If you are an investor or make your money from the market or Wall Street, there's not much to be unhappy about as we close out 2014. The Dow Jones Industrial Average in the last year has gone from around 15,300 to about 18,100, up...
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) It took until just before Memorial Day, but apropos timing as the House Financial Services Committee, on May 22, officially approved 11 bills to help small businesses with capital formation and growth. Many on the Hill are fashioning this group of bills...
In a sign that we are still not out of the woods in either the US economy or the law business, BigLaw firm Brown Rudnick last week told 10 of 23 law students who were to join the firm in the fall that their offer...
As we see more and more efforts by major law firms to adjust to changes in the economy, technology and law practice, big firm Arnold & Porter has announced an offer to buy out its entire secretarial staff over the next year to encourage them...
As the stock market continues its strong surge another milestone today as the Nasdaq Composite Index closed above 4000 for the first time since 2000. The Nasdaq is up 33% this year, more than the other key market indeces. The tech stocks in particular have...
Many intermediaries and consultants who assist companies in the going public process offer a "turnkey" solution that includes helping bring you the entire team necessary to complete the steps to a public trading stock. When interviewing potential advisors, ask whether they do recommend other professionals...
The House Financial Services Committee has been busy for sure! Last week they unanimously (57-0) approved and sent to the full House HR 3448, known as The Small Cap Liquidity Act of 2013. The key sponsor: Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI). The bill is seen by...
Social media giant Twitter starts trading following its IPO today. One hopes the lessons of the Facebook IPO debacle are learned. In fact Facebook is now trading $14 above its IPO price, after a very disappointing start. Plus Twitter is choosing a day following a...
Sure we always had headphones. But back in the ancient 1960s, those headphones had a wire that had a giant plug that had to be attached to a "stereo" or "hi-fi" system in your house. These were expensive groups of components that would generally include...
The saying, "a pox on both your houses," believe it or not, comes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet way back in 1592. The feuding Montague and Capulet families frustrated Mercutio, who said as he was dying, "A plague o' both your houses!" Having survived chicken pox...