Over the trailing year, you have likely witnessed the rise of shell firms as a medium to take private enterprises public. Market analysts often use the term “reverse merger” to describe this ...

An image of Bill Gates seemingly giving a female journalist the gift of a blank check is creating confusion online. Gates actually received a gift from British morning show hosts Ben Sheppard and ...

Congressional Democrats’ $3.5 trillion tax-and-spending plan would greatly expand the power and reach of the federal government. Its fate rests on what Congress does with the debt limit. House ...

This form of taking a company public has been around for a while, but it's getting a lot of attention this year as its popularity rises. In the simplest terms, a blank check company is a public entity ...

Congress has unveiled a new proposal, the so-called Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act, and is promoting it with all the usual talking points that this is just normal ...