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Greek Financial Markets to Open as Talks With Creditors Continue
August 3rd, 2015
Greek financial markets reopen on Monday after a five-week suspension as talks continue with creditors on austerity measures and reforms required for a third bailout. Local traders will be able to buy stocks, bonds, derivatives and warrants under certain conditions, according ...
Google to defy French ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling
July 31st, 2015
Google is to defy France’s ruling that the “right to be forgotten” should be applied globally and not just in Europe. Last month, the French privacy watchdog, CNIL, ordered the firm to extend people’s right to have posts removed ...
Drachma revolt adds unease to Greece’s awkward alliance
July 30th, 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ power-sharing acrobatics look harder to perform by the day. Opposition parties are propping up his left-wing government long enough to negotiate a new bailout and keep the country in the eurozone, while senior members of ...
CySec informs that decided to withdraw the suspension of a CIF
July 29th, 2015
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySec’), has issued a press release to inform that on its meeting dated 20 July 2015, decided to withdraw, as from 27 July 2015, the suspension of the CIF’s authorisation of ‘Asset Management Advisory ...
Eurozone debt crisis: why the Greece deal will work
July 27th, 2015
The deal between Brussels and Athens is actually a good one for both sides Now that Greek banks have reopened and the government has made scheduled payments to the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, does Greece’s ...
‘Brexit’ fears haunt London’s roaring trade in euros
July 22nd, 2015
If there is a symbol of British ambivalence to Europe then it may be the euro itself. The capital of euro trading prospers outside the euro zone, but London’s dominance of the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market could wane if ...
Germany, Netherlands To Exchange Data On Tax Rulings
July 20th, 2015
Germany and the Netherlands have signed a new agreement that provides for the “spontaneous” exchange of information on advance pricing agreements and advance tax rulings. The agreement was signed in Brussels on July 14, 2015. Under the new agreement, ...
Was Greece Always Part Of The Plan?
July 20th, 2015
Since its inception, critics of the eurozone have been pointing to its incomplete nature — everyone uses the same money but keeps their own national budgets and tax regimes — and speculating that this “fatal flaw” would doom the ...
Schaeuble Shrugs Off Greek Vote Saying Euro Exit Is Best
July 16th, 2015
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told Greece the only way it’ll get a debt reduction is to leave the euro and cast doubt on the country’s ability to even complete negotiations on a third bailout. Schaeuble, who led the ...
The ‘Greek Debt Deal’ Is Already Starting To Fall Apart
July 15th, 2015
The “deal that was designed to fail” has already begun to unravel. The IMF, which was expected to provide a big chunk of the financing, has indicated that it may walk away from the deal unless Greece is granted ...
