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Under Trump, expect a crypto, corporate-friendly SEC — with costs
2 weeks ago

Under Trump, expect a crypto, corporate-friendly SEC — with costs

Salon  

When you hear "SEC", your first thought might be about a powerhouse college football conference. "Right now, with a lack of a stronger regulatory framework with respect to digital assets, really what you're relying on is a mishmash of rulings from U.S. district courts throughout the country," Groth said. The SEC could provide "a framework so that for businesses and …

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Realty Sector Surges 63%, Outperforms Nifty50
2 months, 1 week ago

Realty Sector Surges 63%, Outperforms Nifty50

The Hindu  

Since the beginning of the year, the realty sector has been one of the best-performing industries. Leading Companies in the Realty Sector: Upbeat Forecast The real estate index has all of the big firms in it, like Godrej Properties, Lodha, DLF, and Prestige Estates. Resurgent Residential Demand Drives Real Estate Growth: While demand in the residential segment is more recent, …

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New regulations as Labour tries to answer public anger over water companies
5 months, 4 weeks ago

New regulations as Labour tries to answer public anger over water companies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government is bringing in …

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SC to Review PIL Seeking Probe into Electoral Bonds Scheme
6 months ago

SC to Review PIL Seeking Probe into Electoral Bonds Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider listing a public interest litigation that urged a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme. The PIL, filed by NGOs Common Cause and the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, alleges an "apparent quid pro quo" between political parties, corporations, and investigative agencies. A five-judge Constitution bench had on February 15 …

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Climate crimes: Advocates urge murder prosecution charges against Big Oil for heat wave deaths
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate crimes: Advocates urge murder prosecution charges against Big Oil for heat wave deaths

Salon  

Last summer, an unhoused man attempting to jump over a school fence to reach shade broke both his legs and died. On Wednesday, the consumer advocacy nonprofit Public Citizen released a model prosecution memo laying out a case to hold major fossil fuel companies criminally accountable for climate-related harms, including deaths from climate disasters. A former Rhode Island assemblyman and …

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Trump Media's stock price plummets as SEC charges auditor of 'massive fraud', imposes lifetime ban
8 months, 1 week ago

Trump Media's stock price plummets as SEC charges auditor of 'massive fraud', imposes lifetime ban

Hindustan Times  

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused BF Borgers, the independent accounting firm for Trump Media & Technology Group, of conducting a “sham audit mill” and of committing extensive fraud. SEC charged auditing firm for Trump Media and the auditor’s owner were charged with “massive fraud” for work that affected more than 1,500 SEC filings, the federal regulator announced. …

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Experts hail policymakers' support for finance sector
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Experts hail policymakers' support for finance sector

China Daily  

A view of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The importance attached by China's policymakers to the financial sector, which can be seen from capital injections into the stock market and efforts to better balance market innovation and regulation, is conducive to the long-term stability of the A-share market and the high-quality development of public companies, said experts. In a note …

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The Money and Drugs That Tie Elon Musk to Some Tesla Directors
11 months, 1 week ago

The Money and Drugs That Tie Elon Musk to Some Tesla Directors

Live Mint  

One longtime director, the venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, had left his firm after an internal investigation found he had slept with multiple women in the tech industry and used illegal drugs. “The answer was do nothing and see what happens," said another former independent Tesla director and good friend of Musk’s, Antonio Gracias, in a 2021 court deposition, when asked …

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SEC’s ambitious climate agenda stalls as election looms
1 year ago

SEC’s ambitious climate agenda stalls as election looms

LA Times  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s specialized ESG enforcement task force has brought few climate cases since it was created in 2021. Less than a year before a U.S. presidential election that could scuttle the regulator’s environmental, social and governance efforts, the SEC has yet to finish a mandate for public companies to disclose their environmental footprints. In addition, the agency’s …

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To 'Read Up' A Provision Is To Flesh It Out And Fill In Words To Erase Discordance: Calcutta High Court Reiterates
1 year, 1 month ago

To 'Read Up' A Provision Is To Flesh It Out And Fill In Words To Erase Discordance: Calcutta High Court Reiterates

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court recently held that clause to the Proviso to Rule 5 of the West Bengal Excise Rules, 2009, was unconstitutional since it exempted public limited companies from payment of license fees for "change in management," while levying the same from private limited companies.A single bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya held that a mere change in the composition …

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions
1 year, 3 months ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law requiring big businesses to disclose emissions

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Christiana Figueres, a key former United Nations official behind the 2015 Paris climate agreement, said in a letter that the bill would be a “crucial catalyst in mobilizing the private sector to solve climate change.” Seventeen states already …

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New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services
1 year, 3 months ago

New Mexico official orders insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top insurance regulator on Tuesday ordered health insurance companies to expand timely access to behavioral health services in response to the governor recently declaring a public health emergency over gun violence in the state’s largest metropolitan area. Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane’s emergency order mandates that major medical health insurers cover out-of-network behavioral health …

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Great British water crisis: From Thatcher’s pipe dream to busted flush
1 year, 6 months ago

Great British water crisis: From Thatcher’s pipe dream to busted flush

The Independent  

Back in the late 1980s, Mrs Thatcher was in her pomp. Michael Howard, the minister in charge of flogging water, pledged the companies would be embarking upon “the biggest programme of sustained investment in their history”. Currently, my eldest son lives in Whitstable, in Kent, and he can’t swim in the sea – part of his reason for living there …

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Reimagining Urban Mobility: Role of Public Transport in Reducing Carbon Footprint
1 year, 6 months ago

Reimagining Urban Mobility: Role of Public Transport in Reducing Carbon Footprint

Deccan Chronicle  

As urbanization and population growth continue to shape our cities, the industry recognizes the pressing need for sustainable urban mobility solutions. The Power of Sustainable Public Transport in the Industry: Sustainable public transport systems hold great promise in addressing the environmental impact of urban mobility within the industry. The Industry's Vision for the Future: Companies within the industry envision a …

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Millions snap up new Germany-wide public transit ticket
1 year, 8 months ago

Millions snap up new Germany-wide public transit ticket

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Public transit companies in Germany say more than 3 million people have already snapped up a new ticket being launched Monday that allows them to use all local and regional trains, buses and metros across the country for 49 euros a month. The new Germany Ticket is intended to encourage people to ditch their cars in favor of …

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How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S.
1 year, 8 months ago

How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S.

NPR  

How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S. Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson explains how private equity firms buy out companies, then lay off employees and cut costs in order to expand profits. The plunderers she's referring to are private equity firms, PEFs, which typically buy companies, then lay off employees and cut costs, services, benefits in …

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Indian Companies Raise Rs 5 Lakh Crore Via Equity, Debt In April-November
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian Companies Raise Rs 5 Lakh Crore Via Equity, Debt In April-November

News 18  

Indian companies mobilised Rs 5.06 lakh crore through the equity and debt routes during April-November 2022, a drop of 8.5 per cent from the year-ago period, according to the latest Economic Survey 2022-23. Funds totalling Rs 3.92 lakh crore were mopped up from the debt market and Rs 1.14 crore came in through the equity route, as per the data …

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Tunisian transport strike adds more woes for President Saied
2 years ago

Tunisian transport strike adds more woes for President Saied

Al Jazeera  

Metro and bus traffic grounds to a halt in Tunis as employees go on strike over pay and bonuses. Metro and bus traffic in the Tunisian capital ground to a halt after employees of the state transport company held a strike over delays in the payment of wages and bonuses. The strike on Monday highlights the financial problems faced by …

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What is the record of privatised water companies in England?
2 years, 5 months ago

What is the record of privatised water companies in England?

The Independent  

The regional water authorities in England were one of the last industries to be privatised by Margaret Thatcher, in 1989. It pays its chief executive £267,000 a year, compared with an average £1.7m for the bosses of the privatised English companies – and the Scottish press still complains that its bosses are paid too much. The English and Welsh water …

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After West Virginia opioid verdict, another case postponed
2 years, 6 months ago

After West Virginia opioid verdict, another case postponed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A trial in a lawsuit …

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Companies weigh in on proposed SEC climate disclosure rule
2 years, 6 months ago

Companies weigh in on proposed SEC climate disclosure rule

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission moved closer Friday to a final rule that would dramatically alter what public companies tell shareholders about climate change — both the risks it poses to their operations and their own contributions to the problem. For example, the SEC’s rule would force companies to disclose in annual statements whether climate change is expected …

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Companies weigh in on proposed SEC climate disclosure rule
2 years, 6 months ago

Companies weigh in on proposed SEC climate disclosure rule

The Independent  

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As politics infects public health, private companies profit
2 years, 10 months ago

As politics infects public health, private companies profit

Salon  

For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, and other covid preventive measures have strained those partnerships. "It's very hard to effectively spend money and build the foundational capabilities that are associated with a meaningful public health department," Levi said. "L.A. County Public Health Department is one …

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COP26 warning: World’s listed companies to cause a temperature rise of 3°C
3 years, 3 months ago

COP26 warning: World’s listed companies to cause a temperature rise of 3°C

The Hindu  

The Paris Agreement climate targets are increasingly getting out of reach as the world’s publicly listed companies will cause global temperatures to rise by 3°C, according to the latest MSCI Net-Zero Tracker. We urge firm action rather than words at COP26 to divert the world from an imminent crisis and chart a path toward a sustainable future.” Emissions are set …

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