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The U.S. Department of Justice is "absolutely right" to initiated investigations into big tech companies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a CNBC interview Wednesday. 'No Question' The Department of Justice confirmed it will undertake a wide waging review of big tech...

The simultaneous civil and criminal investigations of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) are far more serious than Street chatter indicates, according to Gordon Johnson.  The Analyst The Vertical Group managing director discussed the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of...

OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a provider of security and inspection systems, disclosed in a recent 8-K filing that the SEC and DOJ are both investigating the trading of its securities. The disclosure was made following the release of its fiscal year 2018 second-quarter results after the close...

What Happened: AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is preparing to resist Justice Department orders to divest Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)’s CNN at the risk of forfeiting approval for its $84.5 billion merger. "AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN" to...

In a case with potential First Amendment repercussions, the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding the IP addresses of people who visited a website that helps organize protests against President Donald Trump, according to the hosting domain. The hosting domain Dreamhost said in a blog post that it...

Unemon Research is back with another scoop. The contrarian and Seeking Alpha contributor who previously exposed fraud in the Chinese firm L&L Energy, Inc. has found a new target in Cogint, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT). “Based on my analysis of the facts, I see Cogint ... as just another blatant...

Vowing to make good on a threat that has worried tech firms, the Trump administration has announced steps to make it tougher for foreigners with “computer-related” skills to find work in the United States, rescinding the current, more liberal rules. But the moves still fall short of the...

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) shares halted and subsequently plummeted Thursday upon news of a $586 million settlement with the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. Susquehanna analysts said the settlement had long been expected, and Western Union had accrued more than $15...

Following the release of an investigative article by BuzzFeed criticizing Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS)'s behavioral admissions policies, Credit Suisse revisited an ongoing Department of Justice investigation. The firm believes it remains a key risk to the shares of the company,...

Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE: DB) has agreed to pay a $9.5 million penalty for failing to safeguard material nonpublic information generated by its research analysts, according to the SEC. During the SEC investigation, the German bank also published an improper research report and failed to provide...

In a research note released Wednesday, Goldman Sachs noted thatDeutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE: DB) has reportedly provisioned a much smaller amount for settling the U.S. RMBS investigations. The company reportedly was considering $2 billion to $3 billion as a reasonable amount as opposed to the $14...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced it would be gradually moving away from the use of private prisons. Public companies that own private prisons with government contracts took a large blow on Thursday. But was the plummet an overreaction? Related Link: Prison Stocks Rocked As DoJ...

On Monday, Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET) announced it was substantially reducing its presence on the individual exchanges next year. The insurer said it would stop offering policies on the public exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it currently operates, only continuing to sell Affordable Care Act...

Credit Suisse held a conference call with food safety attorney, Shawn Stevens, on June 20 “to better understand the potential implications of the Federal investigations” into the food safety practices of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) Credit Suisse’s Jason West maintains...