The Companies Act, 1956 is the principal landmark legislation that governs companies in India. The Act prescribes provisions for protection of the interests of the investors, creditors and public at large but at the same time permits the management to utilize its resources for optimum results and prosperity. In the functioning of corporate sector, along with freedom of operation of companies, p...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) and its staff (‘‘Commission staff’’ or ‘‘staff’’) are reviewing interpretive issues under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Investment Company Act’’ or ‘‘Act’’) relating to the status under the Act of companies that are engaged in the business of acquiring mortgages and mortgage-related instruments and that rely on the exclusion from t...

provide substantial benefits for the dental health of six million people, many of them living in the west midlands and the north east ofEngland.4 The arguments for extending fluoridation are not as overwhelming as they were in 1956. The prevalence of dental caries has fallen in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated districts,5 and the costs of fluoridation plant designed to meet modem operating ...

This article examines whether the evolution of company narrative reporting based on section 172 UK Companies Act 2006 can be characterised as reflexive law, which preserves balance between utilitarian law shareholder value approach and corporate responsibility demands by society; thereby mediating semi-autonomous sub-systems social responsibility. It discovers an evolving process in has some in...

nowadays, liveliness and rapid maintenance of the development process of the companies are dependent on the accurate and complete understanding of the merits of the financial activities. since these merits are relative concepts that are based on comparisons, lists of ranking and comparison of industries with each other act as useful signposts for managers, politicians, and investors. the point ...