Column: M&A Rankings Under Scrutiny
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Investment banks are in the midst of  the annual fight for bragging rights as the biggest dealmakers  of the year, but this time the rankings -- a key factor in  winning new business -- are under intense scrutiny.
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Securities regulators are reviewing whether investment banks' trades in shares of companies linked to M&A deals they were advising were based on coincidence or inside information, according to The Wall Street Journal on Monday.
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Wall Street blames overregulation for pushing companies overseas. Why the law is getting a bad rap
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Experts say improper trading flourishes in periods of rampant mergers and acquisitions, fueling insiders to cash in on their advance knowledge. But even in the relatively slow dealmaking scene of the past few years, the SEC has brought about 60 cases a year.
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Not all mergers make sense -- so be skeptical.
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The scandal-tagged IPO wants some respect.
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It will be a short trading week, but that is probably the best reason to take a long, hard look at some of the companies that will be in the news.
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Mergers and acquisitions have slowed during the volatility in global financial markets over the past two weeks, but investment bankers say the upheaval would have to last a long while to threaten the M&A boom.
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Sorting the leaders from the laggards in the land of retail.
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The biggest names don't always provide the biggest returns.
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Other Silicon Valley companies are also under scrutiny for their stock option granting practices.
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Despite the high short interest, these companies may be the ones to watch.
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Why looking only at a company's earnings can lead to disaster.
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Rumors of a merger make a Foolish investor look brilliant.
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By Dolbeck, Andrew  The media sector has been seeing a fair amount of merger and acquisitions activity lately. Traditional print and broadcast media firms, struggling to compete with new online and mobile media outlets, have been targeted by private equity buyers.
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Auditors must pay attention to what Wall Street thinks is important about a company&#39;s performance and consider those figures no matter how small they are, the Securities and Exchange Commission
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Changes in CFOs are worth investigating.