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Recent Ukrainian court practice deemed to affect commercial transactions
Recent Ukrainian court practice was deemed to affect commercial transactions. Recent practices of courts in Ukraine were deemed to negatively affect commercial banking transactions.
Aviva negotiates with regulator ahead of court hearing on Apollo contract
Aviva Plc was in talks with negotiators regarding its US$1.8 billion deal with Leon Black's Apollo Global Management LLC.
GSK's 20% China growth sales in focus as police alleges bribes and sexual favors
GlaxoSmithKline Plc's 20% increase in sales was currently in focus due to Public Security Ministry's accusations on bribery and sexual favors.
Dexia and Intesa to receive US$47 million in Piedmont swaps lawsuit
Piedmont was asked to pay Dexia Crediop SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA US$47 million due to interest-rate swap agreement.
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The insurance deal between Athene and Aviva was placed under review. The insurance deal between Athene Holding Ltd. and Aviva PLC was placed under review.
Barrick temporarily stopped the construction of the controversial Pascua-Lama gold mine project due to a court suspension issued last Monday.
Denmark advised Danish banks to disregard the European directive to reduce exposure charges The European Parliament, in an attempt to align with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's regulation, passed a directive that will simplify the risk calculation for small- and medium-sized business loans.
The US and China agree on parameters as to intellectual property and trade secrets. The concerns on cyber theft of intellectual property as well as trade secrets were acknowledged by both the United States and China.
After the acquittal of Zimmerman, protests broke and gun sales increased. After the announcement of George Zimmerman's acquittal from his murder trial yesterday, the United States Justice Department said that they will be conducting further review on the case.
After his acquittal to the murder of a teenager, Zimmerman pursued his suing of NBC News. The acquittal of George Zimmerman allowed him to pursue his case against news network NBC News for the mis-editing of this police call prior to the shooting.
The Reserve Bank of India imposed US$8.3 million in fines for 22 lenders that flouted rules and regulations on anti-money laundering.
Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission allowed Alibaba to expand its capital for the online loan enterprise.
Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law under fire for its role in the Trayvon Martin murder trial.
The gunman of teenager Trayvon Martin was found not guilty of second degree murder. George Zimmerman was found not guilty by jury of six women for the murder of Trayvon Martin.




