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Chinese state-owned enterprise investment in Australia
August 25th, 2014
As the negotiation of the Australia–China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) moves into what is hopefully its final phase, there is intense focus on how the investment chapter of the FTA will treat the access of Chinese state-owned enterprises to ...
Chicago and 2 California Counties Sue Over Marketing of Painkillers
August 25th, 2014
The City of Chicago and two California counties are challenging the drug industry’s way of doing business, contending in two separate lawsuits that “aggressive marketing” by five companies has fueled an epidemic of addiction. It also cost taxpayers millions ...
China Regulators: Qualcomm Seeks to End Antitrust Probe
August 22nd, 2014
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is seeking to end an investigation by China’s pricing regulator into monopoly practices, the company said on Friday, expressing its willingness to improve and correct pricing issues according to the regulator. The National Development and ...
Scotland to impose its own tax authority
August 22nd, 2014
Edinburgh took a step closer to operating its own version of HMRC this week, after the Scottish parliament passed the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Bill. The chair of the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s (CIOT) Scottish technical subcommittee, Moira ...
EY issues emphasis of matter note on Co-op Bank
August 22nd, 2014
EY’s first public act as auditor of the Co-operative Bank has been to place an emphasis of matter paragraph into its interim statement review. The Big Four firm, which replaced KPMG as the bank’s auditors earlier this year, said ...
Copper up to Above $3.20 After Strong U.S. Home Sales
August 22nd, 2014
Copper in London rose to a two-week high, heading for the first weekly advance in a month on stronger-than-expected U.S. homes sales and before a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The metal for delivery in three months ...
Dollar flatlines ahead of Yellen, Draghi at Jackson Hole
August 22nd, 2014
The dollar was steady on Friday after its strongest weekly run since March and world stocks were near all-time highs as markets waited for steers from the Federal Reserve and ECB on diverging policy plans. European shares .FTEU3 opened ...
CFTC charges R2 Capital Group LLC with Fraud and Misappropriation
August 22nd, 2014
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that on August 15, 2014, Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, issued a restraining Order freezing the assets of Defendants Ryan Tomazin ...
Russia’s MTS raises contract with Ericsson to over $1.5 billion
August 22nd, 2014
Russia’s biggest mobile phone operator MTS (MBT.N) (MTSS.MM) said on Friday it had increased its contract with Swedish telecom equipment supplier Ericsson (ERICb.ST) to more than $1.5 billion. MTS said it had signed a $286 million contract with Ericsson ...
MFSA: surrender of CIS licence
August 22nd, 2014
MCM Fund SICAV plc (“the Scheme”) recently requested the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) to accept the surrender of the collective investment scheme licence. The MFSA has accepted the Scheme’s request. This surrender is entirely voluntary and does not ...
