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Nasdaq Taking Apple, Microsoft to Shenzhen With Tech Stock ETF
May 22nd, 2015
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. is seeking to tempt Shenzhen stock investors with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. amid a rally in Chinese technology shares that’s making the U.S. dot-com bubble look subdued. Nasdaq will start a exchange-traded fund in ...
Big Law Firms Winning More of Intellectual Property Work
May 20th, 2015
As disputes over patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets have grown, the nation’s biggest law firms have wrested away much of the lucrative intellectual property litigation work from smaller boutique firms. Last year, the 50 largest firms had 61 ...
OECD attacks ‘aggressive tax plans’
May 14th, 2015
Technology companies need to stop “extremely aggressive” tax planning, the man charged with reforming global tax rules has told the BBC. He says these “push the boundaries of what is legal”. Pascal Saint-Amans, who runs the OECD‘s Centre for ...
Legal Revenue Grows as Elite Law Firms Set the Pace
April 6th, 2015
Tech sector, M&A fees help to make 2014 law industry’s best year since recession Last year, on average, was the best year for law firms since the recession. But averages can be misleading. Revenue at large, corporate law firms ...
Antitrust and Other Inquiries in Europe Target U.S. Tech Giants
April 3rd, 2015
It is not a good week to be a giant American tech company in Europe. The European antitrust investigation into Google appears to be heating up. More European countries are looking into Facebook’s privacy settings. And Apple, which already is ...
Israel election: Netanyahu claims victory as his party takes lead
March 18th, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared headed for another term as preliminary numbers Wednesday showed his party in the lead. With nearly all votes counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party has at least 29 seats in the 120 seat Knesset, according ...
FCA confirms approach for financial promotions in social media
March 16th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its guidance on financial promotions in social media. This follows detailed engagement and consultation with the industry. The FCA recognises that social media are powerful channels of communication which are of ...
Apple Throws a Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
February 26th, 2015
Shares of tech company slump, helping to end a 10-day winning streak for the index The Nasdaq Composite Index’s longest winning streak in more than five years ended with a whimper at the hands of a surprising culprit: a pullback in ...
Nasdaq nears all-time highs as exuberance yields to reason
February 20th, 2015
As the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closes in on the all-time high it reached in March 2000, investors are facing a market that barely resembles the go-go era of 15 years ago. Valuations, as measured by what investors are willing to ...
Twitter earnings beat expectations as revenue grows
February 6th, 2015
Twitter reported a net loss of $125m (£82m) in the fourth-quarter, beating analyst expectations. It also said revenue grew faster than expected, increasing by 95% to $479m during the October to December period. Total monthly active users were 288 ...
