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The article reports on a $100 million termination fee involved in a deal to sell the packaging business of Weyerhaeuser Co. to International Paper Co. of Memphis, Tennessee. The termination fee will be paid by International Paper to Weyerhaeuser if the deal does not close by the end of March 2009 according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Reports that in response to the removal of documents from American International Group Inc.'s Bermuda offices, the Securities and Exchange Commission secured a court order barring the destruction of records in a probe of the insurance company. How New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer threatened indictment following reports of document shredding; Details of the investigation into AIG's accounting practices and alleged accounting fraud.

The article reports on the rules issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allowing mutual funds to distribute partial instead of full-length prospectuses in order to save trees and costs.

Reports on the plan of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to propose new rules for the asset-backed securities market.

Reports on documents related to the Polish units of drug makers Eli Lilly & Co. and Johnson & Johnson requested by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an informal inquiry into pharmaceutical companies' compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Reports on how the efforts of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to improve the clarity of business documents is effecting the rate of companies offering initial public offerings (IPO). New rules established by the SEC which require that all prospectuses be written in a clear, readable format, with no legalese; Reaction of executives who created prospectuses.

Reports on the filing of Devon Energy Corp. and Northstar Energy Corp. of definitive proxy materials with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities commission. Purpose of the filing; When the shareholders of Devon will vote on the merger.

Reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to launch an investigation into whether Solv-Ex Corporation's chairman, John Rendall, illegally revealed confidential stock information in exchange for a loan. Content of court documents filed by the SEC; Details on a 10-K filing released by Solv-Ex; Basis of the allegations against Rendall; Status of profits at Solv-Ex.

The article discusses criticism of the Shareholder Rights Project (SRP) at Harvard University contained in a paper co-authored by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Daniel Gallagher. SRP advises pension funds and other large shareholders on how they can increase their influence on corporate boards through shareholder proposals. Gallagher's paper says SRP's activities leave the university vulnerable to lawsuits filed by the SEC or shareholders.

The article focuses on the move of General Electric (GE) on August 4, 2009 to settle a complaint filed by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on its alleged improper accounting practices in an effort to increase its earnings. The alleged violation reportedly occurred in 2002 and 2003 when the company recommended modifications in the accounting for a commercial-paper program that permitted the firm to evade about 200 million dollars charge in its profits in 2002.

The article states that European and Japanese banks such as Mizuho Bank Ltd., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and BNP Paribas SA were among those outbidding U.S. banks for large corporate deposits. According to the article, the U.S. agency the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) changed rules governing short-term debt, known as commercial paper. The article presents comments from consulting firm Treasury Strategies Inc. partner Anthony Carfang.

The article discusses results of a pair of studies that show hedge funds, high-frequency traders, and others who subscribe to a data feed from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) receive company filings from the SEC moments before they are posted at the agency's Website, thus creating an opportunity for profitable trading. One paper co-written by Jonathan Rogers of the University of Colorado shows the discrepancy leads to movement in prices and trading volume.

The article discusses potential consequences for Chinese firms listed in the U.S. and U.S. companies with Chinese subsidiaries of a dispute between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and several Chinese accounting firms. The SEC is seeking sanctions against the firms for failing to provide work papers for audits they have performed. Companies that have used Chinese auditors could find themselves unable to list their securities in the U.S. if the SEC prevails.

This article reports on Erik Lie, a professor at the University of Iowa, and the 2005 paper he published suggesting that corporations backdated stock-option grants that enriched senior executives. As a result of this study approximately 20 companies are being investigated by the Department of Justice and by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The article reports that technology firm Hewlett-Packard Co. officially confirmed its breakup with the papers it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which was a move decided by its chief executive Meg Whitman after the company went through years of declining revenue and corporate scandals.

The article reports that China's Securities Regulatory Commission will hand over to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board the audit working papers of an unidentified Chinese company listed in the U.S., a move consistent with an agreement between China and the U.S. regarding U.S. oversight of such firms.

The article states that the Malkin family, who controls the 102-story Empire State Building in New York City, New York, filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2011 on possibly including the Empire State Building in a newly formed real-estate investment trust.

The article reports on two fact-finding papers issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the week of November 18, 2011 on whether U.S. firms should switch to using international accounting standards.

The article reports that the May 6, 2010 flash crash in the U.S. stock market will be cleared by a paper from the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Focuses on the efforts of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate mutual funds for improper securities trading known as market timing. Comments from Paul Roye, director of the SEC's investment-management division, regarding what can be determined by looking at cash-flow statistics; Definition of market timing; How high levels of money flowing in and out of mutual funds can serve as a sign of market timing; Comments from Eric Zitzewitz, a Stanford University business professor, who has written several papers on market timing.

Reports on the credit paper shown by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff regarding the WorldCom Inc. bond issue.

Reports on plans of Enron Corp. president Jeffrey McMahon to resign from the bankrupt energy-trading company. Scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into McMahon's involvement in a deal with Merrill Lynch & Co.; Possibility that the deal was merely a ploy to boost Enron's earnings on paper.

Reports on the ruling of the U.S. Securities and Commission that Kimberly-Clark Corp. and its chief financial officer violated reporting rules in connection with the booking of a charge related to the acquisition of Scott Paper in 1995.

Reports on the telecommunication industry. WorldCom Inc. and Qwest Communications under investigation by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission; How Sprint Corp. has been unable to raise capital in the commercial-paper market; Statement from Lucent Technologies concerning its expectations for profitability; Problems with low prices across the industry.

Focuses on the debate over how to assess Internet stock options doled out by Internet companies. How traditional valuation models are pointless; Investigation into stock options by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; How the value of stock options is changing employee recruitment practices; How the traditional valuation models undervalue the paper wealth of Internet stocks.

Focuses on a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to replace paper stock certificate with a computerized system to register stock purchases by investors. Details about the SEC `direct-registration system'; Advantages of the new system for investors.

Wonders if insiders' ditching of shares of their companies' stock signals the end of the long bull market in stocks. Papers filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission by corporate insiders, which show their plans to unload shares; The possibility that company shares are overpriced; The other reasons why insiders sell.