US Securities and Exchange Commission News

Peter Sommerhauser said his sale of $2 million in Kohl's stock had nothing to do with the company's performance.

Fabrice Tourre listens before testifying at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee hearing on ''Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of Investment Banks'' on Capitol Hill in Washington April 27, 2010 file photo.

Facebook Inc. generated less than $3 million when it tested placing ads on other web sites and mobile apps last year, the social network reported in a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is debating whether to push fraudsters engaged in "egregious misconduct" into conceding wrongdoing after an SEC enforcement action, in a move away from longtime policy, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

Chief Executive C. Larry Pope could receive more than $46 million in potential merger-related payments after helping to orchestrate his company's sale to China's Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. for $4.7 billion.

Arizona Public Service Co. is putting off its purchase of two units at the Four Corners Power Plant for the foreseeable future in part because of potential deregulation of electric markets in the state.

Duke Energy Corp. has its first female chief executive - an Ohio native who was tabbed as a rising star early in her career as an audit assistant for a Cincinnati accounting firm.

Unexplained rapid price drops in single stocks have generally been triggered by human error, not nefarious trading activity or high-speed trading algorithms gone wild, an official at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Tuesday.

A New-York based hedge fund is putting pressure on Tim Hortons Inc. to make changes to boost profitability just months after the restaurant chain saw similar requests from another U.S. investor.

Target Corp. shareholders narrowly approved the retailer's executive compensation policies in a "say on pay" vote at the annual meeting last week.

OCI Partners LP owns an ammonia and methanol plant near Beaumont. The facility's previous owners shut it down in 2004, and OCI started the plant back up in July 2012.

Here's an interesting deal that recently went down but flew under the radar: The US Airways headquarters building in Tempe was sold to new majority ownership for $41.8 million.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission today confirmed it will not move ahead with previously proposed regulatory changes to rein in high-frequency trading , after a report released earlier this year found that the impact of HFT on the Australian market was minimal.

Chesapeake Energy Corp on Monday named as chief compliance officer a lawyer the oil and gas company had previously hired to respond to an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

CDW Corp. once again plans to join the ranks of publicly traded companies. The computer parts and electronics retailer filed an initial public offering Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, aiming to raise $738 million by selling stock.

The 59-year-old former banker, a Mandarin-speaking American, sits on the boards of five U.S.-listed Chinese companies, including JinkoSolar Holding Co.

IT employees at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority know they'll be recognized for a job well done, says Matt Cardillo, director of application development at the Rockville, Md.-based enforcement arm of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently published limited guidance on frequently asked questions relating to the SEC's new Conflict Mineral Rules, which require U.S. issuers that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing conflict minerals to disclose annually whether those minerals originated in the Democratic Republic ... (more)

Thomas Hoenig, vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said banks chasing 20 percent returns are aiming too high.

A settlement with former directors of Morgan Keegan mutual funds sends a 'clear warning' to fund directors and trustees, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official.