Partners of Ernst & Young indicted for tax shelter fraud
Four current and former partners of the giant accounting firm Ernst & Young were charged yesterday with fraud and other crimes relating to tax shelters that helped the wealthy escape taxes on incomes exceeding US$10 million. Prosecutors charged Robert Coplan...
Barclays settles insider trading charges
Barclays Bank has agreed to pay about US$10.9 million to settle charges of illegal insider trading in bond securities, the United States. Securities and Exchange Commission said yestersday. In court documents filed in New York, the SEC alleged that Barclays and Steven Landzberg...
US enviro group studies conservation at SuperClubs
A group of vacationing American environmentalists are studying the conservation techniques at SuperClubs' Grand Negril resort, in order to possibly expand on the thrust and perhaps introduce it to other Caribbean resorts. The visiting group wants to create an awareness in Jamaica...
OUR, C&W win cell rate appeal
The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) and Cable and Wireless (C&W) Jamaica won a major victory yesterday when the Court of Appeal ruled that the Judicial Review Court was wrong when it held that the OUR had no authority to set rates for the mobile...
HEART graduates 'world-class' craftsmen
Three hundred and forty-three highly trained craftsmen and women graduated from the first batch of the HEART/Jamalco training and certification programme, and are now ready to take on jobs as competent personnel on major projects. The graduation ceremony, which was held...
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