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Commercial property lawyers warned over capital allowance changes

11/03/2014(0)
Commercial property lawyers could face future action for negligence if they fail to advise clients about impending tax relief changes. From 1 April, capital allowances, which allow for tax ... Read More
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Memorandum of Cooperation between FSA and U.S.

11/03/2014(0)
On March 10, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in ... Read More
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Lenovo says China strike an IBM matter, but it won’t cut wages

11/03/2014(0)
Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd said it was up to IBM to resolve a wildcat strike at a China-based factory, as a deal to buy the U.S. company’s ... Read More
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FASB Stands by Fair Value Measurement Standard

11/03/2014(0)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has responded to a post-implementation review of its accounting standard for fair value measurement, saying it doesn’t plan to make any comprehensive changes. Last ... Read More
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FCA: on SME Banking Market Study

11/03/2014(0)
The FCA has announced that it has been working closely with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on the SME banking market study. The OFT has issued a market ... Read More
Cyprus Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades makes statements outside the parliament in Nicosia

Cyprus central bank head who led Cyprus through bailout quits

11/03/2014(0)
Cypriot Central Bank governor Panicos Demetriades, whose testy relations with the island’s government dogged a tumultuous tenure when Cyprus teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, resigned on Monday. President ... Read More
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SRA investigates collapsed law firm Calibre

10/03/2014(0)
THE Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched an investigation into Calibre Solicitors, a Salford-based personal injury law firm that went into administration in February. According to a creditors report ... Read More
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As talk of sanctions on Russia heats up, business groups draw cautionary line

10/03/2014(0)
Business groups are pushing to ensure that any economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States are joined by as much of the rest of the world as ... Read More
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More than 1,000 lawyers protest outside parliament at legal aid cuts

10/03/2014(0)
UK- More than 1,000 barristers and solicitors – many bearing placards declaring “Grayling must go” and accompanied by a giant, papier-mache effigy of the justice secretary – have protested ... Read More
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Inmates running the asylum

10/03/2014(0)
IT WAS always an awkward coincidence that the cousin of Steve DiCarmine, a former executive at the collapsed law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf , was “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano, who ... Read More
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