Bittrex says SEC lawsuit is part of ‘crusade’ to drive crypto out of U.S. Seattle-area crypto exchange Bittrex responded to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming that the legal… Read More
Husband of ex-Amazon finance manager pleads guilty in $1.4M insider trading case A Bothell, Wash., man whose wife was previously a finance manager at Amazon, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud for… Read More
SEC charges former Amazon finance manager and her family in $1.4M insider trading case A former senior manager in Amazon’s tax department has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.… Read More
Regulators reportedly probe Slack’s New York Stock Exchange debut as part of broader IPO inquiry Federal regulators are looking into Slack’s stock market debut earlier this year as part of a broader investigation focused on… Read More
Microsoft agrees to $25M settlement following foreign bribery investigation in Hungary Microsoft will pay more than $25 million to settle a bribery probe by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities… Read More
Elon Musk touches on his Twitter tactics after settling with SEC over Tesla tweets Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep his Twitter habit in… Read More
Tesla’s fortunes spin after SEC accuses CEO Elon Musk of violating a tweet deal Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in trouble again with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this time over a 13-word tweet.… Read More
Amazon reportedly balks at SEC request for more details about Prime memberships For the first time earlier this year, Amazon announced that its popular Prime membership program had topped 100 million accounts worldwide.… Read More
Tesla’s Elon Musk signals a battle with SEC over fraud charges, and stock price sinks Tesla’s billionaire CEO and chairman, Elon Musk, is calling the Securities and Exchange Commission’s fraud claims against him “unjustified” after… Read More
SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with securities fraud over ‘misleading’ tweets The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tesla’s billionaire CEO and chairman, Elon Musk, with securities fraud over a series… Read More
Impinj misses earnings deadline amid an audit investigation and Nasdaq responds with ‘notice of deficiency’ Nasdaq has hit Impinj with a “notice of deficiency” for failing to report its quarterly earnings on time, after the… Read More
Podcast Mr. Trump, put this man on the SEC! Investor group floats Seattle startup lawyer for regulatory role Joe Wallin, a longtime startup attorney in the Seattle region, was recently floated as a potential nominee for the Securities… Read More
T-Mobile tells investors to follow CEO John Legere on Twitter and Periscope for full financial picture T-Mobile added 8.3 million customers last year, with 2.1 million added in the last quarter alone, stats that the company… Read More
Mobile? What’s that? Google claims ignorance in response to SEC inquiry Google’s argument for why it shouldn’t have to break out mobile revenues is because it’s not sure how to differentiate one… Read More
Report: Yahoo needs Microsoft more than it wants to admit While CEO Marissa Mayer has been critical of Yahoo’s deal with Microsoft, it seems like the partnership may be more… Read More
Startup leaders not happy with securities administrator’s support of regulations that could ‘cripple’ startups Seattle angel investor Dan Rosen has worked hard in recent months to shed light on the potentially damaging effects that proposed… Read More
SEC says Apple’s tax practices are not a problem While Apple is still locked in a tussle over whether or not its e-book contracts violate the Sherman Antitrust Act,… Read More
Hey, startups: Pretty soon you’ll be able to talk about your fundraising efforts The world changes for startups on September 23. How? On that date, thanks to the JOBS Act, it will become… Read More
No more secrecy? SEC votes to allow startups, VCs, hedge funds to talk about fundraising Nearly every week I come across a startup company or investment firm that offers this explanation when I ask for… Read More
Shares of Zillow fall after SEC revenue inquiry It is shaping up to be another rough day on Wall Street for Zillow, the Seattle online real estate company.… Read More