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Microsoft boosts dividend 11 percent, adds new directors
September 17th, 2014
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Tuesday announced the smallest percentage increase in its quarterly dividend since 2009 and appointed new directors to replace two board members who decided not to seek re-election. The increase, 11 percent to 31 cents per ...
Accountant gets three year ban over audit failures
September 16th, 2014
A tribunal has excluded an ICAEW member from membership of the profession for three years following a Financial Reporting Council (FRC) investigation over audit failures. The accountant, Paul Newsham was a former partner, Sixthreeone Limited (formerly known as HWCA), ...
West TX Oil at $93 on Softer Economic Data
September 16th, 2014
Brent crude was little changed just below $98 a barrel on Tuesday, holding gains after recovering from its lowest price in more than two years but capped by a soft global economic outlook. Data reflecting lackluster manufacturing output performance ...
Clyde & Co drafted in by RBS shareholders for potential class action
September 16th, 2014
Clyde & Co partner Julian Connerty is advising a group of shareholders planning to sue the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for allegedly forcing small companies out of business through its global restructuring group (GRG). The action group is ...
Alibaba raises IPO as demand strengthens
September 16th, 2014
Alibaba Group Holdings has raised its initial public offering to $66 to $68, demonstrating the high demand from investors for the year’s most anticipated debut and potentially the world’s largest-ever IPO. Alibaba has attracted investors willing to buy into ...
CEO of tax specialist cleared of wrongdoing after HMRC climb down
September 15th, 2014
The chief executive and a former director of the tax specialist arm of financial group Montpelier have been cleared of cheating the public revenue of £1m, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) dropped the case against them. Watkin Gittins, ...
Carney Steering BOE in Scots Vote as Quebec Casts Shadow
September 15th, 2014
Mark Carney’s history is catching up with him. Having watched Quebec’s attempt to break away from his native Canada in 1995 while working at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Scots go to the polls in three days, and with the ...
Gold Around $1230 on Fears of More Hawkish Fed
September 15th, 2014
Gold edged higher on Monday as Asian equities tumbled but the metal continued to struggle near an eight-month low due to weak physical demand and fears the Federal Reserve may signal an early interest rate increase at this week’s ...
SABMiller rebuffed by Heineken
September 15th, 2014
SABMiller has considered a possible combination with rival beer maker Heineken, in a deal that would have brought together two of Europe’s biggest brewers and helped it fend off a takeover bid from rival AB InBev. Dutch-listed Heineken has ...
UK bank adviser pay catching up with traders
September 15th, 2014
Senior advisory bankers’ pay in London has risen almost on to a par with traditionally higher-earning traders, underlining the shifting fortunes of these distinct businesses within investment banks. By contrast, senior traders have suffered an average 13 per cent ...
