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Author: Miriam Robin

Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

Resistance to Corporate Diversity Initiatives is Likely Futile

After two decades, you could make a strong case that the dominant story in corporate America of the 21st century has been the growing influence of environmental, social and governance issues. Recent pushback against corporate diversity and...

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Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Roblox Highlights the Promise and Peril of Direct Listings

Anyone interested in a story about the unusual stock moves of a company for video game fans? Oh good: let us tell you about Roblox. (What did you expect?) Anyway, longtime gamers who patronize, say, GameStop, have grown accustomed to the ja...

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Controversial Lending Rule from OCC Could Be DOA

Controversial Lending Rule from OCC Could Be DOA

Controversial Lending Rule from OCC Could Be DOA

On his last day as the acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Brian Brooks pulled the banking equivalent of taking a pin from a grenade, tossing it casually over his shoulder, and walking away from the building....

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Five Big Questions for 2021

Five Big Questions for 2021

Five Big Questions for 2021

If you had asked us what to expect from the year 2020 last January, suffice it to say that we would have been wrong. So we’re staying out of the prediction business this year. Instead, we’re just going to pose five big questions that should...

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Last quarter moon

Two Enforcement Actions to Know Before Writing Your Next MD&A

Last quarter moon

It’s the end of the quarter, and sure, you might be eager to make the numbers look as good as they can. But don’t go too far—and don’t take any liberties without explaining as much to investors. After all, the SEC says that the Management D...

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