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SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system

By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.

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News digest for July 27, 2006

By Dominic Jones on July 27, 2006

Investors’ Class-Action Lawsuits Drop Sharply
The number of new federal class-action lawsuits filed by disgruntled investors has dropped dramatically and is now at its lowest level since 1996, according to a new Stanford University study.
Fairfax Sues Investors for $5 Billion Citing Stock Manipulation
The alleged scheme, which dates back to December 2002 after Fairfax shares were listed [...]

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