A total of 347 contestants from 39 localities and six ministries and branches are competing at the National Vocational Skills Competition 2008 that opened in Hanoi on July 21.

One of the Carolinas' largest law firms is merging with an international firm in an effort to better serve clients in an increasingly competitive legal market, partners announced Monday. Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, a Charlotte-based firm with 17

BOSTON - When Gov. Deval L. Patrick heads to a biotech conference in California this week, he'll be bringing along plenty of help - including a new $1 billion plan to transform the Massachusetts economy.

Legal Week research, which suggests that law firms are already tightening their belts in preparation for a downturn. Said one managing partner: "Tightening the equity is clearly a trend and you need to have had quite exceptional growth this year to be ma

Accountancy Govt urged to use CLSS funds to modernise RoCs THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has urged the Government to utilise the nearly Rs 140-crore of funds mobilised under the Company Law Settlement Scheme-2000 (CLSS) for its in