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Drug patents held overseas can pare makers’ tax bills
September 30th, 2014
As the Obama administration tries to stop companies from avoiding taxes by moving their headquarters overseas, the makers of some of the world’s most lucrative and expensive medicines are using another tactic to reduce their payments to the government. ...
Illegal Irish corporate tax deals for Apple
September 29th, 2014
Preliminary findings of an investigation into tax deals have found Apple Inc.(AAPL.O) being accused of benefiting from illicit state aid in Ireland after striking illegal deals with Irish authorities and will have to face Brussels’ law. Details of the probe, which ...
Economists can’t tell Scots how to vote
September 17th, 2014
Here is the bad news if you haven’t made up your mind whether to vote for Scotland to become independent – economic analysis cannot give you the answer. That is partly because this dismal science is not capable of ...
Drug maker seeks to block competitor’s inversion
September 17th, 2014
Pharmaceutical company, Endo International, which struck an inversion last year and reincorporated in Ireland, tries to stop an inversion by Auxilium Pharmaceutical, a smaller rival. Endo made on Tuesday an unsolicited offer to buy Auxilium for $28.10 a share ...
Deloitte investing £30m in Belfast
September 12th, 2014
Deloitte has announced that it will be investing more than £30m in the next five years, creating another 338 jobs across a range of services. Phase 2 was launched yesterday by First Minister Peter Robinson. It will deliver 338 ...
No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.
September 5th, 2014
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered invasion, revolution or civil war at any time in the ...
Private equity groups make $500m UK North Sea oil investment
September 1st, 2014
Buyout groups Blackstone and Blue Water Energy are providing $500m to Siccar Point Energy, a new UK-focused oil company, in one of the largest ever private equity investments in North Sea oil. The move highlights the continuing international appeal ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
Businesses Find Ways to Avoid Corporate Taxes, but a Fix Seems Unlikely
August 29th, 2014
A pharmaceutical company moved its headquarters to Ireland, sharply reducing its tax rate. A billboard company reclassified itself as a real estate concern, meaning it will no longer pay corporate taxes. And a big oil producer split itself in ...
Irish Panel to Pick Privacy Regulator With Global Reach
August 29th, 2014
In the coming weeks, an Irish government committee is set to pick the country’s new data privacy regulator, a relatively obscure position but one with global sway. The five-person panel of civil servants and privacy experts will choose a ...
