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Category: Investor Relations

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SEC Dings Investment Advisors for AI Washing; Are Public Companies Next?

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You’ve heard of greenwashing and sports-washing. Let us introduce you to AI washing. In what is believed to be a first for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency recently settled charges against a pair of investment advisors for...

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Reddit Readies for Life as a Public Company

A murder of conspiratorial looking crows

For the conspiratorially minded who flock to the site, the rumor that Reddit was preparing to hold an initial public offering probably sounded like a classic false flag operation. Last week, however, the social media trailblazer confirmed t...

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Court Battles for Musk, Cook Highlight New Expectations for Executive Pay

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It was a tale of two verdicts recently for a pair of corporate heavyweights and their compensation. On January 30, a Delaware court put the kibosh on a $56 billion pay package for Elon Musk, the mercurial automotive innovator. Judge Kathale...

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Activist Investor Jockeys to ‘Restore Magic’ at Disney Amid Proxy Fight

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House of Mouse beware the machinations of Batman and Robin. Activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO of Trian Fund Management and a longtime agitator of brand-name corporations, has launched a campaign to “restore the magic” at the Walt Disney C...

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Exxon Bypasses SEC, Seeks Court Order to Block ESG Shareholder Proposal

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As companies contemplate how best to respond to the rising number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) proposals from activist shareholders, Exxon Mobil has employed an unusual strategy to avoid such a vote. The oil giant is sidest...

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