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Wall St. Bankrolls Ex-Executive as He Sues Over A.I.G. Bailout
September 24th, 2014
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief of A.I.G., has now raised several million dollars from three Wall Street investors to help cover the cost of the case. One might call it “chutzpah,” as several irate lawmakers did, or “rubbing ...
Citizens Financial’s Offering Raises $3 Billion as It Parts From R.B.S.
September 24th, 2014
After 26 years within the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Citizens Financial Group, the American retail bank, is setting off on its own. The bank raised $3 billion in its initial public offering on Tuesday, valuing itself at $12.9 ...
Tesco-style accounting risks
September 24th, 2014
Tesco Plc’s disclosure of huge accounting mistakes over contracts with its suppliers shocked industry analysts and executives, but not because they didn’t realise the potential for disaster. On the contrary, they assumed that everyone in retailing was fully aware ...
Tesco in turnoil after profits overstatement
September 23rd, 2014
Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer and one of its great corporate success stories of the last decade, has been thrown into turmoil after disclosing that it had overstated its first-half profit by £250m. Four senior executives were suspended and shares ...
Corporate law clients prefer in-house work
September 23rd, 2014
It is hard times for Big Law which is the business of providing legal services via independent professional partnerships. The examples of well-known brands such as Patton Boggs of surviving on their own or the collapse of partnerships such ...
Obama announces US crackdown on inversion tax ‘loophole’
September 23rd, 2014
The White House has announced a crackdown on tax avoidance deals known as inversions. The practice involves a US firm merging with a firm in a country with a lower tax rate and has become popular over recent years. But ...
Spain: a new destination for Chinese Investors
September 23rd, 2014
Strengthening commercial ties will be on the agenda when Spain’s prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, makes his first state visit to China. The purchase of the 25-story Edificio España by Mr. Wang’s conglomerate, the Dalian Wanda Group, for 265 million ...
German Companies continue their business activity
September 23rd, 2014
A rare bright spot in the European economy in recent years, many of the biggest German companies have begun capitalizing on their strength, striking big deals for overseas competitors. Germany’s businesses have been the rare bright spot in the ...
Stocks end lower: Nasdaq off more than 1%
September 23rd, 2014
Wall Street took a sharp hit Monday as tech stocks plunged and Alibaba (BABA) fell more than 4% on its second day of trading after a blockbuster start on Friday. Investor concerns of a slowing Chinese economy also weighed ...
G-20 Warns of Potential Market Risks
September 22nd, 2014
Group of 20 finance chiefs and central bankers said low interest rates could lead to a potential increase in financial-market risk, as major economies rely on monetary stimulus to bolster uneven growth. “We are mindful of the potential for ...
