Hewlett-Packard is planning an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the forced resignation of CEO Mark Hurd last year and the compensation package he received. A shareholder lawsuit claims HP’s directors…
The biggest names in social networking — Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and LinkedIn — haven’t yet gone public, but their stock does get traded by the very rich on private exchanges. Now, some of those transactions have raised the …
Wellington Management has received a document request from federal regulators looking into possible insider trading on the part of money managers with the firm, Bloomberg News reported, citing a person familiar with the process…
We all wonder why Wall Street pros make so much more money than everyone else. But investment bankers are pikers compared to hedge fund managers, who make their money by taking a small cut of the assets they attract as well as a larger slice of the pro…
In the wake of hundreds of failed banks since the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. regulators reportedly have begun 50 investigations into possible wrongdoing by bank executives, directors and employees.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is lookin…