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Cyprus, Lebanon, Egypt, and Israel are issuing a new series of natural gas exploration licenses
August 25th, 2016
The major natural gas reservoirs that have been discovered off the Mediterranean shores in recent years have made the region a focus of international interest. The past few months have been especially lively, with Lebanon, Egypt, Cyprus, and Israel ...
EuroFX: How British Firms Built a Pyramid Scheme in China That Lost Millions
August 19th, 2016
The foreign exchange fraudsters hid in the cracks between international jurisdictions. As David Byrne ate breakfast at the Tongli Lakeview Hotel outside Shanghai one Sunday in April, an angry customer was waiting for him. Byrne, 52, is a British ...
Saving the system
August 10th, 2016
Monetary policy, we are told, is all about staving off recession and stimulating economic growth. However, not only is monetary debasement in any form counterproductive and destroys the personal wealth of the masses, but the economists who devised today’s ...
The license of a Cyprus Investment Firm will continue to be suspended
August 10th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has issued an announcement to inform that following previous announcements dated 27 May 2016 and 28 June 2016, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, following a decision at the meeting dated 1st August 2016, announces ...
Greek consumer prices in July for second month in a row
August 8th, 2016
Greece’s annual EU-harmonized inflation rate stayed positive for the second month in a row in July, statistics service data showed on Monday. The reading in July was 0.2 percent, unchanged from June and slightly below market expectations. Economists polled ...
EU Criticizes France’s Inefficient VAT System
August 8th, 2016
The European Commission has released a paper recommending improvements to France’s “inefficient” value-added tax system, including that the country do away with broadly applying reduced VAT rates. The paper notes that France faces significant fiscal challenges; Its tax burden ...
EU Says New Zealand Not In ‘Tax Haven Probe’
August 4th, 2016
Media reports that the European Union is targeting New Zealand for investigation as a tax haven are incorrect and misleading, the EU said in a statement on August 3, 2016. The EU is currently undertaking an assessment of all ...
EU considers blacklisting NZ over tax laws
August 1st, 2016
Possible EU sanctions against New Zealand could make travel harder and have a massive effect on the economy. New Zealand is under investigation by the EU as it prepares a blacklist of global tax havens, Newshub revealed on Monday ...
French Workers Pay Highest Taxes In Europe
July 29th, 2016
France has surpassed Belgium as the European country with the highest taxes on the average employee, according to a new study. Taking into account income tax, social security contributions, and value-added tax, the report by the Molinari Economic Institute ...
International law firm to launch in South Africa
July 29th, 2016
The firm has appointed two founding partners to launch the office. Rob Morson joins from Bowman Gilfillan where he was Head of Construction and is widely-regarded as a pre-eminent practitioner in the market as reflected in his Star Individual ...
