http://www.itworld.com/sec xx http://www.itworld.com/business/78197/sec-looks-ban-flash-trading The SEC has formally proposed a ban on the practice of 'flash' trading where large financial companies get access to trading information fractions of a second before it becomes public and use superfast computers to push through buy and sell orders. http://www.itworld.com/business/78197/sec-looks-ban-flash-trading#comments Business Legal News financial services SEC Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:56:36 -0400 ITworld staff 78197 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/69033/broadcom-presses-emulex-shareholders-meet-about-deal Broadcom wants Emulex shareholders to voice their views on Broadcom's US$764 million unsolicited offer to buy Emulex after failing repeatedly to negotiate a deal between the two companies' boards. http://www.itworld.com/legal/69033/broadcom-presses-emulex-shareholders-meet-about-deal#comments Business Legal News Broadcom emulex SEC Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:55:19 -0400 ITworld staff 69033 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/67651/sun-shareholders-file-suit-block-sale-oracle Sun Microsystems shareholders filed three separate lawsuits last month in an effort to halt the company's pending sale to Oracle, according to a filing Sun made with the SEC Friday. http://www.itworld.com/business/67651/sun-shareholders-file-suit-block-sale-oracle#comments Business News m&a Oracle SEC Sun Fri, 08 May 2009 15:21:09 -0400 ITworld staff 67651 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/67631/survey-most-companies-ready-sec-conversion At least 340 of the estimated 500 public companies required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin filing financial data in the XBRL format in June have made the conversion, according to a survey from XBRL US, a nonprofit standards group. http://www.itworld.com/government/67631/survey-most-companies-ready-sec-conversion#comments Business Government News SEC XBRL XML Fri, 08 May 2009 11:38:57 -0400 ITworld staff 67631 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66880/sec-deposition-shows-softer-side-jobs The SEC's 118-page deposition of Steve Jobs, which Forbes acquired via the Freedom of Information Act, shows that Jobs asked Apple's board of directors for an options grant in 2001 because he felt that he wasn't getting his due appreciation from the company. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66880/sec-deposition-shows-softer-side-jobs#comments Legal Opinion Apple SEC Steve Jobs Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:43:44 -0400 ITworld staff 66880 at http://www.itworld.com