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Football Leaks: Corruption of the game
December 5th, 2016
From where did the largest dataset leak in the history of sports come? And who is the man who exposed the corruption and tax scheming – the individual who is now being hunted down by the giants of the ...
Lithuania is looking to attract FinTech companies
December 5th, 2016
Of all the cities lining up to poach London’s business post-Brexit, Vilnius might seem the most unlikely. Yet the Lithuanian capital has much to offer financial firms, from liveability and local talent to cutting-edge fintech regulation. Euromoney visits a ...
Italy’s Renzi vows to resign after crushing referendum defeat
December 5th, 2016
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed to resign after suffering a crushing defeat on Sunday in a referendum on constitutional reform, tipping the euro zone’s third-largest economy into political turmoil. His decision to quit after just two and a ...
Euro Slips With Asian Stocks While Bonds Rise as Italy Votes No
December 5th, 2016
Renzi to resign as referendum defeated; Kiwi down as Key quits Yuan falls offshore on Trump tweets; oil drops on U.S. output The euro retreated with stocks, while bonds rose, amid concern the failure of Italy’s referendum on constitutional ...
Credit cycles and gold
December 3rd, 2016
The Trump shock produced some unexpected market reactions, partly explained by investors buying into a risk-on argument,equities over bonds and buying dollars by selling other currencies and gold. This is because President-elect Trump has stated he will implement infrastructure ...
What the OPEC Production Cut Will Really Mean for Oil Prices
December 1st, 2016
Crude oil prices–and the shares of U.S. oil and gas companies–surged over 8% Wednesday as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to cut its output by some 1.2 million barrels a day to end a global glut. ...
Countries adopt multilateral convention to close tax treaty loopholes
November 28th, 2016
More than 100 jurisdictions have concluded negotiations on a multilateral instrument that will swiftly implement a series of tax treaty measures to update international tax rules and lessen the opportunity for tax avoidance by multinational enterprises. The new instrument ...
The economic consequences of Mr Modi
November 26th, 2016
Two weeks ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetised an estimated 86% of rupees in circulation, offering conversion into a bank account or into smaller currency notes until 31 December, after which these notes will have no redemption value. ...
Oil prices fall on strong dollar, trading thin ahead of OPEC meeting
November 25th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Friday, under pressure from a strong dollar, but activity was low after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and as many traders are reluctant to take big new positions ahead of a planned OPEC-led crude output cut ...
The price of one Bitcoin in Nigeria rose to as high as US$1,250
November 24th, 2016
West African country looks poised to take advantage of US$21 billion market. The price of one Bitcoin in Nigeria rose to as high as US$1,250 on Monday November 21 according to Bitx, one of Africa’s biggest exchanges for the ...
