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Vodafone wins VAT rebate appeal
August 4th, 2014
Vodafone is entitled to reclaim £4.1m in VAT, a tribunal has ruled, after the mobile phone operator paid too much VAT after using a loyalty scheme to rewards its customers. Vodafone argued that that it should have reduced its ...
Clashes with Russia point to globalization’s end
August 4th, 2014
As the European Union and the United States ramp up their sanctions on Russia, President Vladimir Putin’s plans for retaliation seem to include an attack on McDonald’s. There could not be a more powerful symbol that geopolitics is increasingly ...
Tokyo Police to launch Investigation into Missing Mt. Gox Bitcoin
August 4th, 2014
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched an official investigation into possible illicit activity surrounding the closure of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The news comes roughly five months after the bitcoin exchange reported it lost roughly 744,400 BTC ...
Russian Carrier to Suspend Flights due to European sanctions
August 4th, 2014
Sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union have led the Russian state carrier Aeroflot to suspend all flights according to its announcement on Sunday. The sanctions, announced on Tuesday, said the subsidiary, Dobrolet, “facilitates the integration of the ...
HMRC: Tax avoiders have opportunity to settle their issues
August 1st, 2014
Around 16,000 tax avoiders are to be given the chance to settle their outstanding liabilities with HM Revenue & Customs, the department has confirmed. On average, each of the users of the contractor loan schemes covered by this settlement ...
India to face a new technique for gold
August 1st, 2014
India is scrambling to crack down on a new gold smuggling tactic that it fears could accelerate a flood of illegal imports of the precious metal into the world’s second-biggest buyer. India — whose appetite for gold is only ...
Microsoft must provide foreign customer’s e-mails
August 1st, 2014
Microsoft Corp must turn over a customer’s emails stored in a data center in Ireland to the US government, a US judge ruled on Thursday in a case that has drawn concern from privacy groups and major technology companies. ...
RBS warns Scottish ‘yes’ vote would materially impact business
August 1st, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) said on Friday that a vote by Scotland to become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom could significantly increase its costs and have a material impact on its business. RBS, which is ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
August 1st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “Company Express (Cyprus) Ltd” has successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Provider (ASP). The company is now authorised to operate ...
Virginia Governor facing corruption trial
August 1st, 2014
Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, engaged in a corruption trial, described on Thursday a private meeting at which he and Mr. McDonnell had discussed ways to secretly transfer $50,000 to the governor. The witness, Jonnie ...
