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SEC Advised to Dial Back "Facebook Rule" for Small Cos.
An SEC advisory committee recommends changing the 500-shareholder threshold for when private companies have to publicly share their financial information.
February 1, 2012
The same day Facebook was scheduled to make its first filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an advisory group recommended that the SEC dial back a rule that partly forced the social-media site into near-public-company status. Read more...
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