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  • Chris Moschovitis is chief executive of tmg-emedia and co-author of “History of the Internet: 1843 to the Present.” He is working on his latest book “Cybersecurity Program Development for Business: The Essential Planning Guide,” to be published by Wiley later this year.

    July 11
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  • As special counsel, Zoe Sharp advises Board Member Lewis H. Ferguson on all matters that come before the Board for decision. Prior to becoming Special Counsel in March 2013, Ms. Sharp worked as counsel in the Division of Enforcement and Investigations. In that role, she assisted in investigation and litigation of possible violations of the PCAOB rules and other applicable securities laws and professional standards. Before joining the PCAOB in March 2012, Ms. Sharp was an assistant general counsel at Sallie Mae, Inc. She also practiced as a general litigator at Williams & Connolly LLP. Earlier, Ms. Sharp served as a law clerk to Judge Sidney H. Stein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    July 10
    Zoe Sharp of the PCAOB
  • Lewis H. Ferguson was appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to be a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in January 2011. In April of 2015, he began a four year term as Chair of the Global Public Policy Committee Working Group of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). From April 2013-April 2015, he served as Chair of IFIAR following a one-year term as vice chair. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Ferguson served as the first General Counsel of the PCAOB. Before joining the PCAOB as a Board Member, Mr. Ferguson was a partner in the law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he focused on securities regulation, disclosure issues and corporate governance matters. Earlier from 1979 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2004, he was a partner at the law firm of Williams & Connolly LLP, specializing in corporate transactions, securities enforcement matters and representation of audit committees and boards of directors. From 1994 to 1998, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director of Wright Medical Technology. Mr. Ferguson also has been a Director at several public and private companies, primarily in the medical device and technology areas. He was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law School.

    July 10
    Lewis Ferguson of the PCAOB
  • Tom Dresslar is a former reporter and also served as a deputy commissioner at the California Department of Business Oversight. He is now retired.

    July 10
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  • Seniors who want to relocate in retirement to a different place from what their spouse prefers may opt to maintain two homes.

    July 10
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  • Former AMG executives buy stake in three regional wealth managers for use as aggregation vehicles.

    July 10
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  • Concerns about management dragged down job satisfaction ratings in J.D. Power’s annual survey.

    July 10
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  • Here’s how receiving investments on a stepped-up cost basis can save a client’s inheritance.

    July 10
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  • Allan D. Grody is president of Financial InterGroup Advisors, a strategy, research and acquisition consultancy.

    July 10
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  • Prices that reached an almost seven-month high in June have now dropped for five straight weeks, the longest slump this year.

    July 10
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