29 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

The Women’s Foundation announced the launch of the 30% Club Hong Kong– a group of chairmen and business leaders who are committed to increasing the representation of women on Hong Kong corporate boards. The 30% Club was officially launched at an invitation-only event at the Asia Society, where the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, C.Y. Leung, gave a keynote address on women on boards, and more generally, the contribution of women in business to the Hong Kong economy.

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29 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters Foundation , our global corporate charity, saw?major achievements in 2012, as it expanded the reach of its unique programs around the world. The following is a story from the? Foundation’s 2012 Annual Report : (more…)

29 Apr 2013 Jason Wallace

Historically, the act of trading on material, non-public information or insider trading was thought to be limited to corporate insiders or investment bankers, but that has not been the cases in recent years. The Securities and Exchange Commission reports that approximately 16 percent of the insider trading cases brought by the SEC in fiscal 2012 were against hedge funds and their advisers.

In a recent speech to an audience of compliance professionals, SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar? highlighted instances ?where investment advisers fail to do the right thing, with failing to prevent insider trading among them. He noted that insider trading – particularly relating to hedge fund and hedge fund advisers – continues to be an area of active enforcement by the SEC. (more…)

This month, Myanmar short-listed 12 consortia for two licenses it plans to grant foreign operators in late June. The government wants to expand mobile penetration from less than 4% to up to 80% by 2015-16.?Digicel, largely unknown outside the Caribbean and some Pacific islands, has shaken up a usually conservative industry. Today’s graphic shows where Digicel ranks in the global mobile market as well as the other 11 companies competing for Myanmar’s two foreign telecom licenses.

26 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

Three cities. One day. One conference. All connected.

In a groundbreaking, cross-continental conference that will take place in three cities on May 1st, Thomson Reuters, in conjunction with Electronic Discovery Institute, will host The Consortium on Litigation, Information Law & E-Discovery . This conference will employ Cisco TelePresence technology to seamlessly connect panelists and attendees from the host cities: Chicago, New York and San Jose.

“Employing telepresence technology for this conference allows participants from across the country an opportunity to interact and discuss current topics, emerging trends and best practices from e-discovery to privacy law to litigation,” said Lee Ann Enquist, vice president of Professional Development at Thomson Reuters. “Being able to conduct the conference in three cities simultaneously allows the panelists and attendees to engage in the conversation on a national level without incurring the scheduling and travel demands many conferences require.”

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26 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

The Thomson Reuters Foundation has just launched a completely re-designed website that provides better and faster access to its award-winning services: free legal assistance, journalism training, and in-depth coverage of the world’s under-reported stories.

The revamped Trust.org brings together the Foundation’s extensive range of news and service which includes:

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Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded at a 2.5% annual rate after growth nearly stalled at 0.4% in the fourth quarter. The increase, however, missed economists’ expectations for a 3.0% growth pace. Today’s graphic breaks down GDP and tracks the changes over the last four years.

Popular beliefs propelled gold to unjustifiably high prices, says Duke University professor Campbell Harvey, who co-wrote “The Golden Dilemma.” Campbell says the arguments to own gold do not hold up to scientific scrutiny and the “real” price of gold is still far below market levels.

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25 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters Foundation , our global corporate charity, saw?major achievements in 2012, as it expanded the reach of its unique programs around the world. The following is a story from the? Foundation’s 2012 Annual Report : (more…)

Nationally renowned author, professor, attorney and IP Hall of Famer J. Thomas McCarthy, celebrates 40 years as a Thomson Reuters Westlaw ?author in 2013. McCarthy the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the 2012 Intellectual Asset Management’s Intellectual Property Hall of Fame , is also founding director of the University of San Francisco’s McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law which was named in his honor and where he taught for 36 years.

25 Apr 2013 Thomson Reuters

Originally published in 1973 as two volumes, his now seven-volume treatise? McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair Competition has been cited and relied upon as authority in more than 3,500 judicial opinions, including nine U.S. Supreme Court opinions. (more…)