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  • The success of Computer Associates' $4 billion stock-for-stock acquisition of Sterling Software makes this the largest software deal ever.
  • The Californian internet group Quintus Corporation is to buy the e-mail management company Mustang.com.
  • Finance minister Richard Hu announced a budget that drew on a more optimistic reading of the Asian economic climate. Principal changes included a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 26% to 25.5%. The two-year property tax rebate for commercial and industrial properties, announced in 1998 was extended until 2001 but at the lower rate of 25%.
  • Freshfields' New York partner Robert Scarborough has been elected chair of the tax department at the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). It is the first time that a non-US firm has provided the association's tax section with its chairman.
  • The French advertising group Havas has bought the US company Snyder Communications for $2.1 billion. The deal is a stock transaction, with each Snyder share valued at $29.50. This latest acquisition makes Havas the fourth-largest advertising agency in the world.
  • CGU and Norwich Union have agreed to merge in a £20 billion ($31.4 billion) deal, forming the UK's largest insurance company. The new firm, CGNU, predicts £250 million in annualized pre-tax cost savings within 18 months of the merger's completion.
  • The Australian tax system is undergoing enormous change following the Review of Business Taxation. Of particular interest from an international perspective are the draft proposals in relation to thin capitalization. The proposed rules, expected to apply from July 1 2001, will impact all Australian entities:
  • Recent raids on law firms have shown that the big five mean business in their pursuit of the top tax talent in the US. Rufus Jones investigates the limits of big five ambitions and asks how law firms can persuade their best people to stay
  • Argentina’s anticipated financial difficulties in 2000 have led the new government to turn to the tax system as a money-spinner. Taxpayers can expect to pay a heavy price. Lilian Falcón of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Buenos Aires reports
  • The US budget plan for 2001 was announced in February. Big tax cuts are promised, partially offset by new revenue raisers but what is the true cost for taxpayers? Hal Hicks, Dave Benson and Margaret O’Connor of Ernst & Young, Washington DC sets out the planned changes