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Anti-Terrorism Trial of Mideast Bank Worries the Financial World
August 14th, 2014
The judge called it the Beirut account. It was a basic bank account at Arab Bank’s Al-Mazra branch in Beirut, Lebanon, unremarkable except for the name on the account: Osama Hamdan, a spokesman for the terrorist group Hamas. The ...
New non-dom tax rules will cause confusion
August 14th, 2014
New tax rules for loans taken out by “non-doms” will cause disputes over the interpretation of the law, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has said. The government said on 4 August that it was withdrawing its current treatment ...
Asia shares up as investors bank on more stimulus
August 14th, 2014
Asian shares pushed higher on Thursday after a flood of soft economic data led investors to wager on a ceaseless fountain of stimulus from major central banks, sending bond yields tumbling across the globe. An economic contraction in Japan, ...
Failure of Private Deal Over Argentine Debt by Hedge Fund Holdouts
August 14th, 2014
Aurelius Capital Management announced that efforts to reach a deal with private parties in the wake of Argentina’s debt had collapsed. The firm is one of the hedge funds that has battled with Argentina over billions of dollars in ...
More companies subject to U.S. sanctions due to new rule
August 14th, 2014
Owners of companies sanctioned by the U.S. government could find themselves blacklisted because of a change of a rule announced by the Treasury, which has the power to apply and enforce U.S. sanctions. According to the new rule, if ...
Royal Bank of Scotland to offload global Coutts arm
August 12th, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland said it planned to sell the international operations of Coutts, its private bank for wealthy clients including Queen Elizabeth II and David Beckham, just months before the unit is expected to be fined for helping ...
American taxpayers abandon U.S. before register to FATCA
August 11th, 2014
The U.S. Treasury Department has published indicative numbers illustrating the number of 1 577 United States taxpayers giving up their passports or their green cards in the first half of this year. The increasing number of individuals doing so, ...
Yen Falls as Russia Eases Ukraine Tension
August 11th, 2014
The yen fell versus 14 of its 16 major peers as concern eased about tensions in Ukraine after reports last week that Russia’s warplanes ended drills and the nation is seeking to mediate between Kiev and rebel forces. The ...
China loosens monetary policy
August 11th, 2014
China loosened monetary conditions last quarter at the fastest pace in almost two years, a Bloomberg LP gauge showed, testing the waning effectiveness of credit in supporting economic growth. Bloomberg’s new China Monetary Conditions Index — a weighted average ...
Asia stocks rose on Wall St. rally, dollar firm after rebound
August 11th, 2014
Asian stocks rose on Monday as tensions eased slightly in Ukraine, while the dollar held steady against the safe-haven yen after rebounding sharply late last week. Spreadbetters expected the upbeat momentum for equities to continue into Europe, with Britain’s ...
