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Fintech Focus For October 2, 2020
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - 6:50pm | 2542Quote Of The Day: I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. - Rosa Parks Fintech Movers: [T]he number of buy-side firms that execute less than 20% of trades algorithmically, declined from 26% in 2017 to just 17% in 2020. Similarly, the number of firms...
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Fintech Focus For September 30, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - 8:05pm | 2989Quote Of The Day: The man with a new idea is a crank, until the idea succeeds. - Mark Twain Fintech Movers: Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, took a strong stance against employee-driven corporate activism over the weekend, explaining that, going forward, his company would be “mission...
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Fintech Focus For August 31, 2020
Sunday, August 30, 2020 - 9:33pm | 2934Quote Of The Day: Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Fintech Movers: Banks have something most technologists don’t have enough of: Banks have domain expertise. Technologists tend to discount the exchange value of domain knowledge. And...
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Novartis Settles $678M Fraud Lawsuit Alleging It Bribed Doctors At Company Speaker Events
Thursday, July 2, 2020 - 5:00am | 443Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) has reached a $678 million settlement in a civil fraud lawsuit that alleged the company bribed doctors at speaker events it organized. What Happened The agreement was made with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the New York State...
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DOJ Emphasizes Business Cooperation For Export Penalty Mitigation
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 2:14pm | 518The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has updated its 2016 policy to encourage companies to voluntarily self-disclose export control and sanctions violations to the department. The department said the revised Export Controls and Sanctions Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations signals its "...
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Mnuchin Defends DOJ Antitrust Probe, Confirms Trip To China
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - 9:20am | 345The 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...
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Gordon Johnson: With 90-95% Conviction Rate, The DoJ's Tesla Investigation Is 'Concerning For All Those Long The Stock'
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 12:53pm | 547The 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...
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SEC, DOJ Investigations Weigh On OSI Systems Valuation, Jefferies Says In Downgrade
Friday, February 2, 2018 - 1:57pm | 380OSI 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...
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AT&T Resists DOJ Order To Divest Time Warner's CNN For Merger Approval
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 2:37pm | 412What 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...
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DOJ Seeks IP Addresses, Emails Of Visitors To Website Organizing Anti-Trump Demonstrations
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 8:50am | 457In 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...
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Cogint Denies Allegations Found In Short Report Saying Company Insiders Have Come Under Federal Investigation
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 2:57pm | 694Unemon 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...
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All Smoke, No Fire? Trump Officials Threaten Changes In Work Visas For Foreigners
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 9:43am | 687Vowing 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...
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Western Union Admits Violating Money-Laundering Laws In $586 Million FTC Settlement
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 1:32pm | 395The 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...
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DoJ Investigation Remains A Key Risk To Universal Health Services
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 2:33pm | 334Following 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,...
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Deutsche Bank To Pay $9.5 Million SEC Fine As DoJ Settlement Remains Unsettled
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 2:15pm | 334Deutsche 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...