Finance Law

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Apr 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Terra Firma Capital Corporation /quotes/zigman/1511393 CA:TII 0.00% (“Terra Firma” or the “Corporation”) announced today that, subject to regulatory approval and pursuant to the terms of its share option plan, it has granted options to purchase an aggregate of 910,000 common shares of the Corporation to certain [...]

Representatives from the James E. Rogers College of Law and the Jindal Global Law School of O.P. Jindal Global University in India came together this month to sign a new agreement. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Stanley) The UA James E. Rogers College of Law, under a new agreement with the O.P. Jindal Global University in [...]

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. Mark Calvey Senior Reporter – San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter Bank of America    Bank of America Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company is looking to sell its international wealth management operations, which it picked up with its 2009 Merrill Lynch purchase. Simply put, the numbers [...]

Lowe’s Cos. (LOW) (LOW) is raising $2 billion in the bond market to finance stock repurchases as the second- biggest U.S. home-improvement retailer boosts leverage to reward shareholders even as its profitability wanes. Lowe’s sold five-, 10- and 30-year debt yesterday, five months after the company that sells products from flowers to washing machines issued [...]

COLUMBIA — Almost every week, MU School of Law Dean R. Lawrence Dessem has lunch at Shakespeare’s Pizza with five students from his civil procedure class. He asks where they’re from, what type of law they’re interested in and what classes they’re taking — but most of the time, he already knows. That type of [...]

Daniel Acker for The New York TimesAt the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in St. Louis, reaffirmations of reasons to carry a concealed gun were mixed with concern about the future of Stand Your Ground laws. Go to related article » Civics Teaching ideas based on New York Times content. See all in Civics » [...]

Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:15pm EDT By Nadia Damouni and Michael Erman NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) – UBS AG’s head of investment banking for the Americas, Aryeh Bourkoff, resigned to pursue other opportunities only 13 months after taking on the position, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Stephen Cummings, currently chairman of [...]

NEW YORK, Apr 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s solid offerings in global trade and supply chain finance were recently honored by a number of financial trade publications and their readers. These key industry awards exemplify the company’s market leadership and superior performance in servicing its clients across the globe, including [...]

The University of Saskatchewan Faculty of Law celebrates a distinguished milestone as it enters its centennial year. “We’re into our centennial year. It’s a centennial year that promises a lot of changes on many fronts,” College Dean Sanjeev Anand. Centennial events include a gala reunion weekend in October – a chance for alumni to reconnect [...]