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OPEC, Russia talk of oil teamwork, but Saudi talks of investment
January 26th, 2016
Senior OPEC and Russian oil industry officials stepped up vague talk on Monday of possible joint action to remedy one of the worst supply gluts in decades, while Saudi Arabia signaled its resolve to allow the market to balance ...
‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans
January 18th, 2016
Regulators fail to act as they are dominated by the companies they are supposed to police, say critics Audit and accountancy firms who devise tax-avoidance schemes ruled unlawful have never faced official reprimand, The Independent can reveal. None of the so-called ...
EY awards US$1m to winners of its global Better begins with you recognition program
January 5th, 2016
EY has awarded US$1m to the winners of its new global recognition program,Better begins with you, which recognizes EY people who have found inspiring and impactful ways to bring EY’s purpose – building a better working world – to ...
Oil surges on Saudi Arabia, Iran tensions
January 4th, 2016
Oil prices surged during the start of 2016 trading as relations between top crude producers Saudi Arabia and Iran deteriorated, raising concerns about potential supply disruptions, though weak Asian manufacturing data kept a lid on bullish expectations. Saudi Arabia, ...
EY’s Japanese arm fined £11.6m by regulator over Toshiba failings
December 23rd, 2015
Japan’s financial regulator has fined EY’s Japanese affiliate ¥2.1bn (£11.6m) over the firm’s failure to identify accounting irregularities at Toshiba which meant the electronics giant overstated profits by some £780m over at least six years – The fine is ...
VW Scandal: Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case
December 3rd, 2015
Top law firms competing for lead assignment in expected multibillion-dollar case Lawyers from across the country will descend Thursday on a courthouse in New Orleans to jockey for a potentially lucrative assignment: a role in the massive consumer-fraud litigation facing Volkswagen AG over ...
Swiss GDP Unexpectedly Stagnates in Third Quarter
December 1st, 2015
Export growth driven solely by chemicals, pharmaceuticals SNB to hold rate decision on Dec. 10, may react to ECB easing Swiss economic growth unexpectedly stalled in the third quarter, with momentum held back by weak performance in the energy, ...
Audit Regulator Finds 28 Deficient Audits By KPMG in Annual Report
November 11th, 2015
PCAOB says Big Four firm’s deficiency rate of 54% is up from 46% a year ago Audit regulators found 28 deficient audits at KPMG LLP in its latest annual inspection of the Big Four accounting firm, an increase from ...
Intel sued for investing employee 401(k) funds in hedge funds, private equity
November 2nd, 2015
Lawsuit alleges 401(k) and profit-sharing participants invested in tech firm’s custom target-date series and global diversified fund lost hundreds of millions of dollars A former Intel Corp. employee is suing officials at the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company for allegedly ...
EY and LinkedIn enter into alliance to help accelerate growth in the business-to-business market
October 30th, 2015
Exclusive alliance will expand service offerings and bring cutting-edge social selling technology and data analytics to market on a global scale EY and LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) today announce a new strategic alliance to jointly offer services to help more companies ...
