U.S. SEC issues guidance on broker and adviser ‘care obligations’

By John McCrank (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a staff bulletin on Thursday giving guidance on how broker dealers and investment advisers must put their clients’ interests ahead of their own when providing advice and recommendations to retail investors. The guidance, which is the third in a series of such…

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Lordstown Motors gets Nasdaq delisting notice, explores reverse stock split

(Reuters) – Lordstown Motors Corp said on Thursday it has received a delisting notice from Nasdaq and is evaluating actions including a reverse stock split to meet the minimum bid price requirement set by the exchange. The company received the notice because the closing bid price for the electric-truck maker’s class A common stock fell…

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PPG Industries exceeds profit expectations, forecasts strong FY earnings

(Reuters) – PPG Industries Inc on Thursday surpassed street estimates, as the industrial coatings supplier accelerated its margin recovery on the back of higher prices and sales volumes, and forecast better-than-expected full-year 2023 earnings. The reopening of the Chinese economy after pandemic-induced lockdowns boosted demand for coatings used in aerospace and automotive original equipment manufacturers…

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Amazon launches program to identify and track counterfeiters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized crime on its platform, the company announced on Thursday. Online marketplaces in the United States including Amazon face hurdles in keeping counterfeiters…

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Irish data regulator warns against rushing into chatbot bans

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Generative AI, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, needs to be regulated, but governing bodies must figure out how to do so properly before rushing into prohibitions that “really aren’t going to stand up”, Ireland’s data protection chief said on Thursday. “It needs to be regulated and it’s about figuring out how to regulate…

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