A settlement was reached between a consortium of banks and liquidators over the current legal dispute over the collapse of the Bell Group of Australia.
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Benu Bioventures established to provide candidate drug development
Investment initiative Benu Bioventures would provide funding for the human testing stage drug trials.
Arbiter finds against Lincolnshire Management
The case filed by Lincolnshire Management Inc led to an arbitration award against it for its former CEO.
Arcapita rises out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The first Gulf region company that would come out of bankruptcy places many Western courts at a quandary on Islamic finance.
Analysts expect US Federal Reserve to be cautious with tapering-report
A Reuters report expected the US Federal Reserve tapering to be cautious. According to a Reuters report, expectations were rife that the US Federal Reserve would be cautious about the tapering of its stimulus package.
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The publisher of Penthouse magazine, FriendFinder Networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FriendFinder Networks filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11.
Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout along with other unnamed co-conspirators were indicted of five criminal counts for allegedly hiding trading losses valued USD6.2 billion.
USMD Holdings announced today its acquisition of 17.96% ownership interest in USMD Hospital at Arlington that increased the ownership of the physician-led integrated healthcare system to 45.4%.
The meeting of the Federal Reserve this week comes at a time when the next chairman is still unknown.
The Korean Financial Investment Association was visited by members of the Fair Trade Commission to obtain documents on its probe as to alleged rate fixing for the country's certificate of deposit.
Paulo Portas, the new Portuguese deputy prime minister, would have oversight over budget negotiations, a position that would prove problematic in light of Portugal's compliance with previous requirements.
The Chinese government, amidst calls for a pending crisis due to bad debts, is pushing its banks to shore up its capitalization in compliance with Basel III.
The 'Lehman Weekend' was the height of the financial crisis five years ago and may be repeated if 'shadow banking' would be allowed to continue without regulatory action.
According to a statement from Mongolia's Prime Minister, the country would sell its Samurai bonds this year in a deal valued to as much as USD1 billion.
