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Business In this photo supplied by Sen. Tammy Baldwin's office, the Wisconsin Democrat hosts a forum with residents of Brokaw in 2016 about the closing of a paper mill years earlier and her proposed legislation to increase transparency of stock purchases by activist hedge funds that frequently take control of a company and sell off assets in order to maximize their investment.
Business Sen. Tammy Baldwin Gets a Victory in the Fight Against Hedge Fund Vulturism

Prompted by the closure of the paper mill in Brokaw a decade ago, the SEC plans to tighten rules on secret stock positions.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow February 17, 2022 10:11 am CST

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