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E.U. Includes U.S. on List of Potential Tax Havens
February 6th, 2017
The European Commission views the United States as a potential tax haven, according to a draft list of 90 countries that Brussels views as problematic. Countries on the list, obtained by Handelsblatt, are categorized based on three risk factors ...
Demand Soars for Colored Diamonds
January 28th, 2017
Last spring, Mahyar Makhzani, a Geneva-based fund manager, placed a 4.08-carat pear-shaped gem against special ultrawhite paper and peered at it through his eyeglass. He liked what he saw. Several days later, after 10 minutes of negotiation on the ...
HSBC to close 62 branches this year
January 24th, 2017
HSBC is planning to close 62 branches across the UK this year leading to 180 job losses, the Press Association has reported. The move marks the end of “HSBC’s branch restructuring programme”, Antonio Simoes, chief executive of the banking ...
Dollar Declines, Gold Gains With Industrial Metals
January 23rd, 2017
Yen climbs as traders react to Trump’s first days in office Japan’s Topix falls while Shanghai, Taiwan equities advance The dollar slumped after Donald Trump in his first days in office offered little news on his plans to boost growth ...
6 Places to Buy Property in 2017
January 19th, 2017
If you’re considering combining the adventure of living or retiring overseas with a property purchase, 2017 is the year to act. The U.S. dollar is at record highs against several currencies of note, including the euro, the Mexican peso, ...
CFTC Orders CNCGC Hong Kong Ltd. to Pay a $150,000 Penalty
January 18th, 2017
On 53 occasions, CNCGC HK failed to file required Form 304 reports, and on two occasions the firm filed late Form 304 reports The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against ...
What is the oil price projection for 2017? What are the expectations
January 5th, 2017
2017 oil price projected to rise to US$45-US$50 from US$43 last year AmInvestment Bank (AmInvest) is keeping its oil price projection of an average of US$45 to US$50 per barrel this year from US$43 per barrel last year, stating ...
Drifting into fascism
December 30th, 2016
Most people regard governments and their central banks as forces for the good. Financial crises and suchlike are therefore blamed on capitalism, and people believe our leaders do their best to pick up the pieces from market failures, because ...
Bitcoin Ends 2016 as the Top Currency as It Nears $1,000
December 29th, 2016
Raise your hand if you saw this coming: Bitcoin not only bounced back from its 2015 doldrums, but went on a tear that saw it climb around 120% from the start of the year. As of Wednesday afternoon, the ...
Solicitors fined and suspended over role in investment scheme
December 28th, 2016
Three solicitors who became embroiled in a investment scheme in which there was a ‘significant risk of conflict’ have been suspended and ordered to pay more than £60,000 in costs. Michael John Davies, Clare Louise Taman and Charles Valentine Fraser-Macnamara ...
