Japan MOF surveys underscore sluggish conditions
Tokyo: Japan's companies invested less in their businesses at the end of last year, but the fall was much smaller than the previous quarter as healthy exports continued to keep the economy from a full-fledged slump.
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US tightens noose on all accounting firms
Washington: The new US accounting oversight board was poised to defy European Union resistance to its legal reach on Tuesday by voting on a measure to require US and non-US accounting firms to register with it.
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Ex-ImClone chief pleads guilty of $15-mn tax dodge
New York: Samuel Waksal, the former ImClone Systems CEO, who is awaiting sentencing for insider trading, on Monday pleaded guilty to additional charges of evading taxes on $15m worth of art.
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