edited by: Tracy Coenen,
Fraud Editor
It’s interesting to note that TheStreet.com (NASDAQ:TSCM) is apparently having trouble keeping its books, especially since Jim Cramer is one who loves to rant about companies with shoddy bookkeeping. It’s troubling, of course, because Cramer suggests that you should sell the stocks of companies that don’t keep up with their [...]
Earlier this week, Applied Materials (AMAT) announced that it was acquiring Semitool (SMTL) in a $364 million all-cash deal.
As we’ve footnoted before, Semitool had an interesting side-deal with CEO Ray Thompson that had the company leasing several planes and an aircraft hangar from separate companies [...]
RiskMetrics Group today released its 2010 updates to its benchmark proxy voting guidelines. These global updates are developed as part of an extensive process that includes broad-based outreach to financial market participants. RiskMetrics’ governance analysts will begin applying the updated policies to all companies with shareholder meeting dates on [...]
The Financial Fraud Task Force replaced the 2002 Corporate Fraud Task Force this week. The new group, created by executive order, is composed of a broad array of federal departments and regulatory agencies. Like its predecessor, it is charged with rooting out and prosecuting financial fraud.
The SEC continued to [...]
Much to my surprise, the Federal Trade Commission appears to be taking action against Pre-Paid Legal Services (NYSE:PPD) for making misleading representations in connection with its Identity Theft Shield and Affirmative Defense Response System products.
The company is named, along with CEO Harland Stonecipher anbd Chief Marketing Officer Mark Brown. [...]
