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Business crime: former chairman of HK company convicted of conspiracy to defraud shareholders

A former chairman and a former executive director of publicly listed Grand Field Group Holdings Limited (Grand Field), charged by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, have been convicted at the District Court of conspiracy to defraud shareholders of the company and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) in relation to a bogus joint venture in a gas pipeline project in Chongqing, Mainland China and of money laundering in relation to the proceeds.




 
Employment Law: Californian company charged for failing to pay minimum wage on contracts with State

California's Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has commenced action against Country Builders, Inc. alleging that the company entered into contracts with the State that required that employees...

Taxation: UK Treasury to publish names of tax evaders

Any individual or business that wilfully evades tax faces finding their name, address and the amount of tax HM Revenue and Customs says they have evaded published. They call it naming and shaming.

Ethics: Enron's Skilling is not out of the woods, yet.

On 1 March, the US Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of U.S. v. Jeffrey Skilling.

Business Strategies: don't assume the worse it not to come

It's easy to be blinded by the fact that the crazy stock markets of a year ago have risen dramatically and to presume that that means all is well; that's a single measure and the other indicators...

Governance: what happens when a director neglects his duties?

The case of Dudley Quinlivan, a company director from Queensland, Australia, is a demonstration of the spectacular neglect that a director can display.

The Risk Professional: why your international trade is about to get more complicated

International trade is about to become much more complicated. Your bank is going to be told to be much more careful who it allows you to deal with.

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