Fair Corporate Suffrage or Federal Overreach? The 1943 Hearings and Rule 14a-8 Summary This article traces the origin and long arc of Rule 14a-8 from the SEC’s 1942 proxy amendments and the consequential 1943 congressional hearings through eight decades of regulatory, judicial and political shifts culminating in contemporary debates around SLB 14L and 14M and […]
Benjamin Rolle Makes Back-to-Back WSOP Online Main Event Final Tables Summary Benjamin Rolle, founder of Raise Your Edge, has returned to the WSOP Online Main Event final table a year after finishing eighth in 2024. This time he leads the nine-handed final with 75,645,533 chips (95 big blinds), heading a field that includes Anatoly Zlotnikov […]
Corporate Citizenship in Transition: Lessons from 2025, Planning for 2026 Summary This report summarises a survey of more than 80 corporate citizenship and philanthropy leaders at US and multinational firms and outlines how corporate giving evolved in 2025 and what leaders are planning for 2026. Key forces shaping corporate citizenship include stable but fragile budgets, […]
Fair Corporate Suffrage or Federal Overreach? The 1943 Hearings and Rule 14a-8 Summary This article traces the origins and long arc of Rule 14a-8 from the SEC’s 1942 proxy amendments and the 1943 congressional hearings through eight decades of litigation, regulatory shifts and policy debates. The 1943 hearings framed the central tension that persists today: […]
CMA orders Spreadex to divest Sporting Index after finding UK spread betting monopoly | Yogonet International Summary The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered Spreadex Ltd to sell Sporting Index after concluding that Spreadex’s 2023 acquisition of Sporting Index’s business-to-consumer operations removed the only effective competitor in the licensed online sports spread betting […]
Macau casinos shut as Super Typhoon Ragasa forces highest storm alert Summary All casinos in Macau suspended operations from 5 p.m. on Tuesday after authorities raised a tropical cyclone Signal No. 8 as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached the territory. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau requires casinos to halt gaming when Signal No. 8 or […]
Study Shows Operators Flee to Offshore Gambling Jurisdictions Summary A new study from the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research at the University of Bristol finds a fresh wave of gambling operators shifting to small offshore jurisdictions to avoid stricter regulation. Popular destinations include Curaçao, the Philippines, the Isle of Man and a notable surge […]
Exxon’s Auto-Voting Plan: Implications for Shareholder Activism and Considerations for Companies Summary The SEC issued a no-action response saying it will not recommend enforcement against Exxon’s proposed auto-voting plan for retail investors. Under the plan, retail holders (including those holding shares through banks, brokers or plan administrators) may opt in to have their shares automatically […]
SuperBet honors $35 million in payouts following slot game glitch | Yogonet International Summary SuperBet honoured over €30 million (US$35 million) to Romanian players after a technical fault in Playtech’s Fire Blaze Red Wizard slot produced guaranteed wins on every spin for several hours. More than 7,500 accounts were affected. The operator temporarily froze accounts […]
DStv, GOtv lose 3.4 million Kenyan customers as Pay-TV decline deepens Summary MultiChoice’s DStv and GOtv lost more than 3.4 million subscribers in Kenya year‑on‑year, driving a 77% contraction in the country’s pay‑TV market. DStv subscriptions fell to 188,824 by June 2025 (from 1.2m a year earlier) and GOtv dropped to 314,520 (from 2.8m). Digital […]
