Archive for May, 2013

Russell Golden outlines priorities for the FASB

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In a speech delivered at the 32th Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Institute Conference in Pasadena, California on 30 May, upcoming Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Chairman Russell Golden presented his views on the FASB’s current and fu…

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News story: Man jailed for trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties

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A man has been jailed for six years after Border Force caught him trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties.

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News story: HMS Edinburgh makes last entry into Portsmouth

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HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy’s last remaining Type 42 destroyer, returned to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time today, 31 May.

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Speech: Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s speech to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

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Danny Alexander reaffirms the government’s commitment to ‘stick to the path we are on’ while focussing spending on high value infrastructure projects.

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Payments are not gratuities

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The taxpayer company set up two employee benefit trusts. Another firm bought the taxpayer in 2001, and the trusts were wound up.
There was a large amount of cash in the trusts as a result of the sale and the exercise of share options by employees …

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