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SEC Goldman Lawyer Says Agency Too Timid on Wall Street Misdeeds
April 9th, 2014
A trial attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission said his bosses were too “tentative and fearful” to bring many Wall Street leaders to heel after the 2008 credit crisis, echoing the regulator’s outside critics. James Kidney, who joined ...
European Stocks Are Little Changed Amid Ukraine Tension
April 8th, 2014
European stocks were little changed, after dropping yesterday from a six-year high, as investors weighed escalating tensions between America and Russia over the future of eastern Europe. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were also little changed. Suedzucker AG ...
Stock experts say the bull isn’t dead yet
April 7th, 2014
Wall Street professionals are still optimistic about stocks, despite a very volatile start for the markets this year. The 26 investment strategists surveyed in the past week by CNNMoney have an average year-end target for the S&P 500 of ...
Apple, Nestle, NBCUniversal, Netflix: Intellectual Property
April 7th, 2014
Apple Inc. (AAPL), accusing Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) of misleading jurors at the start of a $2 billion trial over smartphone technology, lost its bid to show jurors how it uses three of five patents disputed in the case. ...
Stock Futures Rise as Dollar Holds Yen Gain Before Data
April 4th, 2014
U.S. and European equity-index futures climbed and the dollar held gains against the yen and euro before a payrolls report. Stocks fluctuated in Asia, wheat slid toward its first loss in five weeks and India’s rupee fell. Contracts on ...
ASIC takes civil action against Mariner and its directors
April 3rd, 2014
ASIC has started legal action against Mariner Corporation Limited (Mariner) and its current and former directors. ASIC is seeking financial penalties and disqualification orders following the company’s proposed takeover bid for listed financial services company Austock Group Limited (Austock). ...
R&D Tax Credit Can Help High-Growth Companies
April 2nd, 2014
As a company grows, execs should be aware that changes in the firm’s legal structure can affect its R&D credit. In 2010, U.S. businesses reported research and development tax credits exceeding $8.5 billion. Therefore, it’s not surprising that a ...
Lobbyists and lawmakers, one big family
March 31st, 2014
The American people do not like Congress — and they don’t like Congress at historic levels. Gallup polling showed that only 12% of the American people approved of Congress in February. And it’s easy to see why. Americans think ...
European Stocks Climb After Weekly Gain; Novartis Gains
March 31st, 2014
European stocks rose, after the biggest weekly gain in more than a month, as investors awaited economic data out of Europe and America later this week. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares climbed. Novartis AG advanced 2.8 percent after ...
Amazon Web Services gets Defense security authorization
March 31st, 2014
Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud services company, has received a security authorization that would allow it to work with all agencies within the Defense Department, the company announced last week. The new authorization — under the department’s cloud security ...
