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The Law firms that advised on Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn
June 14th, 2016
On June 13, 2016, Microsoft and LinkedIn Corporation, the world’s largest professional network with more than 433 million members in 200 countries and territories around the globe, announced a definitive agreement for Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for approximately $26.2 ...
INTL FCStone Ltd.’s Global Payments Division reports increase in cross-border payments
June 14th, 2016
Facilitated ~101,000 payments in CY Q1 2016; an increase of ~14% vs. CY Q1 2015 Signed 500th institutional client in CY Q2 2016 Transferred more than $22 billion in payments in CY 2015; on track to increase in 2016 INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
Heads of Accounting Firms to be Held Accountable for Poor Auditing
June 13th, 2016
The Financial Services Commission announced on June 12 that it would submit to the National Assembly in September a proposal for amending the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies. According to its proposal, the head of an accounting ...
Audit Scotland predicts increase in demand for services in the next financial year
June 13th, 2016
Audit Scotland running costs exceed £25m Audit Scotland is predicting an increase in demand for services in the next financial year as Scotland moves towards increasingly devolved powers, following a record spend on public sector audits and associated costs and services of ...
SEC bars electronic company’s corporate officials for accounting fraud
June 10th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has barred a former corporate vice president and suspended a former controller behind false accounting at a New York-based electronics company. An SEC investigation found that IEC Electronics Corp. improperly ...
TechFinancials announced issued of shares for Joint Venture partner on a binary trading platform
June 10th, 2016
TechFinancials (AIM: TECH), a software developer that supplies simplified trading solutions to online brokers, announced the establishment of a joint venture with the owners of Option fortune Trade Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong (“the Partner”) which would ...
Oracle whistleblower suit raises questions over cloud accounting
June 10th, 2016
The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015.REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) over its accounting practices underscores the pressures established computer companies face to show that they ...
Bitcoin Prices Soar in May: Analyzing the Market’s Second Best Month of 2016
June 10th, 2016
With the price of bitcoin appreciating nearly 20% in May and breaking past $500 for the first time since 2014, it’s safe to say the digital currency is once again back in the mainstream spotlight as an investment opportunity. However, what ...
SEC issues the second-largest Whistleblower Award of $17 Million
June 10th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a whistleblower award of more than $17 million to a former company employee whose detailed tip substantially advanced the agency’s investigation and ultimate enforcement action. The award is the second-largest issued by the SEC ...
4 Unexpected Events That Would Rocket Bitcoin in 2016
June 9th, 2016
The price of bitcoin is undoubtedly volatile, and the enormous swings in price, both up and down, can be difficult to analyze and even harder to predict. A lot of what happens in bitcoinland is wildly unexpected; here are ...
