Crossing the divide: cross-border work and the Finance Team of the Year award

Cross-border work and political tensions are dominating this year’s entries for Finance Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards.A complex sanctions and regulation landscape in Europe underpins many of the finance and banking work throughout the past year, with transactions impacted by international disputes and stringent regulatory requirements.This year, some of the most interesting work from the teams shortlisted for Finance Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards, sponsored by Read more [...]

Business Interview: Nigel Begg, managing director of Aspire Technology Solutions

Back To The Future fan Nigel Begg has turned Aspire Technology Solutions into one of the region’s leading IT firms. Coreena Ford talks to him about his route to the top. The fear of failure may drive Nigel Begg, but there’s no evidence it plays any part in his working life. In less than 10 years Aspire Technology Solutions, the company he co-owns, has grown from a two-man business to one of the region’s leading and most successful IT companies. Based in Gateshead, the firm employs more than Read more [...]

Amazon sells ISIS propaganda magazines that justify rape, kidnap and murder

Copies of ISIS' English-language magazine Dabiq were listed on AmazonCould be bought for up to £27 and gift-wrap and free UK delivery offeredIssues justify rape of slave girls and promoted recruitment of jihadi bridesBy Jenny Stanton For Mailonline Published: 00:22 GMT, 7 June 2015 | Updated: 15:15 GMT, 7 June 2015 24 View comments Copies of Islamic State's Read more [...]

Right disclosures must for listed companies: Sebi chief

VARANASI: In a stern warning to the companies making wrong disclosures to mislead investors, Sebi's Chairman U K Sinha has said that the regulator and the exchanges are keeping a strict vigil and the violators would not be spared. "The short point I want to make is that if you are investing somewhere, you should rest assured that Sebi and the exchanges are looking into the corporate governance practices of the company very seriously," Sinha said. Addressing a seminar on financial education and Read more [...]

Oil Traders, NNPC Officials Interrogated, Watch-listed in Major Investigation

 EFCC logo Millions in USD, petroleum products being recovered By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu A major investigation is underway in the oil and gas sector as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and The Department of State Security (DSS) are investigating the crude oil swap programme and the Offshore Processing Agreements (OPAs) involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and some local oil and gas companies. The probe, which started at EFCC is also being looked at Read more [...]

Some Houses Listed as Businesses

That realization may come after the sticker shock. If a 2,000-square-foot home is billed in the fire fee as a single-family residence, the charge would be $100. As a commercial property, that same home would be billed $270.Commercial properties will pay about 13.5 cents per square foot of building area under the proposed fee schedule, compared with the four single-family residential flat rates that range between $89 and $132.In its own investigation, The Ledger identified 179 such properties Read more [...]

Defiant Greece plays its last card

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For sale on Amazon, the ISIS propaganda magazines that justify rape, kidnap …

Copies of ISIS' English-language magazine Dabiq were listed on AmazonCould be bought for up to £27 and gift-wrap and free UK delivery offeredIssues justify rape of slave girls and promoted recruitment of jihadi bridesBy Jenny Stanton For Mailonline Published: 00:22 GMT, 7 June 2015 | Updated: 00:22 GMT, 7 June 2015 View comments Copies of Islamic State's English-language Read more [...]

Islamic State magazine sold on Amazon

Previous issues of the magazine have offered justifications for the sexual slavery of women from Iraq’s Yazidi population and the use of child executioners, as well as essays apparently written by John Cantlie, the British journalist in Isil captivity. The legal basis for its sale through Amazon is unclear. It is illegal under British law to become involved in an arrangement that makes funds available for the purposes of terrorism. Amazon could not immediately be reached for comment on the vetting Read more [...]