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accounting

Accountant fined for PII and annual return offences

22/10/2014(0)
An accountant has been severely reprimanded and fined £4,500 for failing to submit an annual return and doing business without professional indemnity insurance (PII). Patricia Cornish, of Laurel Farm, ... Read More
accounting

Audit Commission reveals highest ever levels of council fraud detection

22/10/2014(0)
Nearly £200M of fraud has been detected by English councils in 2013/14 – the highest amount for a generation and ten times the 1990 figure, the Audit Commission has ... Read More
australia 200

Australia 200 – Within Reach of Key 5400 Level

22/10/2014(0)
Australia 200 for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 ... Read More
Exxon

How Wall Street Is Killing Big Oil

22/10/2014(0)
Lee Raymond, the famously pugnacious oilman who led ExxonMobil between 1999 and 2005, liked to tell Wall Street analysts that covering the company would be boring. “You’ll just have ... Read More
ASIAN STOCKS

Asian shares bask in glow of U.S. tech earnings

22/10/2014(0)
Asian shares rose on Wednesday as upbeat results from two U.S. technology bellwethers and hopes of fresh stimulus from the European Central Bank offset concerns about the outlook for ... Read More
invest

Ten rules for new investors

22/10/2014(0)
Novice investors are similar to teenagers who take their fathers car secretly, before taking any driving lessons and obtaining their driving license. They first learn to average down on ... Read More
HongKong

Hong Kong Is Hot Spot for U.S. Lawyers as Probes Rise

22/10/2014(0)
When Cathy Palmer first came to Hong Kong as a U.S. prosecutor more than 20 years ago, she was chasing heroin-smuggling triads who later sent a booby-trapped package to ... Read More
currencies

Currency Wars Evolve With Goal of Avoiding Deflation

22/10/2014(0)
Currency wars are back, though this time the goal is to steal inflation, not growth. Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega popularized the term “currency war” in 2010 to describe ... Read More
citigroup

Citi architect criticises its retreat

22/10/2014(0)
John Reed, one of the architects of the modern-day Citigroup, has criticised his successors’ decision to shut down its consumer operations in 11 international markets, painting the move as ... Read More
European banks

EU leans on big banks to finance bailout fund

22/10/2014(0)
France’s banks will foot the biggest bill for Europe’s banking union, paying up to €2bn more than Germany’s lenders towards a new €55bn bank rescue fund, according to a ... Read More
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