Securities and Exchange Commission

Cowen factor as Trump win cheers cannabis crypto entrepreneur

Former taoiseach sits on advisory board of GetTangi Corp which sees Trump return to White House as ‘potentially transformative’

Sun Nov 17 2024 - 06:00

Did Roaring Kitty manipulate the stock market?

Disgruntled investors who rode the meme stock wave reading a lot into every perceived signal

Sun May 19 2024 - 06:00

New bitcoin ETFs excite crypto bulls

US regulator’s approval seen as victory for industry despite warnings about ‘myriad risks’

Tue Jan 16 2024 - 05:00

US judge tentatively rules Musk must testify again in Twitter investigation

Judge says Musk and regulator must agree a date to testify, or she will set a date herself

Thu Dec 14 2023 - 19:45

Nikola fraudster: a conman or a market innocent?

Electric truck maker founder potentially faces decades in prison over behaviour at listed business

Mon Nov 20 2023 - 05:00

Elon Musk angry as he falls foul of US regulators again

Anyone who sold Twitter shares in the days prior to his belated disclosure can credibly argue they missed out on profits

Mon Oct 16 2023 - 06:00

SEC sues Elon Musk to compel him to testify on Twitter purchase

New CEO Linda Yaccarino says advertisers are returning to platform but with lower budgets as revenues grow in high single digits

Fri Oct 06 2023 - 07:40

Cork man takes the helm at €69bn US manufacturing business

Chris O’Herlihy has been appointed chief executive and president of US-listed manufacturer Illinois Tool Works

Mon Sept 11 2023 - 08:52

Coinbase asked by SEC to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says

Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong

Mon Jul 31 2023 - 15:28

Audit firms fight to block expansion of fraud detection role

New US rules are impractical and would send fees soaring, industry group says

Mon Jul 31 2023 - 13:08

UK billionaire Joe Lewis charged in US with insider trading

Owner of Tottenham Hotspur accused of tipping off associates including employees on his superyacht

Wed Jul 26 2023 - 06:35

Binance halts trading in dollars on its US exchange

Crypto giant coming under increasing pressure from US regulators

Fri Jun 09 2023 - 07:53

US investigators ‘examined Trump Media for possible money laundering’

Prosecutors in New York are investigating company’s acceptance of $8 million with suspected Russian ties, sources say

Wed Mar 15 2023 - 10:41

Ireland on shortlist for Coinbase’s EU regulatory hub

Decision could result in ‘uplift’ in staffing numbers here, says crypto exchange’s new Irish boss

Fri Feb 17 2023 - 05:00

McDonald’s ex-CEO given $400,000 penalty for misrepresentations to investors

US SEC imposes five-year ban on Stephen Easterbrook serving as company officer or director

Mon Jan 09 2023 - 16:54

US regulators object to Binance deal as crypto regulation ramps up

The SEC has objected to Binance’s plan to buy assets of bankrupt Voyager Digital

Thu Jan 05 2023 - 15:59

‘FinTwit’ influencers face charges over €108m investment scheme

SEC accuses eight men of running a modern ‘pump and dump’ scheme to take advantage of novice investors

Thu Dec 15 2022 - 21:19

What happens next to arrested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried?

Over a million investors in cryptocurrency operation owed billions of dollars

Tue Dec 13 2022 - 11:13

Twitter says Elon Musk is being investigated by US authorities

Social media company’s disclosure in court filing comes amid battle over $44bn takeover

Fri Oct 14 2022 - 07:22

Elon Musk says he was joking about buying Manchester United

Tesla chief withdrew his claim about four hours after posting the thread on Twitter

Wed Aug 17 2022 - 09:43

Reckless Musk should pay a heavy price

Takeover agreements are meant to be binding, not something to be casually abandoned

Tue Jul 19 2022 - 04:30

Twitter may beat Elon Musk in court and still lose

Delaware trial is sure to be a spectacle but outsmarting the world’s richest man will be a challenge

Mon Jul 18 2022 - 05:00

Top UK accounting firms ordered to explain how they stop staff cheating in exams

Watchdog’s intervention follows fines for Big Four firms in US, Australia and Canada

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 12:17

Save for retirement or just put it all on red?

New retail trading and betting products blur the lines between gambling and investing, , worrying watchdogs

Fri Jul 15 2022 - 05:30

EY in US agrees record €95m settlement over cheating on ethics exam

Regulator alleges ‘breaches of trust’ involving dozens of employees at Big Four audit firm

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 16:14

Top Credit Suisse banker removed from role for using unauthorised messaging apps

Action taken as regulators target industry’s use of private applications to conduct business

Tue Jun 14 2022 - 16:36

Bank of Ireland says clients unaffected by BNY Mellon funds ‘greenwashing’

US regulator imposes $1.5m penalty for 'misstatements and omissions' about environmental, social and governance

Wed Jun 01 2022 - 05:00

Pfizer disappoints with unchanged Covid sales forecasts

Vaccine and Covid pill account for half of sales in first quarter of the year

Tue May 03 2022 - 15:45

Elon Musk loses bid to undo SEC agreement that led to oversight of Tesla tweets

‘Twitter Sitter’ monitors billionaire’s tweets when they refer to carmaker

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 16:57

Elon Musk can walk away from Twitter deal by paying $1bn break fee

Billionaire is able to back out by stumping up fraction of net worth

Wed Apr 27 2022 - 12:52

Elon Musk unveils €42bn financing package to fund Twitter bid

Tesla chief lines up $25.5bn in debt from group of banks led by Morgan Stanley

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 15:37

Irish Times view on Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter: Big tech’s version of democracy

We now understand the risks of having billionaires controlling communication channels

Mon Apr 18 2022 - 00:00

Twitter enters hand-over-mouth era as Musk becomes its biggest fish

‘Distractions’ loom as billionaire opts to stay off board and asks if app is ‘dying’

Mon Apr 11 2022 - 14:39

Elon Musk: a new kind of media baron charges into Twitter

Tesla chief gains a voice at a platform that has helped define his disruptive brand

Wed Apr 06 2022 - 15:57