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IRS Expects Millions of Amended Tax Returns
April 28th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service anticipates that nearly 5 million taxpayers will amend their returns by filing Form 1040X this year. Nearly 46 million returns were electronically filed from home computers as of April 18, more than the total from ...
FRC consulting on going concern in changes to CG code
April 28th, 2014
The FRC is consulting on thorny elements of its guidance on going concern along with reforms to directors’ remuneration policy as part of wider changes to the corporate governance code following on from consultations held last year. Last month, ...
GE Battles for Alstom as Siemens Wins French Support
April 28th, 2014
Jeffrey Immelt is trying to defend General Electric Co. (GE)’s largest-ever acquisition, after French officials imperiled the attempt by urging Alstom SA (ALO) to consider a rival offer from Germany’s Siemens AG. (SIE) The chief executive officer of GE ...
Apple-Samsung $2 Billion Patent Case Over Google Hits Last Round
April 28th, 2014
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. head toward the conclusion of their second U.S. patent trial with one last chance to make a case to jurors on whether the $2 billion case is actually a proxy war over Google ...
UK SMEs are neglected at the critical growth stage, says new report
April 25th, 2014
Old Street Silicon Valley-style business ‘clusters’ vital for growth. Local Enterprise Partnerships not as effective as predecessor, say SMEs Initiatives aimed at helping the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are failing at the critical growth stage of ...
Tokyo Inflation Quickens to Fastest Since 1992
April 25th, 2014
Tokyo’s consumer prices rose 2.7 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest jump since 1992, pumped up by a sales-tax increase and a year of unprecedented stimulus from the Bank of Japan. Inflation excluding fresh food accelerated ...
Unilever Revenue Growth Beats Estimates as Europe Stabilizes
April 24th, 2014
Unilever (UNA), the maker of Magnum ice cream and TRESemme shampoo, reported first-quarter sales growth that beat estimates and said its North American pasta-sauce and Slim Fast units are under review amid talk of disposals. Underlying sales gained 3.6 ...
Insolvencies rocket amid mounting misery for firms
April 24th, 2014
SCOTTISH corporate insolvencies in the latest full quarter were up 70.6% on the same period of last year, official figures have revealed, and one leading expert predicted the number of failures could climb higher still. The figures, published yesterday ...
Japanese Panel Looks For Gradual Corporate Tax Cuts
April 24th, 2014
An early cut in the country’s high corporate tax rate is to be recommended by the study group that was established by the Japanese Government’s Tax Commission to look at corporate tax reform. The study group has recommended that ...
The First National Bank of Facebook
April 23rd, 2014
The company that rebranded the word “friend” may soon take up a more ambitious makeover: the word “bank.” Facebook Inc. is on the verge of winning approval from Ireland’s central bank to allow its users to store and exchange ...
