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BNP Paribas, U.K. Fraud Raids, Taiwan Rules: Compliance
June 17th, 2014
BNP Paribas SA (BNP) has given investors scant information about how much it expects to pay to settle a criminal probe of U.S. sanctions violations. The bank told shareholders at an annual meeting on May 14 that the settlement ...
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Calls Rich to Tax-Free Tropical Paradise
June 16th, 2014
He’s known as Bitcoin Jesus in the world of cyber-currencies. Though he can’t promise you heaven, he is offering a haven: a condo in the Caribbean that comes with a new passport and almost zero taxes. Meet Roger Ver, ...
US Supreme Court working on 17 unsolved cases
June 16th, 2014
It’s crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks. The religious rights of corporations, the speech rights of abortion protesters and the privacy rights of ...
LinkedIn Ordered to Face Customer E-Mail Contacts Lawsuit
June 13th, 2014
LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD:US) must face a lawsuit claiming the company violated customers’ privacy rights for marketing purposes by accessing their external e-mail accounts and downloading their contacts’ addresses. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San ...
Levine on Wall Street: Revenue Models
June 12th, 2014
Is Uber’s valuation reasonable? Aswath Damodaran thinks no, Andrew Ross Sorkin thinks yes, but two data points from Henry Blodget that may or may not be true are that its revenue (1) is now $2 billion a year and ...
SEC Says Investor Accused of Fake Gold Bid Fled to China
June 12th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the man behind a fake $750 million bid for Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV) profited from selling an undisclosed stake in the mining company and has fled the country. Luis Chang and ...
Australia Employers Cut Workers in May as Unemployment Holds
June 12th, 2014
Australian employers unexpectedly cut payrolls in May, underscoring the likelihood interest rates will remain at a record low for an extended period. The number of people employed fell by 4,800, the statistics bureau said in Sydney today. That compares ...
Europe Bankers Cringe at Rising U.S. Fines Amid BNP Probe
June 12th, 2014
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) Chairman Douglas Flint had some advice for bank executives meeting in London last week: Read up on how the U.S. uses financial warfare against its enemies in a foreign-policy shift that’s entangling lenders. Since HSBC ...
New rules for providing written tax advice are finalized
June 11th, 2014
The IRS issued final regulations under Circular 230, Regulations Governing Practice Before the Internal Revenue Service (31 C.F.R. Part 10), on the rules for practitioners to provide written tax advice and certain other related provisions (T.D. 9668), adopting the ...
Microsoft fights U.S. search warrant for customer e-mails held in overseas server
June 11th, 2014
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest e-mail providers, is resisting a government search warrant to compel the firm to turn over customer data held in a server located overseas. In what could be a landmark case, the Redmond, Wash., ...
