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 ...

Some commentators have criticized use of the phrase “blank check” to describe the recent vote to suspend the debt limit for more than a year. They argue that the debt limit suspension merely means ...

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 ...

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 ...