The Securities and Exchange Commission approved new rules Friday that call for US auditors to more closely oversee the work of third-party accountants who often contribute to the financial reviews of global corporations.

Three institutional investors may represent a class of EQT Corp. shareholders on claims the natural gas producer misrepresented “synergies” and other cost savings from its acquisition of Rice Energy Inc., a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled.

A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren is redoubling efforts to get Wall Street’s main regulator to clamp down on executives’ ability to use inside information to make well-timed stock trades.

Melvin Capital Management, the hedge fund that Gabe Plotkin closed earlier this year, is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over whether the firm misled investors about its risk controls and intentions to recoup losses on its wrong-way bets on meme stocks, according to people familiar with the probe.

Deloitte LLP’s audit leader wants corporate auditors to be the sole vetters of air pollution data, packaging those checks within standard financial statement reviews.

Former Alstom executive Lawrence Hoskins convinced the Second Circuit to affirm a lower court’s decision acquitting him over his role in a scheme to bribe government officials in Indonesia.