead of its April IPO, Frontier Airlines cited several risk factors it said could threaten its business model of providing cheap flights. Two in particular sat side by side on the list: airport infrastructure costs and tax...

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Crypto Companies Enlist (Former) SEC Leaders

Crypto Companies Enlist (Former) SEC Leaders

Crypto Companies Enlist (Former) SEC Leaders

Plucking executives from the federal government is a go-to move for companies hoping to gain legitimacy or calm investors’ nerves. That probably explains the pipeline now running from the Securities and Exchange Commission to the cryptocurr...

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WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

WeWork Goes Public . . . Again

We hate to see any IPO go bust, as WeWork’s did in spectacular fashion back in 2019. But look, we can’t lie either. Anytime the financial story of the year is driven by a securities filing – in this case, WeWork’s famously colorful S1 – it’...

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