Overseas Funds Resist Calls for a Code of Conduct
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The funds argue that a code is unnecessary because their investments are already strictly commercial in nature.
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Securities regulators are planning sanctions soon against a company that recently stopped selling high-fee mutual funds to military officers, people familiar with the situation said Friday. Some big fund companies say they may reconsider the so-called contractual plan funds.
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New York City employee pension  funds are calling on two top Internet companies to do more to  protect free speech in repressive countries, joining a year-old  campaign by human rights groups.
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Foreign donors urge the government not to allow its main Marxist coalition partner to undermine peace efforts.
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Hong Kong&#39;s leader rejected calls from pro-Beijing allies to reintroduce an anti-subversion bill, saying Thursday the territory first must resolve sharp disagreements that killed the bill last year.
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A move by Ireland to block direct telephone calls to most Pacific Island countries because of internet scams will not be replicated in New Zealand, where Telecom tackles the fraud on a case-by-case basis.
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A proposed law would limit foreign funding of churches and AIDS programs.
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Proposed S.E.C. rules will allow foreign companies to raise money in the American capital market without having to comply with U.S. rules.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 16 -- The chiefs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government on Friday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of anti-poverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of...
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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Business & money: Â· Walker review opts for voluntary code of conduct Â· Takeover firms are urged to be more open
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A move by Fidelity Investments to lower its corporate taxes -- potentially by hundreds of millions of dollars a year -- came under fire yesterday by tax policy advocates and a Massachusetts union official, while a business group defended the Boston mutual fund firm's strategy.
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Â· Leniency urged for failure to declare donations  Â· New attack over illegal immigrants' NI numbers
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Mutual fund companies in Boston say they have strict prohibitions against employees getting the kind of wining and dining and luxe entertainment that government regulators are investigating at Fidelity Investments, but industry officials and attorneys in the field contend such extravagance is nonetheless common in the investment world.
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Playing down a funding row with   Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz defended his   controversial anti-corruption campaign on Friday, saying the   bank could not tolerate misuse of its funds to poor countries.
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Net providers in the UK are resisting calls for them to police what customers do online.
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Business & money: Â· Angry shareholders fail to block remuneration policy Â· Â£20m cap on individual rewards is removed