It's meant to stop so-called "gun jumping"--trading on information not yet publicly available.
"The SEC and state attorney generals are vigilant about checking company Web sites and local press during the waiting period and will derail an IPO if the company is found to be gun-jumping, " said Heather Badami, a securities attorney at Bryan Cave.
Today, a majority of Americans -- 57% -- favor stricter gun control, jumping sharply from 39% just a few months ago.
Financial firms that report quarterly earnings are probably jumping the gun with their results.
"I think investors have been jumping the gun on Greece, " said Alan Lancz, president of Alan B.
Commentator John McCann says that folks on both sides of the issue are jumping the gun and making hasty decisions.
Some believe that it isn't and the media is jumping the gun.
The expectation is that the Fed, weary of jumping the gun on QE3, will instead shift the composition of its massive portfolio, keeping size constant.
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Do you think the Boehner is jumping the gun when he talks about repealing this, since you believe that this is all still in progress?
"We have been very successful in the way we've been playing so far and we don't need to be jumping the gun at this point, " he said.
Clement argued that the court would be jumping the gun, as it were, if it were to rule at this point that the detainees have habeas rights.
But he said discussions about a public vote were "probably jumping the gun at the moment given that we don't actually know what the proposals might be".
There's nothing like jumping the gun to announce your involvement with a phone that technically doesn't exist, but we've gotta say, we love Qualcomm for doing it.
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Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Bank of America are a few banks jumping the gun on the Volcker Rule which restricts banks from making speculative bets with client money.
State regulators already have taken or considered enforcement action against a handful of companies for allegedly exploiting online fundraising to commit fraud or simply jumping the gun on the planned rules changes.
Long before they had to firms like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America were jumping the gun on the Volcker Rule and shutting down some of their proprietary trading desks.
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Harman has joined several other companies in jumping the CES gun, announcing five new products it's bringing to the show.
We live in an age of helicopter parents so pushy and overbearing that Colorado Springs banned its annual Easter-egg hunt on account of adults jumping the starter's gun and scooping up treat-filled plastic eggs on behalf of their winsome kids.
Jumping into gameplay, our first instinct was to move the gun around and get our bearings with the camera, but it was immediately apparent that swinging to the left and right had no effect.
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