Not exact matches
That's a 19 percent
hike from a year ago, and the vast majority of growth comes from businesses
with fewer than 100 employees, according to Kravitz Inc., a consulting
firm.
An interest rate
hike in December should strengthen the USD and benefit
firms with high US revenues.
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had last month denied reports of a directive to state oil
firms to absorb at least Re 1 a litre of
hike by not raising prices in line
with cost.
Talks about a special session — in which a series of issues would likely be considered along
with a pay
hike for legislators — have been simmering for weeks, but Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie both said this week that there are no
firm plans to come back.
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With more rate
hikes expected and U.S. inflation
firming up, long - term interest rates have risen from their low of July 2016 and the market is watchful for more potential increases.
Travers Smith has
hiked salaries for newly qualified (NQ) associates by 9 %, putting pay for NQ lawyers at the
firm on an equal footing
with those at Slaughter and May.
International law
firms have had less work in France, thanks to a combination of the global financial crisis and the stifling actions of former President Francois Hollande, a dyed - in - the - wool socialist who ran on an anti-business ticket and made good on his promise
with a series of tax
hikes and new regulation.
The UK's leading law
firms have struggled to match significant
hikes in revenue
with similar profitability increases during the past five years,
with Legal Week research showing that 30 % of the UK top 50 have lower profits per equity partner (PEP) now than they did in 2011 - 12.
TLT has posted a double - digit
hike in turnover for 2012 - 13, as the
firm continues its recent UK expansion
with the launch of a new office in Manchester.
AIA Group Limited is the fourth foreign insurance major to
hike the stake in Indian
firms with the foreign
firm announcing that it will increase its shareholding in Tata AIA Life Insurance Company, a joint venture company by Tata Sons and AIA, from the current level of 26 per cent to 49 per cent through the purchase of another 23 per cent stake in the company.
The insurance sector is finally buzzing
with activity
with more foreign partners coming forward to
hike their stake in Indian joint ventures to 49 per cent, the maximum permissible stake allowed in an Indian insurance
firm as per the amended Insurance Act.
The
firm has filed a request
with the overseas Investment Promotion Board for
hiking stake of the overseas partner to 49 percent from 26 percent.
«Between prospects of deregulation, global political uncertainty and the possibility of significant rate
hikes, lenders and borrowers are acting
with more caution,» says Justin Bakst, director of capital markets at research
firm CoStar.