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How Mergers Get Their Antitrust Review
Most deals clear in 30 days; the ones that don't enter a second request, a year of document production, and the agencies' newly aggressive theories of harm.
Lena Fischer · June 3, 2026
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How Share Buybacks Work
Repurchases return cash to shareholders by shrinking the share count — mechanically EPS accretive, economically neutral unless the price is wrong, and now a 1 percent tax pays for it.
Lena Fischer · May 11, 2026
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Why Companies Split Their Stock
A split changes the share count and nothing else — yet the announcement reliably moves prices, because it signals management confidence and retail accessibility.
Lena Fischer · April 18, 2026
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How Layoffs Get Counted Under the WARN Act
The layoff numbers in headlines come from a 1988 law's notice filings — and they systematically miss the job cuts that dominate white-collar recessions.
Lena Fischer · March 26, 2026
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CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure, Explained
Since 2018, every public company must publish one number: CEO compensation divided by the median employee's — a metric designed for shame that turns out to be hard to compare.
Lena Fischer · March 4, 2026