In most cases, the idea behind poison pills is to give members of the board full control of the takeover process.

256

The marketing and sales of hedge funds to individual investors has been an ongoing focus of the NASD.

197

It was good for surfers, ... Unfortunately, undertows and rip currents were beginning to occur.

179

It's always harder to prove what somebody said when it's one person against another.

162

It won't wipe out stock fraud, but it will give investors a much better tool.

140

In recommending mutual funds with different share classes, brokers must understand, consider and disclose information about which particular share class would be most beneficial for the customer from an expense perspective.

137

Some of these cases are really sad. There are people who have literally lost their life savings.

115

It's an atmosphere that enables fraudsters to take advantage of investors.

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