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KPMG: Big Four player poses new threat to law firms
June 2nd, 2015
KPMG is growing its legal arm beyond tax, threatening to become a major player in the legal services market. Speaking to Lawyers Weekly, Jeremy Geale, the head of KPMG’s tax controversy team, said the Big Four firm is boosting the ...
Rights groups reject OECD approach on corporate tax avoidance
June 2nd, 2015
An international campaign to stamp out corporate tax dodging will fail and G20 leading economies should instead adopt a global minimum tax rate for multinationals, a coalition of 10 charities and human rights bodies said. The G20 asked the ...
European Leaders Deciding On Greece’s Fate Agree That Talks Must Intensify
June 2nd, 2015
European leaders and the head of the International Monetary Fund agreed to step up the intensity of talks over Greece’s fate after an extraordinary meeting in Berlin about ways to avert a default. The top-level huddle lasted past midnight ...
Asian stocks down as markets weigh Greece, US growth
June 2nd, 2015
Asian stocks drifted lower Tuesday as markets weighed a possible rebound in U.S. growth against doubts about Greece‘s ability to make debt payments and stay in the euro currency bloc. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 was down 0.1 percent ...
Saxo Bank Selects A10 Networks Thunder ADC Solution for State-of-the-Art Online Trading Platform
May 29th, 2015
Leading online trading and investment specialist selects A10 for next-generation application delivery controllers to help execute more than 22 million trades a year A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a technology leader in application networking, today announced that Saxo Bank is ...
Oil and gas needs focused portfolio management to address decade-long decline in return on capital
May 28th, 2015
Global oil and gas companies must evolve their approach to portfolio management to improve return on capital (ROC) and remain resilient in today’s increasingly challenging market, according to EY’s Portfolio management in oil and gas: building and preserving optionality. ...
Athens, creditors offer conflicting views on negotiations
May 28th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday that a deal with creditors was “close” and government officials said an agreement was being drafted but representatives of the country’s creditors made it quite clear that they do not share such ...
Top news of the day, May 27
May 27th, 2015
1.FDI into Europe hits a new record with US$305b attracted into the region in 2014, translating to a 36% year-on-year growth, despite global growth slowdown. Last year alone, 43 European countries – including Russia and Turkey – drew 4,341 ...
The Legal Market in Mexico: The Quandary of the Top Domestic Players
May 27th, 2015
These are exciting times in Mexico. There are seismic legal and economic changes underway as a result of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s “Pact for Mexico.” Top local law firms in Mexico City are focused on the most-effective ways to ...
Top 10 Countries in Which Bitcoin is Banned
May 27th, 2015
Countries around the world have a wide ranging view of the digital currency bitcoin or a “virtual currency.” Western superpowers like the United States and United Kingdom have shown a positive attitude towards the new technology. Some countries like Canada and Australia are ...