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Microsoft sues Samsung over unpaid interest
October 6th, 2014
Microsoft is suing Samsung for $6.9m (£4.33m) in unpaid interest, an unsealed lawsuit has revealed. In August Microsoft announced it was suing the South Korean firm in a dispute over unpaid interest on Android patent royalties. The lawsuit, now ...
Canadian company lays out defense case for its jailed CEO
October 6th, 2014
Defense lawyers for a Canadian executive sentenced to 15 years prison in Cuba on bribery and other charges released a raft of documents on Sunday seeking to bolster their case that Cy Tokmakjian was denied a fair trial. The ...
When the carnival is over: Australia’s surprising G20 legacy
October 6th, 2014
The genesis of the G20 is a tale of two crises. The first — the Asian financial crisis — led to the creation of the G20 as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from 19 of ...
How to choose an accountant
October 3rd, 2014
Selecting an accountant to support your business is an important decision and something you need to consider carefully. Dan Martin gathers advice from members of the community UK Business Forums. How much should you pay? As with everything in ...
Tax Tactics Threaten Public Funds
October 2nd, 2014
When the European Commission charged this week that Ireland’s sweetheart tax treatment of Apple amounted to an illegal corporate subsidy, the company said that it had done nothing wrong. Corporate tax strategies intended to minimize global taxes, by hook ...
AIG Trial Begins for the Case of Hank Greenberg
September 30th, 2014
The case of Starr International Co. Inc. v. United States is about the legality of Washington’s move to stave off AIG’s bankruptcy in exchange for about 80 percent of common stock. Through Starr, Greenberg still owned about 11 percent ...
China uncovers $10bn fake trading of finance companies
September 26th, 2014
China has uncovered $10bn (£6.1bn) worth of fake trades as part of a nationwide crackdown on finance companies. The currency regulator said 15 fraud cases had been handed over to the police for prosecution. Companies sometimes falsify transactions as ...
Greithner must deliver S&P documents in $5 billion U.S. fraud lawsuit
September 26th, 2014
On legal news, Timothy Geithner, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, must give Standard & Poor’s documents, basically unedited versions, he used when writing his best-selling memoir, a ruling that could help S&P defend against the government’s $5 billion fraud lawsuit ...
China Watchdog Finds $10 Billion in Fake Currency Trade
September 25th, 2014
China uncovered almost $10 billion in fraudulent currency trade nationwide as part of an investigation begun in April last year, including many irregularities in the port of Qingdao, the country’s currency regulator said today. Companies “faked, forged and illegally ...
Ex-Barclays members provide evidence for fraud
September 25th, 2014
Former board members of Barclays have been called on to give evidence to the UK’s anti-fraud agency as part of a probe into the bank’s dealings with Qatar over an emergency cash injection at the height of the financial ...
