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Bitcoin consumer platform debuts at Circle
May 16th, 2014
Starting Friday at 5:30 a.m. ET, Bitcoin start-up Circle is launching a Web platform that will allow consumers to purchase Bitcoin in any amount they choose and then use that Bitcoin to spend on online shopping, at restaurants and ...
Interview with Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Peter Praet
May 15th, 2014
Mr Praet, business activity is picking up in Europe. Hasn’t it become time to prepare increases in interest rates – rather than to ease monetary policy further, as the European Central Bank (ECB) indicated rather clearly last week? That ...
Hong Kong, US Wrapping Up FATCA Agreement
May 13th, 2014
Hong Kong and the United States have substantially concluded discussions on an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) to simplify Hong Kong financial institutions’ compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) said that ...
What Beats by Apple would mean for music, and you
May 12th, 2014
It’s an odd pairing, really, the gadget-obsessed tech giant from Silicon Valley teaming up with hip-hop super producer Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine. But late Thursday, reports surfaced that a $3.2 billion deal was in the works ...
Australian GMO ‘Contamination’ Case Could Have International Repercussions
May 9th, 2014
Australian farmers Steve Marsh and Mick Baxter grew up together, were once schoolmates, and have grown crops on their neighboring farms for years. But the emergence of GMO technology has driven a wedge between the long-time friends, leaving them ...
Cameras will be in British courts ‘within five years’ claims former top prosecutor
May 8th, 2014
Cameras could broadcast live from criminal courts in Britain within the next five years, the ex-top prosecutor Keir Starmer has predicted. The former Director of Public Prosecutions said the heightened interest in trials televised abroad such as that of ...
Territory confrontations escalate among China, Vietnam and the Philippines
May 8th, 2014
Tensions escalated in the South China Sea region this week after China, Vietnam and the Philippines were involved in a series of potentially explosive confrontations over disputed territory. Vietnamese officials say Chinese military and civilian ships have been intimidating ...
D2MX Pty Ltd pays infringement notice penalty to ASIC
May 6th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has given D2MX Pty Ltd (D2MX) an infringement notice penalty and therefore has paid a total penalty of $110,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ...
RBA has issued its monetary policy
May 6th, 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), has issued a press release informing that the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Growth in the global economy was a bit below trend in 2013, but ...
Russia Knows Europe Sanctions Ineffective With Tax Havens
May 5th, 2014
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your assets safe. “You can rely on our legal system!” the ...