Business Law Currents - The Legal Lens on Business News http://currents.westlawbusiness.com/BrowseByTopic.aspx?pageName=Reg (c) 2013 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:28 EDT Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:12:28 EDT BusinessLaw-Currents@Thomsonreuters.com (Westlaw Business Currents Editorial Staff) Insurers should not be forced to hold extra capital just because of their size, because the extra cost would simply be passed on to consumers...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=358e00fd-ae98-42c2-8170-59a671e14d78&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:41 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=358e00fd-ae98-42c2-8170-59a671e14d78&src=RSS Google shareholders are getting some modest future-proofing. A novel deal protects owners of the company's non-voting stock against a discount...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9308cf17-2062-4e28-a1ad-8c88f9bcb820&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:02 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9308cf17-2062-4e28-a1ad-8c88f9bcb820&src=RSS Antero Resources Corp’s upcoming $1 billion IPO marks the second attempt by a private equity firm to exit its investment in an oil and gas company in... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=09921a74-125f-4dbc-9a96-48f49cab42c8&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=09921a74-125f-4dbc-9a96-48f49cab42c8&src=RSS U.S.-based Royalty Pharma has dropped a hostile bid worth up to $8 billion for Elan, leaving the Irish drug maker free to seek other suitors having put itself up for sale...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=fbacc246-135f-4558-b7d2-56dd353afb67&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 08:55:09 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=fbacc246-135f-4558-b7d2-56dd353afb67&src=RSS Danske Bank, Denmark's biggest financial institution, said on Tuesday it may not be able to pay its 2013 dividend in full after the country's regulator said it must set aside more cash to cover risk...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=81401813-d32c-42ba-854d-f17d1ccd8f99&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 06:46:19 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=81401813-d32c-42ba-854d-f17d1ccd8f99&src=RSS A New York court designated a pension fund as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by shareholders of Elan Corp against SAC Capital, a court filing showed...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28cf779c-6c35-4296-b1ae-22accf5130f6&src=RSSTue, 18 Jun 2013 01:53:18 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28cf779c-6c35-4296-b1ae-22accf5130f6&src=RSS Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=29964d74-c581-440b-9831-3f4f39d030fa&src=RSSMon, 17 Jun 2013 21:22:44 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=29964d74-c581-440b-9831-3f4f39d030fa&src=RSS Oil refiner Tesoro Corp won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators to buy Northwest Products Pipeline system and related assets from Chevron Corp, on the condition...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3772dc2c-0b1a-43f3-8930-bf4fa6dbf1c1&src=RSSMon, 17 Jun 2013 16:33:12 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3772dc2c-0b1a-43f3-8930-bf4fa6dbf1c1&src=RSS IntercontinentalExchange is set to win unconditional EU approval for its $8.2 billion bid for NYSE Euronext after antitrust regulators found no competition concerns...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=dc5c8dcb-bcb3-4630-88c4-ea73b3ef64fd&src=RSSMon, 17 Jun 2013 09:33:54 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=dc5c8dcb-bcb3-4630-88c4-ea73b3ef64fd&src=RSS Regulators decide this week how banks should set a limit to the risk they take onto their balance sheets, with investors likely to pressure lenders...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=88c34cde-f15d-4c24-b02b-58a24c0f0629&src=RSSMon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:16 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=88c34cde-f15d-4c24-b02b-58a24c0f0629&src=RSS JPMorgan Chase & Co must face a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of illegally imposing marked-up or unnecessary fees on delinquent mortgage borrowers, a federal judge ruled.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4e5f43af-0fc5-4353-b591-1b787a2688e3&src=RSSFri, 14 Jun 2013 15:45:17 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4e5f43af-0fc5-4353-b591-1b787a2688e3&src=RSS China-based GDC Technology Ltd filed an amended registration statement pricing its initial public offering on June 12. GDC’s IPO marks the third... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0492862a-54f1-491b-afa8-ae10efc20933&src=RSSFri, 14 Jun 2013 12:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0492862a-54f1-491b-afa8-ae10efc20933&src=RSS Cyber security is an increasingly costly and time-consuming area of concern for corporations. The ever-growing reliance on digital... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5df31f96-656d-4cb4-ab9a-26b1451e237e&src=RSSFri, 14 Jun 2013 07:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5df31f96-656d-4cb4-ab9a-26b1451e237e&src=RSS For the average Canadian investor, attempting to understand how executives are compensated is a daunting task. Compensation-related… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=535e7bed-db24-49de-b55d-19a4efbc3cc3&src=RSSFri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=535e7bed-db24-49de-b55d-19a4efbc3cc3&src=RSS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has settled civil charges accusing eight former directors of Morgan Keegan bond mutual funds of failing to police the portfolio managers they oversaw, allowing toxic mortgage assets to be overvalued prior to the financial crisis.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5113ab53-ff26-43b2-be25-993533897f92&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 20:16:07 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5113ab53-ff26-43b2-be25-993533897f92&src=RSS It has been more than two months since the SEC provided guidance on corporate use of social media. In its report, the SEC permits...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3cc664c2-5ff9-43ea-a6f6-a4b1152cedf7&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 15:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3cc664c2-5ff9-43ea-a6f6-a4b1152cedf7&src=RSS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Revlon Inc with misleading shareholders about a transaction with its controlling shareholder...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8dc07a5b-5b3a-433e-8809-5a15298c0d26&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 13:25:40 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8dc07a5b-5b3a-433e-8809-5a15298c0d26&src=RSS A Rhoen-Klinikum investor who opposed a takeover of the German hospitals chain will contest a shareholder vote to remove a barrier to any future deals, Rhoen said...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a41e38e8-58ec-485b-9fa0-38c74e6d85e4&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 11:31:43 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a41e38e8-58ec-485b-9fa0-38c74e6d85e4&src=RSS Beleaguered engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin has launched a company-wide amnesty program to encourage current employees... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5f881261-e607-4b06-86e9-105cf02add04&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5f881261-e607-4b06-86e9-105cf02add04&src=RSS In-flight wireless provider Gogo Inc filed an amended registration statement pricing its $215 million initial public offering... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=05ed23e4-e0b6-442c-8a85-c65349339c40&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=05ed23e4-e0b6-442c-8a85-c65349339c40&src=RSS Europe is cracking down on benchmarks as the region seeks to get a grip on these esoteric financial metrics in the wake…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=478c5add-1ef4-42fe-ada0-53339099d545&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=478c5add-1ef4-42fe-ada0-53339099d545&src=RSS China's stock market regulator has chosen the lesser of two evils to unblock the pipeline for initial public offerings. Proposed new rules may encourage companies to price...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5367b1ad-efa6-4fe8-b745-4102a826055c&src=RSSThu, 13 Jun 2013 01:36:21 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5367b1ad-efa6-4fe8-b745-4102a826055c&src=RSS U.S. regulators have opened a probe into whether a Lockheed-Boeing joint venture that launches U.S. government satellites into space has violated antitrust...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=24951f3d-f59d-4917-a6f8-9bdcd326998a&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 22:49:42 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=24951f3d-f59d-4917-a6f8-9bdcd326998a&src=RSS The Dole Food buyout is harvesting some fresh Delaware fruit. The offer by 90-year-old Chief Executive David Murdock to take the produce purveyor private requires...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e541fb7a-55bb-45f7-8c3e-564797e5173c&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 16:02:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e541fb7a-55bb-45f7-8c3e-564797e5173c&src=RSS Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc boss Stephen Hester will step down later this year, after the bank's board decided it wanted new leadership to oversee the sale of Britain's...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=084bdedc-dccc-4f6f-b0a9-99099b729885&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 15:42:21 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=084bdedc-dccc-4f6f-b0a9-99099b729885&src=RSS For the fourth time in the past month, an Apollo Global Management-backed company is going public. Athlon Energy Inc recently filed with the SEC for… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07f457f8-2ae3-4de9-9c4f-bbc1d52e7b4c&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 15:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07f457f8-2ae3-4de9-9c4f-bbc1d52e7b4c&src=RSS The top U.S. derivatives regulatory agency is facing a leadership shake-up just as it deals with some of the thorniest issues in its overhaul of rules for Wall Street...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=32098de4-abce-482a-bd8d-0df8396a61cc&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 14:36:13 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=32098de4-abce-482a-bd8d-0df8396a61cc&src=RSS A recent Southern District of New York decision could have implications as to which relationships could lead to liability for trading… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=58413dbb-6d08-4c90-b58f-5e6d900a6b84&src=RSSWed, 12 Jun 2013 14:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=58413dbb-6d08-4c90-b58f-5e6d900a6b84&src=RSS The Chicago Board Options Exchange will pay a $6 million penalty and take "major remedial measures" to settle civil charges that it failed to properly enforce...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=70c96956-11fb-40d7-93b2-f146043a049a&src=RSSTue, 11 Jun 2013 14:35:42 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=70c96956-11fb-40d7-93b2-f146043a049a&src=RSS June 11 (Reuters) - Attorneys in big bankruptcy cases will soon have to make an array of disclosures on how they bill clients under new fee guidelines finalized by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8744a8f8-52d8-4787-979e-6f5ee500385f&src=RSSTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:11:57 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8744a8f8-52d8-4787-979e-6f5ee500385f&src=RSS With the real estate market in the process of recovering from the home mortgage collapse in the early 2000s, REITs have become an attractive opportunity for… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=51f210b6-9566-401f-9cce-6592dcbc368b&src=RSSTue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=51f210b6-9566-401f-9cce-6592dcbc368b&src=RSS A former Bristol-Myers Squibb Co finance executive on Monday pleaded guilty to an insider trading charge, admitting to buying stock options in a...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=83c0a8af-13b4-4d65-8d69-465e9cdbdee8&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 17:29:24 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=83c0a8af-13b4-4d65-8d69-465e9cdbdee8&src=RSS Ireland's Elan has attracted the interest of a number of mid-sized drug companies and a cash offer of $15.50 per share could be enough to secure its support for a bid...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=7445ed28-cb6e-4125-abcf-febbabc8bb23&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 15:36:59 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=7445ed28-cb6e-4125-abcf-febbabc8bb23&src=RSS Irish pharmaceutical companies are becoming increasingly popular takeover targets as buyers compete for benefits seen in the country's lower tax rates...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ef2b99af-6901-4197-a951-297c5dfaa599&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 14:56:28 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ef2b99af-6901-4197-a951-297c5dfaa599&src=RSS A former internal investigator at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who claimed he was fired for trying to blow the whistle on possible misconduct...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=96dcca7d-3701-473a-9c1f-4e0e4c397e81&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 11:39:57 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=96dcca7d-3701-473a-9c1f-4e0e4c397e81&src=RSS Delta Air Lines is expected to secure unconditional European regulatory approval to buy a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic, allowing it to compete better with...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2c3741e6-f2db-45e2-ae14-d525808965ab&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 11:10:56 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2c3741e6-f2db-45e2-ae14-d525808965ab&src=RSS EU officials are pressing Britain, Germany and France to agree a compromise over trading rules intended to plug gaps exposed by the credit crunch...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e2e618a7-ed29-4b97-8dd8-54525d297166&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 09:11:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e2e618a7-ed29-4b97-8dd8-54525d297166&src=RSS U.S. lender Citigroup will leave the interbank interest rate setting panel in the United Arab Emirates on June 25, reducing the size of the panel to 11 banks from 12...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=fb5ac803-562a-4495-b046-cc9f49b7ae40&src=RSSMon, 10 Jun 2013 05:43:13 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=fb5ac803-562a-4495-b046-cc9f49b7ae40&src=RSS Decades-old laws barring foreign ownership of farmland in Iowa, Missouri and at least three other Midwest states may complicate Shuanghui International's $4.7 billion...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=56cca916-df5b-487f-ba15-906791ff1c39&src=RSSSun, 9 Jun 2013 13:51:38 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=56cca916-df5b-487f-ba15-906791ff1c39&src=RSS The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday gave the Federal Communications Commission the green light to make its ruling on SoftBank Corp's plan to...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=077d80c9-45fd-4bfb-b595-dd443e1efcd2&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 19:27:10 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=077d80c9-45fd-4bfb-b595-dd443e1efcd2&src=RSS Whittier Trust Co, a southern California asset management firm, and its former fund manager Victor Dosti have agreed to pay $1.68 million to settle civil regulatory charges...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4bd22845-61c8-4211-a51a-7951bb80304b&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 16:26:33 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4bd22845-61c8-4211-a51a-7951bb80304b&src=RSS Continuing a trend of Latin American companies launching U.S. IPOs, Peru-based Grana y Montero filed a Form F-1 with the SEC for...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=79c02664-e154-4ae3-ba82-3508546b789e&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 15:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=79c02664-e154-4ae3-ba82-3508546b789e&src=RSS Shares of Textura Corp, a maker of software for the construction industry, rose as much as 68 percent in their market debut, highlighting investors' love affair with enterprise software makers...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d5693e27-1f12-4d34-abb5-7d7426e50901&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 11:49:17 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d5693e27-1f12-4d34-abb5-7d7426e50901&src=RSS Dagong has been given the green light to operate in the European Union, the Chinese rating agency's first international push to wrest market share from the "Big Three" that dominate globally...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f0f14e3f-e08c-4e80-9a4d-51feeb89d1ae&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 10:15:42 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f0f14e3f-e08c-4e80-9a4d-51feeb89d1ae&src=RSS Business services company Equiniti will end up paying around GBP7.75m in extra interest costs over the life of a bond it was forced to relaunch this week after...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1d836890-0ad1-4652-b689-7438d6703f5f&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 09:49:41 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1d836890-0ad1-4652-b689-7438d6703f5f&src=RSS China published draft rules on Friday to improve the transparency and pricing of initial public offerings on domestic stock markets, a move that could signal...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=292563e7-c0c3-4615-8639-d249ce8291ea&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 09:02:39 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=292563e7-c0c3-4615-8639-d249ce8291ea&src=RSS The concept of socially responsible investing (SRI) seems tailor-made for our times. Sitting at the intersection of corporate governance… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=454de9f2-11e6-4552-aa7f-14c82cb0a33f&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 07:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=454de9f2-11e6-4552-aa7f-14c82cb0a33f&src=RSS China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd should not have been allowed to become embedded in Britain's critical communications network infrastructure without the knowledge and scrutiny of ministers, lawmakers said on Thursday...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f9317c21-18f2-476e-b885-944aee3aeb94&src=RSSFri, 7 Jun 2013 00:44:40 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f9317c21-18f2-476e-b885-944aee3aeb94&src=RSS NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street's industry-funded regulator, which usually looks over the shoulders of brokers, is about to examine its own work more carefully as it prepares a review of whether its rules make sense for all firms.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=7ddad8fe-8923-4aa9-ad2a-2a20f134d6c8&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 14:47:49 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=7ddad8fe-8923-4aa9-ad2a-2a20f134d6c8&src=RSS U.S. regulators have obtained a court order freezing the assets of a Thailand-based trader, saying he reaped $3.2 million in illegal profits after getting a tip...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=aaa6072c-3842-469a-bdd8-17f2e1670c63&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 12:46:19 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=aaa6072c-3842-469a-bdd8-17f2e1670c63&src=RSS The SEC recently issued interpretive guidance that clarifies a variety of questions related to its conflict minerals reporting requirements… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f57268cb-6a3a-44b0-b333-a441986bc04b&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 11:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f57268cb-6a3a-44b0-b333-a441986bc04b&src=RSS Volaris Aviation Holding Co, operator of low-cost Mexican airline Volaris, filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of American Depository Shares...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=39be7cd4-51c9-4870-8777-f462394d4885&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 08:53:57 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=39be7cd4-51c9-4870-8777-f462394d4885&src=RSS Manitoba Telecom Services has agreed to sell its Allstream business to Accelero Capital Holdings S.à.r.l. for $550 million… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1b568cdb-ca81-4933-b41e-779db959256c&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 07:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1b568cdb-ca81-4933-b41e-779db959256c&src=RSS Britain's accounting watchdog has backed down from requiring auditors to make long-term predictions about whether companies will stay in business...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=aa0447c9-eece-4b0b-ab31-67286e8e9045&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 06:37:06 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=aa0447c9-eece-4b0b-ab31-67286e8e9045&src=RSS European Union regulators published guidelines on Thursday to stop banks rigging Libor and other market benchmarks in an interim measure before a more far-reaching EU law comes in...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8d3b8b32-33d2-4156-b02c-8fa74be0182d&src=RSSThu, 6 Jun 2013 05:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8d3b8b32-33d2-4156-b02c-8fa74be0182d&src=RSS China's financial centre Shanghai expects to gain approval soon to open a free trade zone that will test yuan convertibility and cross-border capital flows, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Thursday....http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07c498b5-2caf-4355-8ea2-9cbf9bd7513b&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 21:58:15 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07c498b5-2caf-4355-8ea2-9cbf9bd7513b&src=RSS The Financial Conduct Authority has revealed, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, that it fails to track adequately… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3657ec21-e9e2-448b-b575-6be5aaba0263&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 14:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3657ec21-e9e2-448b-b575-6be5aaba0263&src=RSS The acquisition of Stewart Enterprises by Service Corp International could raise antitrust concerns, as the two funeral operators… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d35f5da4-3175-4eb5-8399-96309b35e574&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d35f5da4-3175-4eb5-8399-96309b35e574&src=RSS ProShares has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a number of exchange-traded funds backed by credit default swaps...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f6fa742b-7af7-4f27-8a8d-59e42c16fd1d&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 11:47:11 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f6fa742b-7af7-4f27-8a8d-59e42c16fd1d&src=RSS A slice of the $2.6 trillion money market fund industry would be required to fundamentally change how they price their shares in an effort to reduce the risk of abrupt...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=81517fb8-f3ca-4939-aaf3-b120b3a37e86&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 10:57:11 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=81517fb8-f3ca-4939-aaf3-b120b3a37e86&src=RSS Construction and fertiliser group OCI N.V. plans to sell a minority stake in a methanol and ammonia plant in the United States in an initial public offering (IPO) in the second half of 2013, it said on Wednesday...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28f9427e-999b-4443-9393-ae3a2a5d8fbe&src=RSSWed, 5 Jun 2013 04:20:53 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28f9427e-999b-4443-9393-ae3a2a5d8fbe&src=RSS Canada rejected the transfer of Mobilicity's wireless spectrum licenses to Telus Corp on Tuesday, effectively blocking its acquisition of the struggling startup...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ba00f265-75cb-43eb-9fe4-b3d5c043cbb1&src=RSSTue, 4 Jun 2013 13:37:33 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ba00f265-75cb-43eb-9fe4-b3d5c043cbb1&src=RSS Votorantim Cimentos SA filed an amended Form F-1 with the SEC on May 31, updating the pricing terms for its $4.9 billion initial public offering… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1a9f40e6-6d31-4abd-b6fc-8bfb8df8d469&src=RSSTue, 4 Jun 2013 08:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1a9f40e6-6d31-4abd-b6fc-8bfb8df8d469&src=RSS A UBS AG hedge fund agreed to pay a fine of $5.3 million to settle a charge that one of its units bought stocks in public offerings that an...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a2492130-ff85-4f5d-829d-493cfe7c18b1&src=RSSTue, 4 Jun 2013 01:39:58 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a2492130-ff85-4f5d-829d-493cfe7c18b1&src=RSS U.S. regulators on Monday proposed designating American International Group Inc, Prudential Financial Inc and GE Capital for heightened regulatory oversight...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e05f3a07-60b5-4022-a520-bfd13c410f40&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 20:37:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e05f3a07-60b5-4022-a520-bfd13c410f40&src=RSS U.S.-based investment firm Royalty Pharma is unable to go ahead with its hostile $6.4 billion bid for Irish drug firm Elan for now, following a New York court ruling...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e5f2803d-17c3-498d-92a1-da6503275fc2&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 20:22:43 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e5f2803d-17c3-498d-92a1-da6503275fc2&src=RSS Colombia-based Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the SEC in connection with its $100 million… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ba4d03f9-da99-4f0d-80bf-5e0f958bf19d&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 16:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ba4d03f9-da99-4f0d-80bf-5e0f958bf19d&src=RSS China-based Shuanghui Holdings Ltd is seeking to acquire Virginia-based Smithfield Foods Inc, the largest hog producer and… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0e3102f4-1f1a-4177-ab40-1758392c80eb&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 11:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0e3102f4-1f1a-4177-ab40-1758392c80eb&src=RSS With interest growing in raising capital through private placements under the JOBS – Jumpstart Our Business Startups – Act, the Securities…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=91af0e83-757b-4bbd-a055-d63d7c1403a2&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 10:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=91af0e83-757b-4bbd-a055-d63d7c1403a2&src=RSS NEW YORK, June 3 (Reuters) - Ketchup maker Heinz Co <HNZ.N> said on Monday it has received all regulatory approvals needed to sell itself to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N> and Brazilian financier Jorge Paulo Lemann's private equity firm 3G Capital.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=490c1013-48b0-4d7c-8974-db70a4549578&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 09:35:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=490c1013-48b0-4d7c-8974-db70a4549578&src=RSS TORONTO, June 3 (Reuters) - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd <FFH.TO> said on Monday it has agreed to acquire American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd <ASI.N> for roughly $306 million, in a move aimed at expanding its insurance operations in certain specialty lines.http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=12953960-b7ee-4ec9-9d8b-d8893c318130&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 09:25:15 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=12953960-b7ee-4ec9-9d8b-d8893c318130&src=RSS The March 2013 decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to approve a $117 million payout by Big Four audit firm Ernst & Young is being challenged by… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3f84e7bb-21aa-4ce4-aa69-33937c858dfc&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 09:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3f84e7bb-21aa-4ce4-aa69-33937c858dfc&src=RSS European regulators will clamp down on "pay-for-delay" deals in the pharmaceutical sector this month, fining Denmark's Lundbeck and eight other...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9f62708e-8f05-41c5-aa10-3fd966674969&src=RSSMon, 3 Jun 2013 07:32:13 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9f62708e-8f05-41c5-aa10-3fd966674969&src=RSS China National Building Material Co Ltd and Bank of Dalian have ditched their plans to list shares domestically, highlighting the impact of Beijing's suspension of initial public offerings...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9b957328-ec8e-4041-8604-77a86b4adf31&src=RSSSun, 2 Jun 2013 23:25:10 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9b957328-ec8e-4041-8604-77a86b4adf31&src=RSS China's securities watchdog has punished two brokerages for violating rules in helping fraudulent firms to list shares, underlining Beijing's determination to...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=034ba186-2d38-452d-92f2-250be7bdd510&src=RSSFri, 31 May 2013 23:17:25 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=034ba186-2d38-452d-92f2-250be7bdd510&src=RSS Washington may still be digesting news of China Inc's latest bold move into America with the nearly $5 billion takeover of Smithfield Foods Inc, but early indications are...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=206aa8b8-797d-425f-911c-c33fd3a2c6b1&src=RSSFri, 31 May 2013 14:23:14 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=206aa8b8-797d-425f-911c-c33fd3a2c6b1&src=RSS Washington may still be digesting news of China Inc's latest bold move into America with the nearly $5 billion takeover of Smithfield Foods Inc...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2781f6e8-863f-41db-9ab1-bbb2bf26af40&src=RSSFri, 31 May 2013 13:11:29 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2781f6e8-863f-41db-9ab1-bbb2bf26af40&src=RSS The Ontario Securities Commission said its biggest targeted sweep of portfolio managers and exempt market dealers found that many did not abide by rules...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e4569b7e-dd86-41dd-8141-89d8850c4bd0&src=RSSFri, 31 May 2013 13:03:12 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e4569b7e-dd86-41dd-8141-89d8850c4bd0&src=RSS In its first debt offering since 2009, Pfizer Inc filed a final prospectus supplement with the SEC pricing its $3.5 billion debt offering on May 29… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=91c1ad18-108b-46dd-b8ae-e929c801f666&src=RSSFri, 31 May 2013 07:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=91c1ad18-108b-46dd-b8ae-e929c801f666&src=RSS Northrop Grumman Corporation filed a prospectus supplement with the SEC in connection with its $2.85 billion notes offering on May 28… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0fe025ff-38c7-4cb8-9199-02fcaa395b52&src=RSSThu, 30 May 2013 14:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0fe025ff-38c7-4cb8-9199-02fcaa395b52&src=RSS The Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it filed a complaint aimed at stopping casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Inc from buying rival...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0d2330eb-148f-49a9-bbca-67d499ec1b9c&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 15:52:30 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0d2330eb-148f-49a9-bbca-67d499ec1b9c&src=RSS Nasdaq OMX on Wednesday agreed to pay $10 million, the largest penalty ever levied against a stock exchange, to settle civil charges stemming from...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=cb5b88ca-416f-497d-a24f-fd414d137e8f&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 15:11:47 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=cb5b88ca-416f-497d-a24f-fd414d137e8f&src=RSS On May 28, Brazil-based Azul SA filed a registration statement in connection with its initial public offering… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=485dfe3f-9032-4401-8de9-2b644e7a1057&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=485dfe3f-9032-4401-8de9-2b644e7a1057&src=RSS Regulators want banks to be able to go bust like ordinary companies. That means bondholders taking the pain if a bank fails. But if debt investors are to shoulder...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6f0364b6-56d9-4744-86e0-ccafb0efb8e3&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 11:30:09 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6f0364b6-56d9-4744-86e0-ccafb0efb8e3&src=RSS Sprint Nextel Corp and Japan's SoftBank Corp said on Wednesday they had entered a national security agreement with U.S. authorities related to the Japanese...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07ba1a7f-216c-409b-9b29-79cb90ef8ab3&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 09:48:20 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=07ba1a7f-216c-409b-9b29-79cb90ef8ab3&src=RSS Russian hypermarket chain Lenta, part-owned by U.S. private equity firm TPG and Russia's VTB Capital, is talking to banks about a possible London listing...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3eb86952-e70b-406c-8f9c-b7ed6c8b07ed&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 05:49:56 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3eb86952-e70b-406c-8f9c-b7ed6c8b07ed&src=RSS U.S. telecoms services firm Syniverse Technologies won conditional approval from EU antitrust regulators for its 550 million-euro ($707 million) takeover of...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5ee06c8a-9d5d-452a-be74-1b6efe0b891d&src=RSSWed, 29 May 2013 05:45:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5ee06c8a-9d5d-452a-be74-1b6efe0b891d&src=RSS Aratana Therapeutics Inc filed an amended registration statement pricing its $63 million initial public offering on May 23…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6de83f07-1bca-47e8-bb2b-6760c1781082&src=RSSTue, 28 May 2013 16:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6de83f07-1bca-47e8-bb2b-6760c1781082&src=RSS Valeant Pharmaceuticals shows how some M&A favors the brave. Buying $8.7 billion Bausch & Lomb is the biggest deal yet for the acquisitive company...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d08c895f-1e2c-4f93-852d-55af8ff04c2f&src=RSSTue, 28 May 2013 10:50:48 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d08c895f-1e2c-4f93-852d-55af8ff04c2f&src=RSS Noodles & Co filed a Form S-1 with the SEC in connection with its initial public offering on May 23, 2013…http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0e0f4324-2549-4e17-acf9-33e2cc2b9434&src=RSSFri, 24 May 2013 12:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0e0f4324-2549-4e17-acf9-33e2cc2b9434&src=RSS The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has set out its recommendations for the registration and regulation of market participants who trade in derivatives… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28cfb185-ebd2-4cdf-b482-3956fa22b95c&src=RSSFri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=28cfb185-ebd2-4cdf-b482-3956fa22b95c&src=RSS Raiffeisen Bank International's Chief Executive Herbert Stepic offered to resign after authorities said they would investigate personal offshore property deals he made...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8601997f-d54e-4743-b867-c495a624fe2a&src=RSSFri, 24 May 2013 04:05:30 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8601997f-d54e-4743-b867-c495a624fe2a&src=RSS U.S. regulators will get access to Chinese companies' audit documents under a deal announced on Friday, opening the way to probes of bungled audits after a two-year stand-off between China and the United States...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ffbbbb8b-6c35-41f6-b8f1-6f9500ec02a9&src=RSSFri, 24 May 2013 03:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ffbbbb8b-6c35-41f6-b8f1-6f9500ec02a9&src=RSS U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e30a2b50-8fae-40b0-895d-0c445883b6a5&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 20:53:52 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e30a2b50-8fae-40b0-895d-0c445883b6a5&src=RSS Institutional Shareholder Services settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d534338a-e663-4b0a-89a1-ea6a1060183a&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 17:00:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d534338a-e663-4b0a-89a1-ea6a1060183a&src=RSS Constellium NV filed a final prospectus with the SEC pricing its $333 million initial public offering… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=523ce075-23af-4493-ae09-1e01774f3f73&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 16:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=523ce075-23af-4493-ae09-1e01774f3f73&src=RSS On May 23, the SEC issued a cease-and-desist order against proxy advisory firm ISS for providing confidential client information... http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0ad24411-2d04-43fb-99dc-b54439bd94eb&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 15:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=0ad24411-2d04-43fb-99dc-b54439bd94eb&src=RSS European regulators have dropped a bid to make pension funds subject to the same capital rules as banks and insurers, which could have cost European...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a4f8760d-5c62-43d0-b5d9-b98344927047&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 13:32:23 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=a4f8760d-5c62-43d0-b5d9-b98344927047&src=RSS After dozens of meetings with executives and regulators, 100,000 hours of employee training and an immeasurable amount of public grief, Goldman Sachs CEO...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1b550dd4-bdc9-4191-bf77-cd0d3ea2e30b&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 12:06:01 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=1b550dd4-bdc9-4191-bf77-cd0d3ea2e30b&src=RSS The U.S. regulator of corporate auditors said on Thursday that the U.S. arm of global accounting firm Ernst & Young failed to fix quality control problems found in earlier reviews...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=05a00f7d-8399-4ec6-86b3-7af85ada13e3&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 11:49:30 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=05a00f7d-8399-4ec6-86b3-7af85ada13e3&src=RSS MethylGene Inc is moving ahead with a plan to change the company’s legal domicile from Canada to the State of Delaware… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=bbe65e34-9a9f-40ea-bc35-51d1c681e8ea&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=bbe65e34-9a9f-40ea-bc35-51d1c681e8ea&src=RSS ritain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it has fined a wealth management unit of U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase 3.08 million pounds ($4.6 million)...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2fef84fa-39fd-4d1f-a9cc-01e76b9b40d5&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 07:39:14 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2fef84fa-39fd-4d1f-a9cc-01e76b9b40d5&src=RSS Lufthansa, United Airlines, Continental and Air Canada won approval from EU antitrust regulators on Thursday for their transatlantic tie-up after...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9cba9aff-566f-4d8e-91a5-188700234849&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 06:11:34 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9cba9aff-566f-4d8e-91a5-188700234849&src=RSS Large companies should disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, the European Commission's top regulatory official said, in the text of a speech to be delivered on Thursday...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=226e9692-a4c7-4c5e-bd8c-4a3dcb75c497&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 04:26:35 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=226e9692-a4c7-4c5e-bd8c-4a3dcb75c497&src=RSS Deutsche Bank's bosses are likely to get a grilling from shareholders on Thursday about a string of lawsuits and regulatory probes involving Germany's biggest bank...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e619cb4a-4276-4780-8ea1-1caa848495d9&src=RSSThu, 23 May 2013 03:59:42 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e619cb4a-4276-4780-8ea1-1caa848495d9&src=RSS SoftBank Corp would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel's board if its takeover bid succeeds, and would give the U.S. government the right to approve the nominee, an attempt to address security concerns raised by the proposed deal...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=71c4822c-ce4c-4af3-9794-5f817bd5f801&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 23:55:56 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=71c4822c-ce4c-4af3-9794-5f817bd5f801&src=RSS The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 has received royal assent in the UK making “say on pay” provisions mandatory… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2585e1d1-a19f-4b23-ac76-cd0c8a4a0d17&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 16:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=2585e1d1-a19f-4b23-ac76-cd0c8a4a0d17&src=RSS Companies that rely on business from the U.S. government have been greatly impacted by the sequestration and they are disclosing… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6700112b-f322-49e4-a0b3-f96b33c6e10a&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 15:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=6700112b-f322-49e4-a0b3-f96b33c6e10a&src=RSS The city of South Miami, Florida, defrauded investors by not disclosing problems with the tax-exempt status of two bond deals, U.S. securities regulators...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d06cd14d-eb51-4290-805f-b6cfb3fff189&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 15:22:09 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d06cd14d-eb51-4290-805f-b6cfb3fff189&src=RSS U.S. exchange operator Direct Edge has agreed to allow the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to oversee surveillance of its two stock exchanges...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8c2f1db7-dea8-46aa-8b6a-aacb7b7a8ad0&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 15:02:01 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8c2f1db7-dea8-46aa-8b6a-aacb7b7a8ad0&src=RSS Lloyds Banking Group said on Wednesday that it would be able to meet new capital requirements without having to issue new equity or contingent capital....http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5fb6c011-2c24-4ae0-8977-fda9dcdcbcf5&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 13:07:34 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5fb6c011-2c24-4ae0-8977-fda9dcdcbcf5&src=RSS Merck & Co Inc filed a Form 8-K with the SEC on May 20 regarding the closing of its $6.5 billion debt offering… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d8cd645f-1553-49de-8e22-8f3589386646&src=RSSWed, 22 May 2013 10:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d8cd645f-1553-49de-8e22-8f3589386646&src=RSS Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=c47d5cfc-e8df-451c-aff9-201499d5c047&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 21:19:35 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=c47d5cfc-e8df-451c-aff9-201499d5c047&src=RSS UBS AG lost a bid Tuesday to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist who said he was fired for refusing...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f1631f42-8167-4805-bb5d-42f229eec910&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 20:24:54 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=f1631f42-8167-4805-bb5d-42f229eec910&src=RSS The Pyrrhic victory Tuesday for Jamie Dimon is a defeat for governance. Just over two-thirds of JPMorgan shareholders voted to keep him as both chairman...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=15b3df03-e620-4eee-ac0c-0bd19a5a3ba5&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 14:15:26 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=15b3df03-e620-4eee-ac0c-0bd19a5a3ba5&src=RSS EU regulators confirmed on Tuesday that they will cap bonuses of bankers earning more than 500,000 euros a year and added other conditions to...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ca769a0c-78de-4aa6-b118-2389fec91c86&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 13:35:01 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ca769a0c-78de-4aa6-b118-2389fec91c86&src=RSS LPL Financial LLC must pay a total of $9 million for significant email system failures and making misstatements to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street's watchdog...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8f70232e-5ec1-43f2-b6d8-65923f8a1353&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 12:06:10 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=8f70232e-5ec1-43f2-b6d8-65923f8a1353&src=RSS EU regulators confirmed on Tuesday they will cap bonuses of bankers earning more than 500,000 euros a year and added other conditions to make the pay ceiling harder to smash...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e2e2eea3-c101-4e4e-bfb6-e732dc006493&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 11:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e2e2eea3-c101-4e4e-bfb6-e732dc006493&src=RSS B456 Systems Inc, the lithium-ion battery maker which received a $249 million U.S. government grant, won court approval for its bankruptcy plan on Monday...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d9112716-3d27-4900-935c-95e26ca90c6b&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 09:09:46 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d9112716-3d27-4900-935c-95e26ca90c6b&src=RSS In 1961, the six-year-old Steve Jobs probably didn't notice U.S. President John Kennedy's criticism of American companies' use of foreign tax shelters. Corporate taxation had slid down the public agenda by the time the founder of Apple was achieving success...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3f5dc6c2-3d24-4a20-8efe-4b7d39047f0f&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 06:35:08 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3f5dc6c2-3d24-4a20-8efe-4b7d39047f0f&src=RSS Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e01b67ce-80ee-4ed0-95fd-2e51246cc29a&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 04:59:02 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e01b67ce-80ee-4ed0-95fd-2e51246cc29a&src=RSS Gazprom is squeezing Athens for better terms to buy DEPA, Greece's sole retail gas distributor, a Greek official said, as the Russian gas export monopoly leverages its strength position as the only major player in the running...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3e707927-7fec-48a4-9b3a-f07ebd8f9dc1&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 04:49:16 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=3e707927-7fec-48a4-9b3a-f07ebd8f9dc1&src=RSS The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to deny Standard & Poor's motion to dismiss a government lawsuit against the ratings agency, saying its statements on certain financial products were fraudulent and not mere "puffery"...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5658e355-fd2b-4c32-89c0-0cdb3d8b1d15&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 00:42:10 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=5658e355-fd2b-4c32-89c0-0cdb3d8b1d15&src=RSS Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as pressure mounts on SoftBank to sweeten its offer for the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ea36edcb-e2d6-48dc-89ca-47e636e55510&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 00:06:14 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ea36edcb-e2d6-48dc-89ca-47e636e55510&src=RSS Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d89cc702-981e-455d-8460-0f6552419f0f&src=RSSTue, 21 May 2013 00:01:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=d89cc702-981e-455d-8460-0f6552419f0f&src=RSS Tesla Motors Inc filed two prospectuses with the SEC on May 17 in connection with a combined stock and debt secondary offering that will raise $968 million… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9a0cf534-d9a8-480d-9926-641c8eddd994&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=9a0cf534-d9a8-480d-9926-641c8eddd994&src=RSS Britain's Royal Mail said annual profit had more than doubled on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost ahead of a stock market listing expected later this year...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4d0c2acb-bb1c-465d-aa79-b0d93475b4f0&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=4d0c2acb-bb1c-465d-aa79-b0d93475b4f0&src=RSS A recent court ruling in Hong Kong could have a significant impact on companies’ willingness to settle disputes… http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e0f04756-5d68-4270-b115-5a373961cc2c&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 10:30:00 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=e0f04756-5d68-4270-b115-5a373961cc2c&src=RSS In a case involving whistleblowers at Fidelity Investments, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether mutual fund employees are subject to the same whistleblower protections as workers at publicly traded companies...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ce0b55d5-3416-48cf-8cb3-91762f441c67&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 10:24:04 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=ce0b55d5-3416-48cf-8cb3-91762f441c67&src=RSS Financial trading in world markets has grown so lightning-fast that effective regulation is growing tougher by the second, increasing the threat of crashes sparked by hoaxes, electronic glitches or yet-unknown causes...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=b8c99f5a-ab02-4325-a717-ee9c02c16055&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 07:00:01 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=b8c99f5a-ab02-4325-a717-ee9c02c16055&src=RSS Luxury magnate Bernard Arnault started acquiring a 14 percent stake in Hermes almost 10 years before he revealed it in 2010. That - and the complex methods used by Arnault to skirt around French disclosure rules...http://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=330f8f5a-c227-47cc-8814-e04cb9adcb54&src=RSSMon, 20 May 2013 05:19:30 EDThttp://currents.westlawbusiness.com//Article.aspx?id=330f8f5a-c227-47cc-8814-e04cb9adcb54&src=RSS