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Rule Field Test Foretells Crunch in Closing the Audit
June 24th, 2014
Field testing of a proposed expansion of the auditor’s report suggests the new requirements will produce a new crunch in the closing phase of the audit, and auditors will need some additional guidance to assure they focus on the ...
Oracle to buy Micros for $5.3 billion
June 24th, 2014
Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Micros Systems Inc. for $5.3 billion as chief executive Larry Ellison seeks to reignite slowing growth by adding software for hotels and restaurants. Micros stockholders will get $68 a share in cash, 18 ...
Hedge-Fund Hack Part of Bigger Siege: Cyber-Experts
June 23rd, 2014
The attack on a U.S. hedge fund’s network, which a cybersecurity contractor said last week disrupted the firm’s high-speed trading and stole its data, is but one among many. That is the assessment of more than a half-dozen computer ...
Emerging Markets: What Has Changed
June 20th, 2014
1) Russia continues to liberalize the currency and move to an inflation targeting regime 2) Political risk is rising in Poland 3) South Africa came under renewed rating downgrade pressures 4) The Chinese yuan’s one-way depreciating bet appears to ...
ACCA welcomes new rules against money laundering and terrorist finacing
June 20th, 2014
The keywords in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing throughout Europe and worldwide are transparency and consistency between EU rules and the international approach, says global accountancy body In February 2013, the European Commission unveiled a package incorporating new ...
Utah Court Imposes over $44 Million in Sanctions for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation
June 20th, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court Order requiring Defendants Robert J. Andres of Houston, Texas, his company, Winsome Investment Trust (Winsome), Robert L. Holloway of San Diego, California, and his company US Ventures LC ...
US court rejects Gemalto’s Android patent lawsuit
June 20th, 2014
Gemalto NV, the French digital security company, said on Friday that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected its patent claim relating to the Android smart phone operating platform. Gemalto, which makes smart cards, filed a ...
CySec: Withdraw of CIF authorisation
June 20th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement that on a meeting held on June 16, 2014 has decided to withdraw the CIF authorisation of T.B.S.F. Best Strategy Finance Ltd (www.cedarfinance.com), ...
Bristol financial controller jailed for fraud
June 19th, 2014
The Western Daily Press and Bristol Post reported that Neil Gover was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment at Bristol Crown Court, after he pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. Gover’s fraud was discovered by the owner of ...
Wheat Extends Gains as Rain Threatens to Thwart U.S. Harvest
June 19th, 2014
Wheat rose for a second day on concern that rain from Oklahoma to Kansas may delay harvesting and cause crop quality to deteriorate in the U.S., the world’s biggest exporter. Between 0.5 inch and 2 inches (5.1 centimeters) of ...
