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Billionaire Kwoks Plead Not Guilty to HK Official Bribes
May 8th, 2014
Thomas and Raymond Kwok, the billionaire brothers running Hong Kong’s second-largest developer, and the Chinese city’s former No. 2 official pleaded not guilty today to charges including conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Rafael Hui, the Government’s Chief ...
Banks Cutting Spreads to Win Borrowers
May 7th, 2014
Tighter spreads, lower credit line fees, fewer interest-rate floors, looser covenants — banks continue to ease terms to build their business loan books. CFOs that haven’t refinanced their company’s bank loan in a while may want to review the ...
Ex-Co-Op Bank Chairman Fined $890 for Having Cocaine, Meth
May 7th, 2014
Paul Flowers, the former chairman of Co-Operative Bank Plc, was fined 525 pounds ($890) after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine, crystal meth and ketamine. Flowers, a 63-year-old Methodist minister who was Co-Op Bank’s chairman from March 2010 until ...
Canadian international merchandise trade, March 2014
May 6th, 2014
Canada Statistics has issued the following data: Canada’s merchandise exports declined 1.4% in March, while imports edged up 0.4%. As a result, Canada’s trade surplus with the world narrowed from $847 million in February to $79 million in March. ...
Tax owed on full sale price where taxpayer won’t provide cost basis information
May 6th, 2014
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a deficiency notice of more than $5 million against a taxpayer who reported adjusted gross income of $22,921 and taxable income of $13,221 on his late-filed 2006 return (Hoang, No. 13-14398 (11th ...
Four traits for growth-conscious CFOs
May 6th, 2014
The time for accepting flat revenue numbers has passed, say the CFOs with whom Nick Araco has spoken in the past six months. And the era in which CFOs let others handle the technology initiatives also seems to be ...
D2MX Pty Ltd pays infringement notice penalty to ASIC
May 6th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has given D2MX Pty Ltd (D2MX) an infringement notice penalty and therefore has paid a total penalty of $110,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ...
Samsung to Fight Apple Smartphone Trial Verdict: Lawyer
May 6th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co. will challenge a jury’s $120 million award to Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict that was “unsupported by evidence,” a lawyer for the Suwon, South Korea-based company said. Samsung will ask the trial judge and an ...
RBA has issued its monetary policy
May 6th, 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), has issued a press release informing that the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Growth in the global economy was a bit below trend in 2013, but ...
China factory activity shrinks in April, new export orders contract
May 5th, 2014
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted for a fourth consecutive month in April, a private survey showed on Monday, adding to questions about whether the world’s second-largest economy is still losing momentum. The final reading of the HSBC/Markit purchasing ...
