Vivione Biosciences signs agreement with CMS Technology LITTLE ROCK, AR, April 15, 2014 – Vivione Biosciences, Inc. (TSX:VBI), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Vivione Biosciences, LLC, announced the signing of a definitive Purchase Agreement for the RAPID B system from CMS Technology, Inc., (“CMS”) a New York-based firm focused on developing and delivering cost-effective, innovative […]
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PS&S: Dr. Sartor retires from Port Authority
Longest-serving Port Authority commissioner stepping down Anthony Sartor, the head of the well-respected Warren-based engineering firm PS&S and longest serving commissioner with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is retiring after serving on its board for 15 years and through six Garden State governors. Read more here.
DMS on the Good, Bad and Ugly
FATCA’s good, bad, ugly choices Foreign institutional investors face new extraterritorial oversight July 1 this year marks the dawn of the FATCA new world order. Read more here.
TINA opines on tax fraud
How to Beat Tax-Time Identity Thieves A few months ago, the Internal Revenue Service issued a warning about an income-tax scam involving bogus telephone calls. Read more here.
STA Board Urges SEC to Conduct Holistic Review of Market Structure
Also Criticizes Financial Transaction Tax; and Highlights Agenda for STANY Conference NEW YORK — April 9, 2014 — In a letter to its members, the Security Traders Association Board of Governors recommends a holistic review of market structure, describes a financial transaction tax idea with a dual mandate as, “unrealistic” and highlights its New York […]
Quad Capital Launches Quad Securities
NEW YORK, NY — 04/09/14 — Quad Capital, a firm that matches skilled trading professionals with its proprietary trading model, has launched Quad Securities, a new entity owned by Quad Capital management together with high net worth individuals and family offices. Read more here.
DMS in Fin Alternatives
AIFMD: Time To Back Up On Reverse Solicitation As member states in the European Economic Area (EEA) enact their own regulations to support the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), U.S. alternative fund managers are finding themselves on a tricky path when it comes to marketing their funds in the EEA. Read the rest here.
HCCA in new financing agreement
Healthcare Corporation of America Announces $1,000,000 of New Financing 2014 Strategy Targets More Profitable Markets Healthcare Corporation of America (the “Company”) announced today the closing of $1,000,000 in new financing as well as plans to focus its activities in 2014 on providing comprehensive services related to two key business segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management (“PBM”) and […]
FSIC on Investment News
Nontraded business development company plans to list on NYSE on April 16 FS Investments also will increase its monthly cash distribution rate Read more here.
Grano, Hurley help Cento Amici
Joe Grano, Coach Bob Hurley To Speak at Cento Amici Spring Dinner Chairman and CEO of Centurion Holdings Joe Grano and Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Bob Hurley will welcome Cento Amici’s 2013-14 scholarship recipients at the organization’s Spring Dinner on Monday, April 7th, at Alfie’s in Warren, NJ. Read more here.
Col. Jacobs takes control
Watch A Medal Of Honor Recipient Smack Down A Pro-Gun Researcher’s “Foolish” Plan To Arm Troops On Bases MSNBC military analyst and retired colonel Jack Jacobs pushed back against the conservative claim that all soldiers should be armed on U.S. military bases in a contentious head-to-head interview alongside pro-gun researcher John Lott. Read the rest […]
Ocean-derived packaging material fights microbes
US Aragonite Enterprises has launched renewable plastic, made from materials culled from the ocean, imbued with anti-microbial properties. Read more here: http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Packaging/Ocean-derived-packaging-material-fights-microbes
Investment Managers Are Lagging On FATCA Preparations, New DMS/SEI Survey Finds
Investment Managers Are Lagging On FATCA Preparations, New DMS/SEI Survey Finds NEW YORK, March 27, 2014 — Investment managers appear to be underestimating the time, effort and costs entailed in preparing for the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), even as one key deadline looms on April 25 2014, according to a […]
TINA on The Ad Men
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DMS counsels Asian fund managers
How Asian managers should prep for Fatca deadline Read the rest here.
Another deal for CMS
New product delivers microbial defense against a range of bacteria in plastic packaging Aragonite Enterprises has launched a new performance enhancer for the plastics industry. Incorporating a patented ion process technology from CMS Technology, the company is now supplying microbial controlling performance mineral and masterbatches produced with its renewable and sustainable performance mineral. Read more […]
TINA campaign gets industry coverage
Nonprofit ad watchdog group TruthinAdvertising.org has launched its first-ever national ad campaign. Read more here.
The Truth’s Not Always Easy…
Playing the game on the side of the angels is always fun. Truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org for short), one of our clients, fights the good fight each day, educating consumers about scams, challenging organizations that mislead the public, and outing bad apples in every industry. In the “what you don’t see” category, TINA has had numerous “quiet” […]
AdAge looks at TINA’s campaign
Dishonest Ads Are No Laughing Matter — Or Are They? Advertising Watchdog Uses Humor in Push To Get Consumers To Combat Untruthful Claims Read more here.
"Closing Bell" segment with Michael Forman
Dissecting the market’s reaction to the FOMC statement, with CNBC’s Rick Santelli; “Fast Money’s” Stephanie Link; Michael Forman, Franklin Square CEO; and Nathan Bachrach, Simply Money Advisors CEO.
Making sense of taxes: The ABCs of MLPs
By: Shobana Gopal, CPA and Michelle Kelly, CFA Making sense of taxes & MLP alphabet soup As the holidays turn to tax season, feelings of festivity are replaced with something more like confusion and dread. And for good reason. Various investments inevitably spark tax-related questions. Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have stepped into the spotlight during the […]
TINA on the Verge
A new watchdog agency alleges that this for-profit college is misleading applicants Click here to read the rest.
FDA panel recommends OK for Immucor test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Blood Products Advisory Committee voted to recommend approval of Immucor Inc.’s HEA Molecular BeadChip Test as a safe and effective evaluation for blood group typing. The test provides additional information about the composition of donor and patient blood, which may result in better matches for blood transfusion patients, […]
July deadline for Fatca compliance looms
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act imposes registration and reporting and obligations on hedge funds, due to come into effect in just over three months, says Kathleen Celoria Read more here: http://www.risk.net/hedge-funds-review/interview/2334049/july-deadline-for-fatca-compliance-looms
Joe Grano with Neil Cavuto
Ask the CEO: Joe Grano
Mar. 10, 2014 – 2:13 – Former UBS CEO answers viewers’ questions
TINA on Consumer Eagle
TCPA Doesn’t Protect Consumers from Texts by Third-Party Vendors Americans are increasingly opting to forego the brick-and-mortar experience for the convenience of shopping with a few mouse clicks or finger taps, but in doing so they may be giving away more than they’re getting. Read more here.
An award for DMS
DMS Offshore Investment Services Wins Best Offshore Advisory Firm Award GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, March 4, 2014 — DMS Offshore Investment Services (DMS), the world’s largest fund governance firm, has won the 2014 Best Offshore Advisory Firm Award from the influential international hedge funds magazine, Hedgeweek. Read more here.
Global Tax Weekly – A Closer Look
Featured Article: Help Wanted: FATCA Responsible Officers Apply Within by Kathleen Celoria, Executive Director, DMS Off shore Investment Services
CMS cuts deal with Henkel
DANBURY, Conn., Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Henkel, a worldwide leader in consumer and industrial businesses, and CMS Technology, a solutions provider for the food, packaging, and materials industries, have announced their intention to pursue a strategic North America alliance to develop food-safe additives for packaging, the companies announced today. Henkel’s leadership position in packaging […]
DMS weighs in on FATCA
Political Backlash Over Privacy Could Come As Tax Evasion Reform (FATCA) Speeds Up Political tension could escalate if it becomes widely known that under U.S. diplomatic agreements targeting tax evasion, U.S. financial firms must share information on foreign-born U.S. residents with foreign governments. Read more here.