Call for Financial Review Ignored
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By ELEVEN, Beck  An appeal for the Selwyn District Council to have Central Plains Water's (CPW) financial statements independently reviewed have fallen on deaf ears..
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Business & money: Forceful presentation fails to sway all investors while target says proposal is still 'dead in the water'
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An attempt has failed to wind up the HBOS banking group over overdraft charges owed to some of its customers.
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Smoke and mirrors Members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee have shown a reluctance to accept a report on the progress of Whitehall's efficiency campaign.â¦
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Business & money: Investor group says board withheld information and  threatens class action suit against the bank.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) has elected not to issue Benchmark Notes in November. The company currently intends to issue Benchmark securities in accordance with its
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Every IT initiative should have security reviews early and often, says Mathias Thurman. Waiting can result in applications with gaping security holes &mdash; costing money and causing delays.
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By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 14--Affiliated Computer Services Inc. didn't turn in its annual regulatory filing on time because it's still working on an internal investigation of its stock option practices, it said Thursday.
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Business & money: Technical problems are preventing taxpayers from filing their self-assessment forms
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A Bank of America spokesman declined to comment on a Merrill Lynch research report that suggested the second largest US bank might be interested in taking over Britain's Barclays bank.
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The US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision upholding the Federal Trade Commission&#39;s imposition of a national do not call registry.
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The Contract Recognition Board has been delayed and will now not take place until October 16. It is believed that the delay was caused because the parties who are disputing Jenson Button&#39;s future were not
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In the flood of corporate reform unleashed by recent business scandals, one issue has been largely ignored, shareholder activists say: the stratospheric level of executive pay and the nearly impossible task investors face in trying to figure out who is getting how much.
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BRUSSELS, May 17 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists in Brussels are resisting calls  by European Union legislators to disclose  how much they receive  from firms determined to water down EU rules on the environment   and public health.
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Business & money: Northern Rock monitoring criticised by CBI boss.
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The Fair Game column on Feb. 3, about problems at mortgage lenders, misstated the circumstances surrounding a bankruptcy filing related to the home mortgage lending unit of NovaStar Financial. An involuntary petition to force the unit into bankruptcy was filed with the court on Jan. 24 by a creditor who won a $49 million judgment against the unit; the unit did not file for bankruptcy. (On Feb. 7, the judge overseeing the case ruled against the petition.).
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The Bank of England may have bailed out the crisis-hit bank Northern Rock but it still faces criticism over its largely muted response to the global credit squeeze.