The Proxy Adviser Strikes Back
It’s one of the defining conflicts in corporate governance today: the attempt to constrain the behavior of public companies by non-governmental “s...
At SEC, Ordinary Business Gets Unusual
The SEC calls it “ordinary business.” But lately, it hasn’t felt too usual. On Oct. 16, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, aka CorpFin,...
“Test-the-Waters” Rule Lets Companies Dip a Toe in IPOs
It has been a rough year for IPOs, as highly touted offerings keep flopping. Ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc. has seen its stock price fall...
Business Roundtable Statement Spurs Lively Debate
For decades, corporations in the United States have enjoyed the luxury of operating with a single-minded focus on creating shareholder value. They’v...
Wall Street Still Charmed by Musk
As preoccupied as Elon Musk can get with his petty feuds and outlandish side projects (spoiler alert: very), his antics haven’t stopped Tesla Inc. f...
Slack Sends Message to Market With Direct Listing
Slack Technologies Inc. is poised to become the latest of the so-called unicorn companies to go public. The maker of workplace-collaboration app Slack...