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Will bitcoin provide banks with their ‘Kodak Moment’?
March 16th, 2016
The world’s banks are facing a ‘Kodak Moment’ if they continue to dismiss the virtual currency bitcoin as just the opening act for more revolutionary blockchain-based innovation, says Max Tannahill, a business change and implementation manager at ANZ It ...
International Audit Regulators Call For Measurable Improvement
March 15th, 2016
The pace of audit quality improvement is too slow and measureable improvement is needed, an international survey concluded. The Independent Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) issued the results of their annual inspections findings survey this week. In response ...
Apple, McDonald’s, Google and IKEA to face EU lawmakers over tax deals
March 15th, 2016
Apple (AAPL.O), Google (GOOGL.O), McDonald’s (MCD.N) and IKEA will be asked about their European tax deals on Wednesday as EU lawmakers ratchet up the pressure on multinationals to pay more tax on their profits locally. The hearing, organized by ...
Draghi Defines His Era With Stimulus Measures Locked Into Next Decade
March 11th, 2016
Lending program can lock in ultra-low rates until next decade ECB action provides rebuttal to doubts over central bank power Whether Mario Draghi’s latest barrage of stimulus works or not, the European Central Bank president made one thing clear on ...
Brokers and Big Oil Fight Obama Rush to Make Rules by May Cutoff
March 8th, 2016
Rules imposed on or after May 17 have higher risk of repeal Mandates touch on investment advice and workplace safety The Obama administration is in a mad rush to draft regulations before the clock runs out and an obscure ...
Russian gas from Greece to Italy; the New project
February 29th, 2016
Gazprom revives ‘Poseidon’ Adriatic link Gazprom has revived a project that would see an offshore pipeline built to bring Russian gas from Greece to Italy. The new project is named “Poseidon”. What remains unclear is how the Russian gas ...
Financial Regulators of UK, Holland, Spain and Bulgaria warn for unauthorised investment services firms
February 18th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of UK, the Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) of Holland, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) of Spain and the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) of Bulgaria issued warnings to inform investors ...
Gold outlook improves
February 12th, 2016
There is a conflation of three related events that materially alter the prospects in favour of a higher gold price. The change in the outlook for US interest rates has probably put an end to the dollar’s four-year bull ...
The Schism Over Bitcoin Is How Bitcoin Is Supposed to Work
February 12th, 2016
THE BITCOIN COMMUNITY can’t even agree on whether it’s breaking up. Last month, Mike Hearn—an ex-Googler and one of the biggest names working on the software underpinning bitcoin—made more than a few headlines when he called the digital currency “a failed ...
PayPal Puts a Stop to Bitcoin-Inspired Ad Parody
February 11th, 2016
‘New Money’ campaign gets an imitator after the Super Bowl PayPal Holdings Inc. this week blocked a parody of its “New Money” Super Bowl ad that swapped in “bitcoin” as the future of money. PayPal, which lets users and ...
