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Suez Canal Upgrade May Not Ease Egypt’s Economic Journey
August 7th, 2015
“Egypt Rejoices,” the television networks and newspapers declared, announcing “Egypt’s gift to the world.” Businesses were closed, the streets of Cairo were empty, and the airwaves were full of patriotic songs and music videos — all featuring adoring images of ...
This Precious Metal Needs a Silver Bullet
August 6th, 2015
In the past 12 months alone, the benchmark silver-futures contract has declined 27% Once prized as a precious metal that could be put to practical use, silver is now getting the worst of both worlds. Like gold, silver has ...
China Shares Fall; Japan Rises Ahead of U.S. Jobs Data
August 6th, 2015
Bank, energy firms pressure Australian shares China’s shares fell and bank shares pressured Australia on Thursday, but Japan’s market rose ahead of a key jobs report in the U.S. later this week. The Shanghai Composite Index was last down ...
China Curbs Online Payment in Fresh Blow to Internet Finance
August 3rd, 2015
China plans to tighten regulations governing the nation’s 270 online-payment firms including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s finance arm, dealing another blow to the booming business of Internet finance. Under draft rules published on July 31, the central bank will limit the ...
Foreign lawyers working in China could be at risk of arrest
July 29th, 2015
Australian commercial law firms operating in China should be seriously concerned about the recent crackdown on human rights lawyers, a professor of Chinese law says. Professor Bing Ling from the University of Sydney told Lawyers Weekly that all lawyers working in China ...
Cash Genie agree with FCA to provide £20 million redress to over 92,000 customers
July 27th, 2015
Ariste Holding Limited, trading as Cash Genie, has entered into an agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide over £20 million of redress to more than 92,000 customers for unfair practices. In June 2014, Cash Genie voluntarily ...
Whistleblower Laws Fail to Curb Toshiba Accounting Fraud
July 23rd, 2015
One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba Corp. accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower? Top executives at the Japanese industrial conglomerate, which makes everything from refrigerators to nuclear reactors, padded pretax profit by at ...
KPMG buys High-Point Rendel
July 21st, 2015
Accounting giant KPMG has bought consultant High-Point Rendel Ltd. High-Point Rendel specialises in large scale global infrastructure projects mainly in the energy, transportation, and oil and gas sectors. Thirty-five staff from High-Point Rendel will now join KPMG’s Major Projects ...
Emerging Challenges Facing Tax Policymakers and Administrations in the Area of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing
July 14th, 2015
From July 7-9, 2015, senior tax administrators and tax policy officials from 26 countries throughout Europe and Central Asia as well as experts from the WU University and the World Bank met in Vienna, Austria to share experiences and ...
Is Bitcoin Unsustainable, and How Can It Be Made Sustainable?
July 9th, 2015
“Bitcoin Is Unsustainable,” claims the title of a provocative essay by Motherboardcontributor Christopher Malmo that has spurred considerable debate. Malmo’s central thesis is that Bitcoin uses way too much electricity. The essay opens with a future scenario that, in view ...
