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Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs: Secession Plans and more

Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs

Companies Developing New Roles for Departing CEOs: Secession Plans and more

One day, Amazon will have to learn how to live without its iconic founder, Jeff Bezos. Even though Bezos is stepping down as CEO of the e-commerce giant, that day doesn’t appear to be coming any time soon. Rather than retiring to live off a...

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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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Footprint in mud with deep tread

Fink Leads Charge on Climate Disclosures

Footprint in mud with deep tread

Larry Fink may be the single most influential voice in the ESG movement—or at least the E movement. The annual letter that BlackRock’s chief executive writes to CEOs may have overtaken Warren Buffet’s letter to shareholders as the most impo...

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Cryptocurrency ETF with three coins representing ethereum, bitcoin and more

Three Big Questions About Crypto Regulation

Cryptocurrency ETF with three coins representing ethereum, bitcoin and more

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin remain a hot topic in the financial world thanks in large part to the aura of mystery surrounding them. It’s hard to explain what they are, let alone how they work. Yet their cult-like following prompted Blo...

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SEC Shifts to New Enforcement Priorities in 2021

SEC Shifts to New Enforcement Priorities in 2021

SEC Shifts to New Enforcement Priorities in 2021

By nominating a well-established reformer to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, President Joe Biden signaled that Wall Street should prepare for more rigorous oversight in the next four years. But what, exactly, should market par...

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