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FMQ breaks $15 trillion
January 9th, 2017
Since August 2014, bank reserves at the Fed have fallen by $646.6bn, while the sum of cash, checking accounts and deposits held by the public has risen by $1990bn. The fiat money quantityi has now breached the $15 trillion ...
Deutsche Bank settles tax fraud suit for $95 million
January 6th, 2017
Deutsche Bank AG agreed Wednesday to pay the U.S. government $95 million to settle a tax fraud lawsuit. The suit, filed in 2014, claimed the German bank used shell companies to evade paying tens of millions of dollars in ...
Coca-Cola was sued for downplayed sugar effects
January 5th, 2017
Coca-Cola, ABA Accused of Tobacco-Like Deception in Lawsuit Federal court complaint alleges Coke downplayed sugar effects Sugary drinks ‘are scientifically linked to obesity, diabetes’ Coca-Cola was sued by activists who compare the beverage giant’s advertising tactics to the tobacco ...
The dollar stepped further away from a 14-year peak against a basket of currencies
January 5th, 2017
The dollar stepped further away from a 14-year peak against a basket of currencies on Thursday, as investors locked in gains from its two-month-old rally after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. The dollar had soared on Trump’s ...
UK: New Year brings in new penalties for enablers of offshore tax evasion
January 3rd, 2017
Accountants, bankers, lawyers and other advisors who enable offshore tax evasion will face tough new sanctions from today (1 January 2017). The new powers will see individuals or corporates who take deliberate action to help others evade paying tax ...
Legal Sparring Continues in Bitcoin User’s Battle with IRS Tax Sweep
January 3rd, 2017
In a strange twist, Coindesk reports that the IRS has, somewhat indirectly, removed one target from its broad request for data about U.S. users of the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase. It no longer wants data about Jeffrey Berns, a lawyer ...
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 ...
Swedish government proposes tax changes for startups
December 30th, 2016
The Swedish government says it has listened to criticism from flagship startups like Spotify and will now change the rules regarding employee share schemes for small companies in the country. Startups have long argued that they were struggling to ...
When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities
December 29th, 2016
It will be the middle class that accepted the notion that “real estate is the foundation of family wealth” that will be stripmined by higher taxes on immobile assets such as real estate. Correspondent Joel M. submitted an article ...
28.7% of EU GDP spent on social protection
December 28th, 2016
Since 2011, social protection expenditure in the European Union (EU) has increased slightly, from 28.3% of GDP in 2011 to 28.7% in 2014, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In 2014, the two ...
