The fascinating legal argument at the heart of the ‘Pharma Bro’ trial
Not much Martin Shkreli has done the past two weeks has helped him in a trial that could put him behind bars for 20 years for eight counts of securities...
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Judge tells Martin Shkreli to keep his mouth shut
Martin Shkreli, the boisterous former hedge-fund manager and pharmaceutical-industry executive, was chastised Wednesday by a judge for speaking to the media during the early days of his securities-fraud trial. "All...
In surprise visit to reporters, Shkreli calls prosecution ‘junior varsity,’ slams witness
Facing 20 years in prison for securities fraud, Martin Shkreli, 34, used the lunch break at his trial Friday to make a surprise appearance in the courthouse room where reporters...
Wells Fargo to claw back $75M from ex-CEO, top executive; bank knew of fake accounts in 2002
Wells Fargo said Monday that two former senior executives, including its long-time CEO John Stumpf, must return an additional $75 million in compensation after a scathing internal report found the...
Trump’s acting SEC chair targets rule about CEO pay disclosure
After years of wrangling, a controversial rule requiring thousands of public U.S. companies to share how much more their chief executives earn than their typical rank-and-file employees became effective this...
Taxpayers are still bailing out Wall Street, eight years later
Eight years after taxpayers rescued the U.S. financial system, some of the country's largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., continue to receive billions of...
Obscure government agency has a plan to put Wall Street CEOs in prison
Since the 2008 financial crisis, one obscure federal agency has succeeded in doing what many thought was impossible: sending bankers to prison. The agency has charged 85 bankers from across...
Elizabeth Warren urges President Obama to remove the head of the SEC
A long-running feud between a leading critic of the finance industry in the Senate and the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a new peak on Friday, when...
Charlotte struggles to return to normal after fatal police shooting
Nearly a week after the police shooting of a black man here sparked sometimes violent protests, the Queen City remains in a state of limbo. On Sunday afternoon, the windows...
Two years after Ferguson, where is the police reform?
Things would change, city officials vowed three years ago, after a white police officer shot and killed a black man seeking help after he was injured in a car accident....