Legal & Regulatory

Facebook Faces New Lawsuit over IPO Fiasco

Facebook to answer lawsuit over IPO misinformation. Facebook, still reeling from the fiascos of its IPO, is now facing another shareholder lawsuit. The world's biggest social networking company's executives, namely founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, its board and other officers for the damage sustained.


Fund Managers Lose Bid to Stop Share Sale

Corvex and Related lose court fight to restrain stock offer by Commonwealth REIT. Despite the objections by investors in CommonWealth REIT, the sale of thirty million shares valued at US$19 per share would proceed as planned.

Copeinca Hires Financial Advisers

China Fishery Group offered to purchase Copeinca, thus moving the Peruvian firm to seek proper financial advice.

MetroPCS Pressured to Update Documents for Merger with T-Mobile

MetroPCS faces pressure from P. Schoenfeld Asset Management, which owns about 2% of its shares, to update the merger documents with the Deustche Telekom AG's unit T-Mobile USA to reflect T-Mobile's earnings.


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Macy's is filing charge against J.C. Penney and Martha Steward over their plans to launch Martha boutiques at Penney Stores.
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For national security concerns, CNOOC cannot use Gulf assets. China's largest offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC has been disallowed to control oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico.
In its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, BofA disclosed that the state of New York has been investigating how it acquire and underwrites home loans.
Greenlight ends legal battle with Apple over shareholder vote. In a surprising move, Greenlight Capital has withdrawn its suit against Apple Inc. Greenlight's maverick head David Einhorn sought court intervention to stop the most valuable company in the world's shareholders from voting on a management proposal to prevent the company's ability to issue preferred shares at its discretion.
Lloyds Bank to pay for past misdeeds. Britain's largest retail bank, Lloyds is set to announce an increase in money for compensation to pay customers and clients for losses sustained on mis-sold loan insurance.
Court ruling ordering Argentina to pay debt notes on appeal. Analysts project that Argentina would lose its case against its creditors in its case filed in US courts.
Ryanair's third attempt to purchase Aer Lingus refused by EU regulators. European Union regulators have refused to validate the third purchase attempt by Ryanair to acquire Aer Lingus.
Scams on fraudulent private equities rob individuals of hard earned money. The city of Tianjin in China was rocked with controversy as thousands of retail investors claimed they were tricked by a group that offered illegal wealth management products.
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