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SEC Probes Threat From Cyber Attacks Against Wall Street
March 27th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the exposure of stock exchanges, brokerages and other Wall Street firms to cyber-attacks that have been called a threat to financial stability. The SEC held a roundtable discussion of those risks ...
GM Down 14% Shows Barra Challenges From Recalls to China
March 27th, 2014
Less than three months into her tenure as General Motors Co. chief executive officer, Mary Barra has more than recalls to worry about. GM shares are down almost 14 percent since Barra took the helm Jan. 15 through yesterday, ...
FBI shooting after Boston bombing was justified, investigator says
March 26th, 2014
The shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, an associate of the alleged mastermind of the Boston Marathon bombing who was killed in a scuffle with FBI agents, was justified, Florida’s Ninth Circuit State Attorney Jeffrey L. Ashton said in an ...
HMRC debt recovery powers will need to be ‘bomb-proof’
March 26th, 2014
IT WAS SOMETHING of a slow burner, but once people noticed HMRC may be granted the power to directly deduct tax owed from debtors, the concerns began to surface. Ethical issues were raised over the legitimacy of such a ...
Clifford Chance escapes £130m derivatives negligence claim as case settles
March 26th, 2014
JP Morgan’s £130m legal battle with Berlin’s public transport provider BVG in which Clifford Chance was implicated for allegedly providing negligent advice has settled. The mammoth battle was one of the first cases involving derivatives concluded by European public ...
Flight 370: When facts are few, imaginations run wild
March 24th, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, simply vanished from the sky on March 8. In the two weeks since, the mystery of what happened to its 227 passengers and 12 ...
Billionaire Sought by U.S. Holds Key to Putin Gas Cash
March 24th, 2014
A detained billionaire who made a fortune as a middleman in Russia’s murky gas trade with Ukraine may hold the key for U.S. lawmakers seeking harsher sanctions against President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Ukrainian Dmitry Firtash, arrested in Vienna ...
FRC issues temporary filler for insurance accounting
March 24th, 2014
THE FRC has issued new accounting and reporting requirements as a potentially temporary fill for a gap for the insurance industry. Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 103 will be used by companies that currently use FRS 102 in the UK ...
How Suntech, Chinese Solar Giant, Was Snared In An Italian Fraud Scandal
March 21st, 2014
As 2008 began, the future looked brilliant for green energy giant Suntech Power and its high-flying founder, Shi Zhengrong. Suntech was one of the world’s largest makers of solar panels, the first non-state-owned Chinese company traded on the New ...
Parliament negotiators rescue seriously damaged bank resolution system
March 20th, 2014
European Parliament negotiators on Thursday reached a deal with their member state counterparts on the single resolution mechanism to deal with failing banks. Many elements fell into place early in the morning after 16 hours of talks. The elements ...
