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Former UBS executive found not guilty in U.S. tax cheating trial
November 4th, 2014
A former top banker who headed global wealth management at UBS AG (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N) was found not guilty on Monday on U.S. charges of conspiring with wealthy Americans to hide $20 billion in secret offshore accounts. Raoul Weil, the ...
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly warns over eBay income
November 4th, 2014
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has issued a warning to those trading on sites such as eBay or Airbnb after a man was sentenced to two years imprisonment for failing to declare income from online sales. John Woolfenden, from Manchester, ...
Blackstone Said Near $8 Billion Deal to Sell IndCor Unit
November 4th, 2014
Blackstone Group LP (BX) is close to a deal to sell IndCor Properties Inc., an owner of U.S. industrial real estate, to investors led by Singapore’s GIC Pte for more than $8 billion, said two people with knowledge of ...
P&G Suit, Apple, U.K. Museums, GE: Intellectual Property
November 4th, 2014
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) has settled a patent-infringement case with makers and distributors of tooth-whitening strips, according to an Oct. 31 filing in federal court in Cincinnati. In the filing, the parties agreed that tooth-whitening strips made by ...
GAIN Capital to acquire City Index
November 4th, 2014
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
Jury acquits ex-Swiss banker in tax-dodging case
November 4th, 2014
Raoul Weil acquitted of charges he helped wealthy Americans to hide $20B from the IRS. A federal jury acquitted a former top Swiss banking executive of U.S. charges that he conspired with wealthy Americans to hide $20 billion in ...
Accounting For Startups
November 3rd, 2014
When you first bring a newborn home from the hospital and want reassurance the baby is doing ok, you’ll probably listen periodically for breathing sounds. It’s unlikely that you’ll track the number of breaths per minute and compare it ...
Dell’s Life After Wall Street
November 3rd, 2014
A year after spending $24.9 billion taking his computer company private, Michael S. Dell is gleeful to have his namesake firm to himself. And to be done with Wall Street. On Tuesday, Mr. Dell will show what he has ...
Japan economy minister calls for fiscal stimulus
November 3rd, 2014
Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari said on Monday that the government should deploy fresh fiscal stimulus to prop up the economy if third-quarter preliminary gross domestic data due on Nov. 17 turns out weak, public broadcaster NHK reported. Amari ...
Bitcoin Startups May Get Transitional License in New York
November 3rd, 2014
New York may grant transitional licenses to small virtual-currency firms and startups to let them grow before facing the full burden of new regulation, the state’s top financial watchdog said. Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services, has ...
