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ECB Wades Into Currency Wars But Needs Reform Backing
September 8th, 2014
The European Central Bank spent a long time being a noncombatant in the global currency wars. But it has decisively entered the fray as it seeks to boost its balance sheet by €1 trillion ($1.294 trillion) through fresh loans ...
China to Overtake USA by 2024
September 8th, 2014
China is set to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in U.S. dollar terms over the next decade, according to a new report by IHS Economics. IHS measured the size of China’s economy in U.S. dollar terms, ...
Pound Suffers on Scotland Poll
September 8th, 2014
Sterling dropped as opinion polls highlighted the risk Scotland will vote for independence next week, potentially splintering the U.K.’s 307-year-old union. Britain’s currency slid to the weakest against the dollar since November after a poll by YouGov Plc showed ...
Doubts return at SandRidge a year after CEO ousted by investors
September 8th, 2014
In June 2013, activist investors got the board of SandRidge Energy Inc to fire its CEO Tom Ward, arguing that he had mismanaged the Oklahoma City company and destroyed billions in shareholder value. The oil and gas producer’s shares ...
Japan’s GDP Contracts Sharply
September 8th, 2014
A revised reading on Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy contracted an annualized 7.1 percent in the second quarter, worse than initial estimates of 6.8 percent as a nationwide consumption tax that took effect in April dragged ...
Accountants warn against eBay tax evasion
September 8th, 2014
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has warned people trading on eBay about tax evasion after a man was jailed for two years for failing to declare income from online sales. John Woolfenden was convicted at Bolton Crown Court after he ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
September 8th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 8, 2014 EUR/USD Profit taking and a higher close in the EURUSD on Friday following Thursday’s sharp decline. Failure to trade intraday above 1.30 suggests this round figure is a strong resistance level ...
As Brazil Vote Nears, Testimony Ties Top Political Figures to Corruption Scandal
September 8th, 2014
As Brazilians prepare to vote in a national election next month, a scandal involving the state-controlled oil giant Petrobras flared up again this weekend over testimony that implicated dozens of top figures in President Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition in ...
Argentina says ‘many creditors’ want to swap into local law debt
September 5th, 2014
Many investors are interested in swapping global Argentine bonds for paper governed by local law, cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich said on Friday, a day after the Senate approved the proposed debt exchange as a way to circumvent U.S. court ...
Bahamas Releases Sector-Specific VAT Guides
September 5th, 2014
The Bahamas VAT Department on September 1, 2014, released fifteen value-added tax (VAT) guides, providing additional in-depth guidance on the taxation of different economic sectors and on special schemes. The Bahamas will introduce a 7.5 percent value-added tax regime ...
