Category: figures

US SEC Enforcement Chief Says FY2021 Enforcement Figures Will Be ‘Slightly Down’

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) director of enforcement on Friday said the agency’s fiscal year 2021 enforcement figures will be “slightly down” from the prior year. Speaking to a gathering of attorneys, SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal said the data, expected to be published within weeks, will show a decline versus fiscal 2020,…


World Shares Mixed as Investors Await US Inflation Figures

World shares were mixed on Wednesday as investors awaited the release of U.S. inflation data and upcoming corporate earnings. Stocks fell in Paris, London, Tokyo, and Sydney but rose in Shanghai and Frankfurt. Prices for oil and other energy have surged recently along with costs of other commodities. Shortages of semiconductors have meanwhile slowed output…


 Coronavirus Cases on the Rise In Orange County

SANTA ANA, Calif.—COVID-19 hospitalizations in Orange County have more than doubled in the past two weeks, raising concerns among some health officials. “I’m worried about the trend,” said Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and University of California–Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention. The county has 1.8 million of its 3.3 million population fully vaccinated,…