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...gains, estate or gift tax bill that other options might have incurred)....
...Other favourites include: Former City tax partner Dan Neidle’s war on abusive libel threats (Tax Policy); David Conn’s expose on Michelle Mone and the PPE MedPro scandal (The Guardian); and Jen Wieczner’...
...Their appeal has been enough to draw in investors that aren’t typically interested in munis, such as hedge funds and non-US buyers, said Jim Conn, a muni portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton....
...The hunt for a new chairman will be led by former Centrica boss Iain Conn....
...Prof Martin Weale Dept of Political Economy, King’s College London, UK...
...In its worst result since 2015, the group — which includes British Gas — swung to a pre-tax loss of £1.1bn for 2019 from a profit of £575m a year earlier....
...Grant Thornton has told the FRC that it intends to quit as auditor to Sports Direct, and people familiar with the matter say it is all to do with the retailer disclosing a €674m tax bill just hours before...
...Centrica fell to a £569m pre-tax loss in the first six months of the year, from a £415m profit a year earlier as it booked hefty exceptional charges, including restructuring costs and higher pension contributions...
...Dixons said that it still expects adjusted pre-tax profits to be around £210m and net debt to be lower than last year despite the impact of coronavirus, but said that could still change in the final weeks...
...Dr Niccolo Caldararo Dept of Anthropology,San Francisco State University, US...
...Centrica made a pre-tax loss of £446m in the first half, compared with a £704m profit last time. A yield of over 13 per cent showed a reduction was inevitable....
...Its auditor, Grant Thornton, has told regulators it intends to quit following concerns over the last-minute disclosure of a €674m tax bill....
...Profit before tax rose to £575m from £137m in 2017 after the company booked fewer exceptional items....
...Professor Richard Murphy Dept of International Politics,School of Social Sciences,City, University of London, UKDirector, Corporate Accountability Network; Co-founder, Green New Deal...
...In July, Mr Conn said the company’s overhaul had reached “first base” but that they still need to show “that we can grow”....
...Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were £1.32bn, up from £1.29bn....
...Blue J Legal, a Toronto-based business, mines Canadian court rulings on tax and employment....
...And Mr Conn has been able to do some of that....
...Mr Conn said the majority of these had been lossmaking. Centrica also reported a £476m post-tax net exceptional charge, predominantly relating to impairments of its exploration and production assets....
...Dan Conn, Christie’s International Real Estate chief executive, says declining sales are not a function of US president Donald Trump’s recent changes to the federal tax code — which many have linked to falling...
...Mr Conn will admit he deserves no medals for Centrica’s North America performance....
...The company reported a £476m post-tax net exceptional charge, predominantly relating to impairments of its exploration and production assets....
...It warned it would book a one-off non-cash charge of £46m after tax in its full-year results relating to that division....
...It argues that that a hard Brexit could provide opportunities to cut trade barriers with non-EU countries while also cutting regulation and tax on companies....
...Chief executive Iain Conn said: The combination of political and regulatory intervention in the UK energy market, concerns over the loss of energy customers in the UK, and the performance issue in North...
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