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SEC Gary Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

SEC Gary Gensler: Human Capital Disclosure Requirements on the Way

The Securities and Exchange Commission is working up a new rule that would require public companies to disclose more data about their workforces (aka “human capital”), the agency’s new chair Gary Gensler said last week. If implemented, the...

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SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

SEC Chair Isn’t Playing Games with Stock Trading Apps

The subject of screen time has been a hot topic in parenting circles during the COVID-19 era. Now the new Securities and Exchange Commission chair is sounding the alarm about how much gaming adults are doing. It’s not the latest edition of...

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Bitcoin Accounting Keeps Crypto-Gains Under Wraps

Bitcoin Accounting Keeps Crypto-Gains Under Wraps

Bitcoin Accounting Keeps Crypto-Gains Under Wraps

Forget about the tree in the forest. Here’s a new conundrum for public companies to consider: If you make massive gains on bitcoin but can’t brag about it to shareholders, was the investment worth making in the first place? There are plenty...

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Accounting Issues Warrant Caution on SPACs

Accounting Issues Warrant Caution on SPACs

Accounting Issues Warrant Caution on SPACs

If you need proof that no good deed goes unpunished, look at Luminar Technologies. Like so many other companies in recent years, it went public through a SPAC merger. But when it did the right thing and posed an accounting question to the ...

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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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