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...🤠 HMRC v Premier Foods Ltd (2007) is an epochally important case that considered whether a fruit bar was confectionery....
...Kochar reads horoscopes on a MacBook at his office in Mumbai and charges a flat rate of $250 for a 30-minute consultation....
...Elsewhere, it is worth noting the substantive excess liquidity build, with deposits +6% q/q (implying end-2Q LTD of <67%)....
...With the launch of the offer for all preference shares in Unilever N.V. we are also taking important steps to simplify our capital structure and improve corporate governance.”...
...Thanks to a series of court rulings since the mid-2000s, such as eBay v MercExchange in 2007, Mayo Collaborative Services v Prometheus Laboratories in 2012 and Alice Corp v CLS Bank in 2014, and the subsequent...
...The Australian dollar was the biggest mover, down 0.2 per cent at $0.7994....
...The small company signs deals with local governments, such as Wandsworth Council, to hook up council flats to full fibre connections....
...Under the name Uzi Katz, the Telit founder was allegedly indicted alongside Ruth V. Katz, his wife. The couple fled the US before a plea hearing....
...Another big mover in the currency market this morning was the won, after South Korea’s unemployment rate leapt in February to 4.1 per cent, its highest level in six years....
...GBP futures are pretty flat into 2017 so the prospects of a sterling rebound are not high....
...An article in The Economist (18 January 2014, “The onrushing wave”) provides a typical example. “. . . wages have been flat for a decade....
...For example, when the three major telecoms providers – Korea Telecom, SK Telecom and LG U Plus – began offering customers a flat-rate unlimited 3G tariff four years ago, average revenue per user fell sharply...
...This is an area where first-mover advantage does not apply. Sanctions regimes work best when they are a matter of broad agreement, rather than an individual initiative....
...Loans’ erstwhile customers might have thought modest… And there’s much more in Shearer & Others v Spring Capital Ltd & Others: Mr Shearer and Mr Dawes were (and perhaps, subject to sterilization of their...
...Gold was the main mover on commodity markets as investors sought calm amid the volatility elsewhere. Spot gold rose over 1.2 per cent to $1,672 a troy ounce....
...The credit crunch is still evident in the fact that lending rates continue to run well above relevant policy and market rates....
...Currently, a flat rate of 40 per cent IHT is applied on all estates valued at above £325,000....
...Steven Ricchiuto of Mizuho Securities said: “The 9.8 per cent jobless rate allowed the [Fed] to claim that the recovery is proceeding at an unacceptably slow rate.”...
...Japanese stocks hit an eight-month high on Thursday while the rest of Asia was generally flat, as the FT reports....
...Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fared well during the week, rising 1.6 per cent, while South Korea’s Kospi index was flat at 1,593.90. India’s BSE Sensex gained 0.2 per cent to 16,191.63....
...One currency that notably did not move was the Chinese renminbi, which ended the day flat....
...This is permissible within the law but has been the subject of much controversy after cases such as Jones v Garnett (Arctic Systems Ltd case) which the taxpayer won....
...HSBC is charging institutions a 1 per cent flat fee and 10 per cent of performance over a hurdle rate. Retail investors pay 1.5 to 1.75 per cent, plus performance fee....
...Charles Goodhart, former MPC member Recovery will be anaemic, with below average growth rates. Philip Shaw, Investec This is not likely to be a V-shaped recovery....
...Like the bubbles in the glasses, the tentative signs of an economic recovery could fizzle out, leaving a flat and nasty taste....
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