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Oil prices fell; Oil traders are closely watching a threat by China
June 19th, 2018
Oil prices fell nearly one percent on Tuesday as an escalating trade dispute between the United States and China triggered sharp selloffs in many global markets. Crude was also weighed down by expectations that producer cartel OPEC and key ...
What SEC’s official said about Bitcoin, ether and initial coin offerings
June 15th, 2018
The SEC’s point man on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) says that bitcoin and ether are not securities but that many, but not all, ICOs are securities and will come under the regulatory control of the SEC and ...
PwC fined £10m over audit failures
June 14th, 2018
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK’s accounting industry regulator, has issued an announcement to inform that has sanctioned PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and audit partner Steve Denison. In accordance the announcement, the Financial Reporting Council has sanctioned PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ...
Is the EU ready for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base?
June 12th, 2018
In 2011, an ambitious Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) directive was proposed by the European Commission. It sought to harmonise the 28 different corporate tax codes of the Member States into one set of rules while retaining the ...
Beware of unauthorized companies offering investment and financial services
June 12th, 2018
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Italy (National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange – Consob), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Luxembourg (Commission ...
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments firm is now worth more than Goldman Sachs
June 11th, 2018
Chinese tycoon Jack Ma’s online payments company just raised a huge pile of cash from investors. Ant Financial said in a statement Friday that it has brought in $14 billion from Chinese and foreign investors. It plans to use ...
Swiss lawyer jailed for telling tales about Russian business clients to British and US agencies
June 7th, 2018
Matthew Parish, a lawyer from Geneva, has been sentenced to two months in a Swiss jail for libel and breaking attorney-client privilege after two Russian oil traders accused him of blackmailing them. According to a criminal complaint filed against ...
Global stocks rally extends in Asia; The Euro and Japanese Yen rose
June 7th, 2018
A global stocks rally extended its run in Asia Thursday on confidence the global economic expansion remains intact and continuing momentum in U.S. technology shares. Treasuries held losses, with 10-year yields just under 3 percent. Equities gained from Tokyo ...
Massive VISA outage shows the fragility of global payments
June 6th, 2018
On Friday, VISA’s payment network suffered outages across Europe, limiting transactions for both businesses and individuals. Banks and commerce groups began advising customers to use cash or other payment cards if possible, and reports indicated that online and contactless ...
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday on expected stockpile drop
June 5th, 2018
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday after falling in the previous session on expectations that inventories in the United States may decline but increasing U.S. production and concerns that OPEC may raise output continue to weigh on sentiment. Brent crude ...
