The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a challenge brought against the Securities and Exchange Commission by a former Xerox executive, and backed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, against the Securities and Ex...
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Dogecoin investor sues Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX for $258 billion, claiming ‘pyramid scheme’
A dogecoin investor is suing Elon Musk and two of his companies, Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, for $258 billion, accusing them of operating a “pyramid scheme” to inflate the price of the cryptocurrency. The ...
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against New York Attorney General James
Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 07, 2021 in Bedmin...
Tesla Stock Falls After Harassment Allegations Against CEO
Text size Tesla’s Shanghai factory. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla stock took a beating as investors digested sexual-harassment allegations against CEO Elon Musk. Thursday, Business Insider repor...
Martin Shkreli released from federal prison into halfway house
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli departs the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 3, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Getty Images Notorious ...
Tax investigators identify potential $1 billion crypto Ponzi scheme, reports say
International tax officials have identified more than 50 leads to potential crypto tax crimes that may lead to official investigations in the coming weeks, including one case that could be a $1 billio...
Teva CEO Sees a Final Opioid Settlement Coming This Year
Text size Teva CEO Kåre Schultz has been predicting a national opioid settlement for years. Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg Teva Pharmaceutical Industries CEO Kåre Schultz has, for years, been predictin...
Micron sued for alleged patent infringement
BOISE, Idaho — Bell Semiconductor has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against computer chip maker Micron Technology. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court contends that Boise, Idaho-b...
Teladoc stock plunges more than 30% after earnings outlook slashed, massive impairment charge
Shares of Teladoc Health Inc. were slammed in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the telemedicine company took an impairment charge of more than $6.5 billion and slashed its full-year outlook. Telad...
Opinion: Why I don’t want bitcoin in my 401(k)
Hooray! At long last, the company managing my 401(k) plan will allow me to bet up to 20% of my retirement funds on a digital Ponzi scheme that generates no income and has no practical use. Fidelity In...
Tesla stockholders ask judge to silence Elon Musk in ‘funding secured’ fraud case
DETROIT — A group of Tesla shareholders suing CEO Elon Musk over some 2018 tweets about taking the company private is asking a federal judge to order Musk to stop commenting on the case. Lawyers for s...
Manhattan DA says Trump criminal investigation continues
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Florence Regional Airport in Florence, South Carolina, U.S., March 12, 2022. Randall Hill | Reuters The Manhattan district attorney, in an ...
Wells Fargo to Pay to Settle Lawsuit Over Its 401(k) Plan
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle a two-year-old case involving alleged self-dealing with the company’s 401(k) plan. Wells Fargo, which had previously sought to dismiss the lawsuit...
Deutsche Bank Must Face Lawsuits Alleging It Enabled Ponzi Scheme
Judges in New York and Miami ruled that investor lawsuits could advance against Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG for allegedly ignoring warnings that it was helping finance a real-estate-linked Ponzi scheme...
Freed Huawei Finance Chief Meng Wanzhou Returns to Company Spotlight
HONG KONG—Months after returning home to a hero’s welcome in China, Huawei Technologies Co. finance chief Meng Wanzhou was back in the spotlight Monday: This time, she was in more familiar surrounding...
Credit Suisse Warns of $500 Million Hit From Billionaire’s Lawsuit
Credit Suisse CS 0.49% Group AG is expected to pay around $500 million after losing a lawsuit brought by a Georgian billionaire who claimed the bank mismanaged his money. Credit Suisse has spent years...
Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale
Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...
Former Apple employee charged with defrauding $10 million
A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the tech giant out of more than $10 million by taking kickbacks, stealing equipment and laundering money, federal prosecutors said. Dhirendra P...
‘Not the Best Look From Vanguard’: Community Conversations
Readers can’t get enough of a story about a lawsuit filed against the indexing giant. In fact, the story generated record traffic for Barron’s Advisor (in less than 48 hours). Other stories that are s...
Investors Sue Vanguard After Target Date Funds’ Big Tax Bill
Three investors are suing Vanguard Group for alleged negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, saying that changes the company made to target date retirement funds resulted in “massive tax bills” for i...
Tencent Stock Sinks on Report of Record Money-Laundering Fine
Text size Tencent headquarters in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, in Guangdong province. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Tencent Holdings dropped almost 10% after The Wall Street Journal report...
Consumers lost $5.8 billion to fraud last year — up 70% over 2020
krisanapong detraphiphat | Moment | Getty Images American consumers reported losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year, up from $3.4 billion in 2020 (an increase of more than 70%), the Federal ...
Fatburger parent’s stock craters after company discloses investigation into CEO
Pakistani customers eat at a Fatburger outlet in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Fat Brands cratered more than 20% on Tuesday morning after the Fatburger and Johnny R...
Ponzi scheme behind patriotic vodka, once featured on ‘Fox & Friends,’ scammed investors out of $900,000 to pay IRS and Amex bills, prosecutors say
A Connecticut businessman has pleaded guilty to operating an unpatriotic Ponzi scheme that pocketed $900,000 from investors looking to buy a pro-veteran vodka company. Brian Hughes, 57, of Madison, Co...
CNN Parent Found Allison Gollust’s Remarks on Jeff Zucker Relationship Were Misleading
Allison Gollust resigned as CNN’s communications and marketing chief after the network’s parent determined she misled investigators about her relationship with former President Jeff Zucker and violate...
Marine Reservist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot sold fake Covid cards, feds say
A stack of COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards from the CDC. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images A U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to part...