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Bank of England maintains key rate at 0.50%
June 5th, 2014
The Bank of England (BoE) decided to maintain its Bank Rate at 0.5% after a meeting held today following the decision of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed ...
China against Windows 8 Amid U.S. Spat
June 5th, 2014
China’s government took another step against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) by telling officials in one province not to use Windows 8 software, marking an escalation in the dispute with the U.S. over spying and hacking allegations. Jiangsu province, south of ...
Spain Plans To Cut Corporate Tax Rate
June 5th, 2014
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has unveiled plans to cut the corporate tax rate from 30 percent to 25 percent to increase the competitiveness of domestic companies. The tax reduction will come into effect on January 1, 2015, and ...
Irish Tax Reform needs further improvements
June 5th, 2014
The European Commission has described Ireland’s system of labor taxation as fragmented and complex, has criticized its range of value-added tax (VAT) rates, and called for improvements to environmental taxes. The comments are made in the Commission’s latest package ...
Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck
June 5th, 2014
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced Germany’s flagship lender to delay the issue by several days. ...
Goldman Sachs Bolsters Asia Mergers Team Amid Rising Volumes
June 5th, 2014
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) has named John Kim as its new head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Asia ex-Japan and will relocate Christos Tomaras from London to join that team, amid surging deal volumes in the region. Kim takes ...
Caution reigns as traders await Mr Draghi
June 5th, 2014
The euro is steady, benchmark bond yields nudging lower and bourses are mixed as investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will introduce a package of measures designed to tackle deflation concerns and boost the bloc’s economy. ...
Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, and platinum dropped amid talks to end a South African ...
FINMA announces “Accounting – banks” circular
June 4th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published today the definitive version of the new circular “Accounting – banks”. The new circular is based on the Banking Ordinance that has been adopted and fully revised by the Federal ...
SEC Charges Bitcoin Entrepreneur With Offering Unregistered Securities
June 4th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the co-owner of two Bitcoin-related websites for publicly offering shares in the two ventures without registering them. An SEC investigation found that Erik T. Voorhees published prospectuses on the Internet and ...
