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EU starts in-depth probe of Bayer, Monsanto deal
August 23rd, 2017
The European Commission has started an in-depth investigation of Bayer’s planned $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds group Monsanto, saying it was worried about competition in various pesticide and seeds markets. The deal would create the world’s largest integrated ...
Individuals and their companies ordered to pay millions in restitution for defrauding investors
August 21st, 2017
Federal Court Orders Jeffrey Slemmer, Christian Dorrian, Adam Roth, and Their Florida-Based Companies to Pay over $5.4 Million in Restitution and a Penalty in CFTC Precious Metals and Diamonds Anti-Fraud Action Slemmer Enterprises, Dorrian Enterprises and Roth Investment Group ...
The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
American business leaders break with Donald Trump
August 17th, 2017
“I’VE never known it to be an embarrassment for a business leader to be associated with an American president,” declares Max Bazerman of Harvard Business School. Donald Trump, in particular, has positioned himself as a businessman-president, whose corporate acumen ...
Dollar drops, the Yen and Euro rose, the Aussie added 0.1 percent: Brokers review
August 17th, 2017
Dollar drops; Aussie extends advance after base-metal surge Fed minutes show officials concerned about low inflation Most Asian stocks rose, led by technology shares after stellar earnings at Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. The yen climbed and the dollar ...
Sanctions against senior auditor and PwC
August 16th, 2017
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance and reporting to foster investment, has issued today an announcement to inform that: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and Nicholas William Edward Boden, Senior Statutory Auditor ...
Germany’s second-largest airline Air Berlin has filed for insolvency
August 16th, 2017
Germany’s second-largest airline Air Berlin has filed for insolvency after its key shareholder Etihad Airways said it would withdraw financial support for the carrier. Trading in Air Berlin shares was temporarily suspended until 12:05 GMT. Air Berlin and its ...
Dumb – And Dumber — Money Keeps Pouring In
August 11th, 2017
Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care ...
Google cancels staff meeting after Gamergate-style attack on employees
August 11th, 2017
Google cancelled a company-wide meeting on Thursday after several of its employees became targets of a Gamergate-style campaign of harassment by internet trolls angered by the firing of an engineer who had written a controversial memo about diversity. “We ...
Uber investor sues Uber’s former chief executive for fraud
August 11th, 2017
Travis Kalanick, who built Uber into a transportation behemoth, was ousted as chief executive of the ride-hailing company in June by unhappy investors. Now, one of those investors has escalated the battle by suing Mr. Kalanick, claiming fraud and ...
