Governance/Regulation & Compliance

Wal-Mart and Amazon back measure to let states collect taxes on out-of-state sellers.

With financial crisis cases mostly over, new chairman may target accounting fraud, high-frequency trading.

Walter cites concerns about fairness, but says SEC wont impose an equity-market structure on bonds.

Global regulators want rates to be based on observable transactions.

Retailer is said to be seeking ways to split real estate into a new subsidiary that could issue debt.

Companies are on track to continue lump-sum offers this year.