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Mergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016, magic circle firm reports
March 16th, 2017
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has said it is becoming increasingly difficult to push through mergers in concentrated markets where there are few big players, particularly in the EU. The firm said that jurisdictions, including the EU, are claiming ...
The biggest fashion group in the world announced net sales rose 12% to €23.3bn in FY16
March 15th, 2017
Same-store sales growth was 10%. The Group generated over 9,596 new jobs, one in four of which were in Spain. At year-end, its headcount stood at 162,450. In April, 84,000 Inditex employees will receive their second payment under the ...
Does the CPA Profession Fall Short on Ethics?
March 15th, 2017
More than a decade ago, shortly before news broke of the accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and other industry majors, about 600 CPAs participated in a survey about ethics in a variety of businesses and organizations. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the ...
You can’t imagine how much every person in the world “owe” for the global debt
March 13th, 2017
$21,714 For Every Man, Woman And Child In The World – This Global Debt Bomb Is Ready To Explode According to the International Monetary Fund, global debt has grown to a staggering grand total of 152 trillion dollars. Other ...
Barclaycard to embed contactless payment in watches and jewellery
March 3rd, 2017
Barclaycard names new bPay partnerships to embed Contactless Payment in Watches and Jewellery Partnering DCK, with its range of ‘Tutch’ jewellery, and HK-based Tappy Technologies, a payment pioneer who embeds technology into traditional timepieces, instantly transforming them into wearable ...
Just Three things investors must know
March 2nd, 2017
What investors must know when they are ready to invest? Investors purchase an asset or item that they believe and hope that it will generate income for them. From an economic view, investments are not for consumed today but ...
Unauthorised financial services companies around the world are reported
February 23rd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Austria (Financial Market Authority – FMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – ...
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped
February 16th, 2017
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped As the helicopter roars its way west from the Tel Aviv coast, two dots emerge from the featureless blue. Closer up, they begin to take shape: Giant platforms for ...
Listing Boom on the Vienna Stock Exchange
January 25th, 2017
Listing Boom on the Vienna Stock Exchange: Over 3,000 new structured products since start of the year Since the start of the year, over 3,000 new structured products have been listed in Vienna Stock Exchange’s market segment “structured products.at”. ...
6 Places to Buy Property in 2017
January 19th, 2017
If you’re considering combining the adventure of living or retiring overseas with a property purchase, 2017 is the year to act. The U.S. dollar is at record highs against several currencies of note, including the euro, the Mexican peso, ...
