Law and business: commercial news round-up 27.06.14
updated on 27 June 2014
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- Deloiotte could face an investigation into its role as administrator in the Comet collapse, specifically in relation to the way it handled the redundancies.
- Bank of England boss Mark Carney faced an intense couple of hours of questioning by MPs on Tuesday, including on interest rates and whether the Bank is like "an unreliable boyfriend".
- Interested in IPOs? Here’s a handy round-up of some of the more noteworthy examples from this year.
- Coverage of the Brooks-Coulson hacking trial was unavoidable this week - this article from Nick Davies of the Guardian expertly dissects how things unfolded and the implications of the verdict. A long but excellent read.
- Robert Peston seems sceptical about the Bank of England’s claim that a 20% rise in London house prices is not a serious bubble, but he very much enjoyed Carney’s wink.
- The Big Six energy companies have been referred by Ofgem to the Competition and Markets Authority - they will now be probed for 18 months, looking at whether they are guilty of profiteering.
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