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Ireland Vies to Remain Silicon Valley’s Low-Tax Home Away From Home
November 10th, 2014
In a sprawling conference center on the outskirts of the Irish capital, more than 20,000 people from the global tech industry gathered last week to sign deals and swap contacts. Despite the throngs of start-ups, American heavy hitters like ...
Brothers slammed for forex ‘gamble’
November 10th, 2014
Two financial advisers and a company of which they are both directors have been ordered to repay a couple who lost more than R700 000, because they invested most of their savings – including the proceeds from the sale ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
November 7th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Trilt Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the supervision ...
Texas man charged in first-ever bitcoin Ponzi scheme
November 7th, 2014
In the first federal securities case involving a Ponzi-scheme using the digital currency, a Texas man was charged Thursday in New York with defrauding investors of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin. Trendon Shavers, 32, was arrested at his ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
November 6th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Lucro Capital Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the ...
HMRC ‘steps up’ scrutiny of largest businesses
November 6th, 2014
The tax returns of two thirds of the 800 largest businesses operating in the UK are under “enquiry”, HMRC announced after yesterday’s stakeholder conference. Jennie Grainger, director general of enforcement and compliance, told the conference that this did not ...
GM tells court it not liable for claims over pre-bankruptcy cars
November 6th, 2014
General Motors (GM.N) said in a court filing on Wednesday that it should not have to face lawsuits based on safety issues in cars made before its 2009 bankruptcy, including a faulty ignition switch that led to the recall of ...
MPs urged to back readoption of European arrest warrant
November 6th, 2014
Britain risks becoming a haven for fugitives if MPs fail to endorse the country’s participation in the European arrest warrant (EAW) in a forthcoming parliamentary vote, leading legal, law enforcement and academic figures have warned. The EAW is one ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
November 5th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Performance Ronnaru Company Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally under the ...
British Banks May Face Probe of Checking Accounts, Loans
November 5th, 2014
U.K. antitrust regulators said they may open an investigation into checking accounts and banking services for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Competition and Markets Authority will issue a decision on starting a full probe into banking for small firms ...
