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Spain’s Princess Cristina to go on trial for fraud
January 11th, 2016
Spain’s Princess Cristina is due to appear in court on fraud charges – the first member of the country’s royal family to be put on trial. She is charged with being an accomplice in an alleged embezzlement scam involving ...
The Challenges for the Cypriot Economy for 2016
January 11th, 2016
Assessing the current state of the Cypriot economy one could say that the year 2015 was undoubtedly another difficult year with several problems still remaining unresolved. One could also though add a positive note, that it was the year ...
UHY: Expansion into Northern Ireland with Fitch Chartered Accountants
January 8th, 2016
UHY has issued an announcement to inform that the company’s network is expanding into Northern Ireland. UHY announcement refers that: “We are delighted to announce that our network is expanding into Northern Ireland with Fitch Chartered Accountants joining our group, as ...
Record number of brokers barred, suspended in 2015
January 7th, 2016
A record number of punishments were levied against bad brokers in 2015 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra), the brokerage industry’s personal regulator. In 2015, 492 brokers were barred from Wall Street and 737 were suspended, according to data ...
EU, Ukraine Cut Trade Taxes Through New Free Trade Deal
January 5th, 2016
On January 1, 2016, the tariff cuts contained in the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the European Union and Ukraine became effective. Welcoming the deal, the European Commission said the application of the DCFTA of the ...
United States Files Complaint Against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations
January 5th, 2016
The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), today filed a civil complaint in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, against Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations ...
Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and four others empanelled for RBI Information Systems Audit
December 28th, 2015
Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and four others have been empanelled by the Reserve Bank of India for conducting audit of information systems of the central bank. The other agencies are AAA Technologies, Auditime, Digital Age Strategies and Mahindra SSG. “With ...
Increase In Tax Penalties Issued To UK Financial Directors
December 23rd, 2015
The number of penalties issued under UK tax authority’s Senior Accounting Officer (SAO) regime more than doubled in 2014-15, according to research by international law firm Pinsent Masons. Pinsent Masons said that 155 fines were issued in 2014-15, up ...
Deutsche Bank Tally of Suspect Russia Trades Said at $10 Billion
December 22nd, 2015
Beyond mirror trades, $4 billion in transactions were flagged Regulators said to have received review results in September Deutsche Bank AG has identified as much as $4 billion in suspicious transactions related to its Russian operations, in addition to ...
IMF head Lagarde to face French trial over Tapie affair
December 18th, 2015
Christine Lagarde accused of negligence over €400m payout to businessman Bernard Tapie, who supported Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 presidential race. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is tostand trial in France over a multimillion-euro government payment to ...
