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With change of tone, EU warms to Turkey, Serbia membership bids
December 15th, 2015
The European Union revived Turkey’s membership bid on Monday and opened accession talks with Serbia, showing how a migration crisis and Russia’s presence in the Balkans has prompted the EU to rethink plans to stop expanding. More than a ...
IBM Opens Watson IoT Global Headquarters, Extends Power of Cognitive Computing to a Connected World
December 15th, 2015
IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the opening of its global headquarters for Watson Internet of Things (IoT), launching a series of new offerings, capabilities and ecosystem partners designed to extend the power of cognitive computing to the billions of connected devices, sensors and systems ...
Historic climate deal in Paris: EU leads global efforts
December 14th, 2015
The European Union has played a key role in brokering a historic agreement in Paris, where the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal was adopted. It sets out a global action plan to limit global warming to well ...
Greece, Cyprus and Egypt end trilateral talks with broad declaration
December 10th, 2015
The third round of trilateral talks between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt concluded in Athens on Wednesday with the signing of a declaration in which the three countries agreed to work more closely on security and energy issues. Greek Prime ...
KPMG International announced today aggregated network revenues of US$24.44 billion
December 10th, 2015
Investments in new services and innovation drive KPMG growth Investments in new services, acquisitions and strong growth across core services drive fiscal year (FY) revenues of US$24.44 billion Multi-year, US$1billion investment program in data and analytics (D&A) and new ...
BDO’S 2015 Financial Results Reveal Double Digit Growth
December 9th, 2015
13% increase in revenues strengthens BDO’s position as the leading mid-tier global accounting and consulting network • Revenues up 12.95% • 19 strategic mergers • Growth of US firm continues: a 29% rise in revenues takes BDO USA over US$ 1 billion ...
Asian stocks at three-week lows on oil drop; Fed eyed
December 8th, 2015
Asian stocks hit three-week lows on Tuesday as a rout in oil prices knocked energy company shares lower and many investors moved to the sidelines ahead of next week’s meeting where the Federal Reserve is expected to raise U.S. ...
OPEC 168th Meeting concludes
December 7th, 2015
The 168th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, 4th December 2015 under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, whom the Conference ...
EU Hits McDonald’s With Full-Blown Tax Investigation
December 4th, 2015
U.S. fast-food chain’s Luxembourg unit has paid ‘virtually’ no corporation tax on profits since 2009 European Union regulators confirmed Thursday they have opened a full-blown probe into McDonald’s Corp.’s tax affairs in Luxembourg, warning that a tax deal granted ...
Iran, Greece seek cooperation in energy
November 30th, 2015
Iran and Greece are going to discuss a long array of economic relations issues, including banking, oil, industry, transportation and urban development during a two-day visit by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his accompanying delegation which consists of ...