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France announces €1bn pre-election cut in income tax
September 13th, 2016
Move to benefit more than five million households with average gain of nearly €200 The French government will cut income tax by €1 billion in its 2017 budget, the finance ministry said on Friday, seeking to ease the pain ...
More than 1,000 new legal firms will be created this year in UK
September 13th, 2016
More than 1,000 new solicitor firms will be created in 2016, official statistics suggest, a 30% increase on the last two years. From 1 January to 31 July, 612 new business entities were authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. ...
PwC reports double digit growth for second consecutive year
September 12th, 2016
Revenue up 11% to £3.4bn Growth is reported in all business areas, with particular client demand for cyber security, data analytics and technology services Total number of UK equity partners increased to 926, from 885 last year (4.6% increase) ...
The most common scams and how to avoid them
September 12th, 2016
Call it an occupational hazard, but I’ve become so nervous of scammers and fraudsters that I now delete even legitimate emails from my providers. In the past months alone this has seen my PayPal account suspended and my web ...
UK’s new Brexit department spending £33,500 a week on legal advice
September 12th, 2016
Theresa May’s new Brexit department has spent tens of thousands of pounds on legal advice in the eight weeks since its creation, according to official figures. Britain has yet to formally start talks to withdraw from the European Union, ...
BOK Financial, Senior Executive Charged With Turning Blind Eye to Investment Scheme
September 12th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a subsidiary of Oklahoma-based BOK Financial Corporation has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle charges that it concealed numerous problems and red flags from investors in municipal bond ...
Deloitte announces record global revenue of $36.8bn
September 8th, 2016
Deloitte has reported aggregate network revenue of $36.8bn for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2016, representing 9.5% growth in local currency terms. Risk advisory grew the most at 22.5%, driven by high demand for cyber and regulatory services, ...
Euro area unemployment at 10.1%
September 8th, 2016
Eurostat has issued a publication to inform regarding the unemployment rate in Euro area for July. The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.1% in July 2016, stable compared to June 2016 and down from 10.8% in July 2015. ...
Middle East investment in global real estate reaches $10b
September 8th, 2016
Middle East outbound capital flows into global commercial real estate touched $10 billion in the first half of 2016, with international market destinations becoming more diverse, according to CBRE’s Middle East ‘In and Out’ 2016 report. Investors from the ...
Inexperienced Chinese investors are getting stung by fintech scams
September 8th, 2016
China is witnessing a fintech boom. Companies providing electronic payments, cryptocurrency trading and other online financial services there are not only mushrooming, they are among the biggest and most highly rated in the world. The Fintech 100, a ranking ...
