Finance Law

NEW YORK, NY, Jan 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Kamakura Corporation reported Wednesday that the editors of World Finance magazine have named Kamakura Corporation to the World Finance 100 released today in London. The World Finance 100 is compiled by the editorial board at World Finance, in conjunction with reader recommendations, to honor “the [...]

<!– 0.019706inurl:newsitem_dd.asp indiana university iu law nicolas terry mckinney –> January 4, 2012 News Release INDIANAPOLIS, IN–The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law is honored to announce that Professor Nicolas Terry has been appointed the Hall Render Professor of Law and also will serve as the co-director of the Hall Center for Law [...]

Re: your Jan. 1 article, “State adds 745 laws”: In 2011, as in previous years, the California State Legislature couldn’t come close to creating a valid balanced budget, but that didn’t deter these economics-challenged solons from passing – and our clueless governor from signing into effect – 745 new laws. Thanks to lawmakers in Sacramento, [...]

January 04, 2012, 11:31 AM EST By Michael J. Moore and Dawn Kopecki Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Analysts’ failure to foresee declining earnings per share for the biggest U.S. banks last year hasn’t stopped them from predicting an even bigger profit surge for 2012. The six largest lenders, including JPMorgan Chase Co., Bank of America [...]

Wed Jan 4, 2012 8:51am GMT Jan 4 (Reuters) – The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday: * Indian energy major Reliance Industries Ltd is among companies in talks to buy the exploration and production(EP) unit of U.S. pipeline company El Paso Corp , Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed people with knowledge [...]

Birnbaum, who is a professor emeritus of the Faculty of Law at Georgetown University, made the remarks in an article entitled “Israel and the US against Iran: an Uncertain Alliance,” which was published in the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais on December 18, 2011. He noted that that the national interests of Israel and the [...]

As California’s public schools begin 2012, a series of new laws take effect that will alter classroom instruction, medical issues and financial aid for immigrant students. Here is a rundown of some of the new legislation that went into effect Jan. 1. Dream Act: The first part of California’s Dream Act, Assembly Bill 130, will [...]

Reading articles on banking and related comments on Seeking Alpha, I have been surprised by investors’ relatively low level of understanding of how banks do or do not make money. Here is a summary of the aspects of a banking business that an investor should look into before buying a bank stock. And if you [...]

A business executive who became the first woman to be appointed chief financial officer of a large Dutch company resigned on Tuesday, citing a dispute over a management reorganization at her employer, the phone operator KPN. Carla Smits-Nusteling, KPN’s chief financial officer, resigned a little more than two years after being appointed, saying she disagreed [...]

The University of Maryland mourns the passing of William Polk Carey, one of the country’s leading philanthropists in education. Carey died Monday in Florida at the age of 81. The W. P. Carey Foundation’s $30 million gift last April to the Francis King Carey School of Law is the largest in the University’s history. The [...]