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Facebook’s transfer of European Union users’ data to the United States – Court ordered investigation
October 22nd, 2015
Irish court orders investigation of Facebook data transfers to US Ireland’s High Court on Tuesday (20 October) ordered an investigation into Facebook’s transfer of European Union users’ data to the United States, to make sure personal privacy was properly ...
The Common Reporting Standard: Automatic Information Exchange Goes Global
October 16th, 2015
Automatic exchange of information for tax law enforcement purposes started first in Europe with the EU Savings Tax Directive, went international with the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act, and, from 2017, will go global with the recently-agreed Common ...
The Eurozone Crisis: Crystalizing the Narrative
October 13th, 2015
The economy of the eurozone makes the US economy look like a picture of robust health by comparison. Richard Baldwin and Francesco Giavazzi have edited The Eurozone CrisisA Consensus View of the Causesand a Few Possible Solutions, a VoxEU.org book ...
EU Court Says Data-Transfer Pact With U.S. Violates Privacy
October 7th, 2015
Decision will affect about 4,500 companies that move, store personal data The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a trans-Atlantic pact used by thousands of companies to transfer Europeans’ personal information to the U.S., throwing into jeopardy ...
Playtech Plc: Update on the acquisition of Ava Trade Ltd
October 6th, 2015
Playtech: Further to its announcement yesterday, the Board announces an update on the acquisition of Ava Trade Ltd. (“Ava Trade”). The Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) has reverted to the Company’s Irish legal advisers and clarified its position. Following ...
Euro area annual inflation down to -0.1%
September 30th, 2015
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be -0.1% in September 2015, down from 0.1% in August 2015, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro ...
BoE Chief Economist: Blockchain-based Digital Currency Issued by Central Banks Could Replace Cash
September 29th, 2015
In a talk given at the Portadown Chamber of Commerce in Northern Ireland on September 18, Andrew G Haldane , Chief Economist at the Bank of England (BoE), has hinted at the possibility that the U.K. government might issue a digital currency. Though ...
From ZIRP to NIRP
September 25th, 2015
The sudden end of the Fed’s ambition to raise interest rates above the zero bound, coupled with the FOMC’s minutes, which expressed concerns about emerging market economies, has got financial scribblers writing about negative interest rate policies (NIRP). Coincidentally, ...
Methods of Tax Avoidance: Doubts Grow Over Fight Against Big Business Tax Evasion
September 24th, 2015
Lawmakers in the European Union say they have doubts that the fight against “aggressive” tax saving plans by the likes of Amazon, Barclays, Coca Cola, Facebook and Google can be sustained because of a lack of political agreement. The ...
Thomson Reuters: Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB
September 16th, 2015
Interview with Vítor Constâncio, Vice-President of the ECB, conducted by Paul Ingrassia, Balazs Koranyi and John O’Donnell on 14 September Is quantitative easing working? It is working and effective in many ways. The ultimate metric to assess success is the ...
