• Kodak stock plunges after Trump administration puts loan deal on hold

    Kodak stock plunges after Trump administration puts loan deal on hold

    Kodak’s stock price plummeted early Monday after the Trump administration slammed the brakes on a loan deal to help the company launch a pharmaceuticals business. Shares in the former photography giant tumbled 38.2 percent to $9.20 by 7:50 a.m. after the US International Development Finance Corporation put the $765 million loan on ice amid probes …
  • SEC probes Kodak’s handling of pharmaceutical business: report

    SEC probes Kodak’s handling of pharmaceutical business: report

    The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing Kodak’s handling of material information about the startup pharmaceutical business it’s launching with the help of Uncle Sam.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the regulator is examining whether Kodak jumped the gun on a July 28 announcement that it had received a $765 million federal loan to …
  • Convicted felon with family mob ties accused of defrauding investors

    Convicted felon with family mob ties accused of defrauding investors

    Federal officials say a convicted felon with mob ties and his wife fraudulently raised more than half a billion dollars from investors for their company, which loaned cash to small businesses at interest rates as high as 400 percent. Convicted felon Joseph LaForte, who goes by the name Joe Mack, and his wife Lisa McElhone …
  • Bankrupt Hertz shares halted as SEC questions controversial stock sale

    Bankrupt Hertz shares halted as SEC questions controversial stock sale

    Read More: Carl Icahn’s Hertz could face bankruptcy amid coronavirus woes: sources Carl Icahn takes $1.8 billion loss as he dumps stake in bankrupt Hertz Hertz wants to cash in on surging shares amid bankruptcy Hertz may be on verge of liquidation
  • Zoom confusion leads SEC to halt trading for Chinese company

    Zoom confusion leads SEC to halt trading for Chinese company

    The Feds on Thursday clamped down on trading in shares of an obscure, China-based company called Zoom Technologies, concerned that investors have been confusing it with the teleconferencing giant whose stock has surged amid the coronavirus crisis. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it suspended trading on the Chinese firm until April 9 because of …