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Legal & Regulatory
Dubai's Dubai Islamic Bank approves foreign ownership increase to 25 pct
Dubai Islamic Bank said on Wednesday it would increase its foreign ownership limit to 25 percent from 15 percent.
Fidelity National to sell some assets to address antitrust issues
Title insurer Fidelity National Financial will sell a number of its databases to meet U.S. charges its proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services Inc hurt competition, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.
U.S. bank group threatens lawsuit over Volcker rule
The American bankers Association on Monday said it would mount a legal challenge to the "Volcker rule" unless U.S. banking regulators softened a provision of the rule that restricts bank ownership of certain investments.
Rhoen-Klinukum expecting green light from German antitrust regulators on the proposed sale of its assets to rival Fresenius SE & Co. in early 2014
Rhoen-Klinukum, which had put up for sale its 43 hospitals and 15 outpatient facilities, expects to get the green light from German antitrust regulators on the proposed sale of most of its assets to rival Fresenius SE & Co.
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Tiger Asia Management, which has admitted guilt of insider trading, was ordered by a Hong Kong court on Friday to pay $5.8 million to some 1,800 local and overseas investors. No charges have been filed against the US-based hedge fund in Hong Kong.
As the hype about the Bitcoin dies, a PCWorld report asks if the well for venture funding for the digital currency has come to an end.
After a cyber attack of its systems, Target Corp now has to deal with angry customers venting on social media, customer lawsuits and probes from state attorneys general, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Investigators think that overseas hackers were responsible for the cyber attack that compromised 40 million payment cards of Target Corp, a US retailer, Reuters reported.
Constar International Holdings, which lost its contract with PepsiCo last year, filed for its third bankruptcy since 2008. Constar filed for Chapter 11 protection as it hopes to nail down its sale to Amcor Rigid Plastics USA.
In response to investigations from regulatory authorities, the Royal Bank of Scotland has banned its markets division from using multi-dealer online chat rooms, Reuters reported.
A Bloomberg report said Jack Ma and Zhang Jindong may be allowed to create phone companies in China with the possible issuance of their licenses this month.
Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners has abandoned the deal to buy bankrupt LightSquared. Centerbridge, which had offered $3.3 billion for LightSquared, is uncertain over when federal regulators would approve the company's proposed building of a wireless network.
The Tel Aviv District Court has cleared Eduardo Elsztain and Moti Ben-Moshe's rescue plan for highly indebted conglomerate IDB Holding Corp. The partnership's takeover bid has won support from IDB's bondholders and creditors this month.
