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What to Do If You Forgot to Pay Taxes
May 8th, 2014
The IRS got more than 131 million tax returns last month. Was yours one of them? If you forgot, or didn’t file for some other reason, it’s a mistake to do nothing and hope the tax authorities look the ...
Unemployment rate steady in April for Australia
May 8th, 2014
The unemployment rate has held steady in April against expectations of a rise, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The total number of jobs in Australia rose by 14,200 to a seasonally adjusted 11.573 million in ...
IASB agrees charter of mutual co-operation with accounting standard-setting community
May 8th, 2014
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today published an updated Charter establishing key principles of co-operation between the IASB and national standard-setters and other accounting standard-setting bodies, represented by the International Forum of Accounting Standard Setters (IFASS). The principles ...
CySec: Regulation for Ukraine
May 8th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs, the Cyprus Investment Firms, the Management Companies, the Administrative Services Companies and the Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the ...
Billionaire Hedge Funders Made Money the Old-Fashioned Way
May 7th, 2014
So Institutional Investor’s Alpha put out its 2013 hedge fund compensation ranking today, and I guess we should talk about it because rich people got paid money and that is fun to gawp at. The obvious thing to say ...
China Buys Friends and Influences Nations
May 6th, 2014
If you can’t beat them, outspend them. That seems to be the thinking behind a huge new infrastructure investment fund being promoted by China as an alternative to established international lending agencies. It’s a terrible rationale for starting a ...
Samsung to Fight Apple Smartphone Trial Verdict: Lawyer
May 6th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co. will challenge a jury’s $120 million award to Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict that was “unsupported by evidence,” a lawyer for the Suwon, South Korea-based company said. Samsung will ask the trial judge and an ...
China factory activity shrinks in April, new export orders contract
May 5th, 2014
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted for a fourth consecutive month in April, a private survey showed on Monday, adding to questions about whether the world’s second-largest economy is still losing momentum. The final reading of the HSBC/Markit purchasing ...
Cuts will not damage family justice, says Munby
May 5th, 2014
Legal aid cuts will not undermine family justice, the head of the Family Division insisted last week as he mooted plans for judge-free divorces and greater legal rights for separating cohabitees. When wide-ranging reforms of the family justice system ...
Portions of conflict minerals rule stayed by SEC
May 5th, 2014
Companies will not have to explicitly declare whether their products contain minerals that originated in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo or its neighboring countries, according to the SEC. The SEC issued an order Friday staying the effective ...