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Top Scottish firm shifts cash to English banks ahead of referendum
September 11th, 2014
A leading Scottish firm with offices north and south of the border has shifted its cash out of Scottish banks for fear that a vote in favour of independence could lead to a run on them. With just over ...
West TX Oil Below $94 as Market Awaits Chinese Data
September 8th, 2014
Brent crude fell on Monday for a third day of losses even though Chinese trade data showed both better-than-expected exports and weak imports that might prompt help for the economy, but it remained below $101 a barrel after poor ...
SRA hints at rethink on compliance roles
September 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has hinted that it will reform its compliance officer scheme – just 20 months after the roles were introduced. In a speech this morning, the regulator’s chief executive Paul Philip said the review of the ...
India Recommends Canceling 172 Coal Mining Permits
September 2nd, 2014
India proposed cancelling 172 unused permits to mine coal, while allowing 46 operational mines to keep working to address a Supreme Court ruling that struck down all coal-mine allocations made since 1993. The government is prepared to auction off ...
Australia 200 – Continues to Move Little Above 5600
September 2nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, September 2, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has spent the last week consolidating and trading in a very narrow range right around 5620 after enjoying a strong surge higher to a new six year high ...
SRA scam warnings
August 29th, 2014
Birketts has been exposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as the subject of a scam after members of the public received emails purportedly from the UK Border Agency advising them to send money to the firm as well ...
Wachtell to pursue Deloitte in HP Autonomy row
August 28th, 2014
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is to pursue Deloitte on behalf of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in an escalation of the company’s row with software firm Autonomy over its doomed 2011 acquisition. Wachtell partner Marc Wolinsky told a San Francisco court ...
StanChart faces fresh $300m US settlement
August 19th, 2014
Standard Chartered is in talks to pay up to $300m to New York’s top banking regulator to settle allegations it failed to identify suspicious transactions. New York’s Department of Financial Services could announce the settlement as soon as this ...
Abe finding it hard to get his way on defence
August 19th, 2014
On 1 July, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a decision to broaden the interpretation of the Japanese Constitution to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defence. But to what extent will the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
New criminal offence proposed to catch tax evaders
August 19th, 2014
People who fail to declare offshore tax liabilities could face prosecution under proposed new laws published for consultation today. HM Revenue & Customs has urged wealthy individuals to come forward and pay what they owe in advance of the ...
