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Putin Ally Denies Knowledge of U.S. Money Laundering Investigation
November 7th, 2014
A commodities firm under investigation by federal prosectors on suspicion of money laundering and improper oil trading said on Thursday that it had no knowledge of the inquiry and called allegations of wrongdoing “baseless and false.” The investigation, first reported by The ...
Competition watchdog to investigate UK current account and SME banking market
November 7th, 2014
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to launch a full-scale investigation into personal current accounts and SME banking, following a three month consultation exercise. The CMA published two studies in July which indicated that regulatory barriers and limited ...
Foreign Investment Key To India’s Energy Future
November 7th, 2014
For a country of the size and complexity of India, there can be no easy solution to a problem as fundamental as giving the whole country access to steady power. With coal contributing about 60% to Indian power generation, ...
Hedge fund nightmare turns into a dream
November 6th, 2014
Do computers that trade financial markets ever have nightmares about losing money? It is a question investors have asked in recent years of the hedge funds that use automated algorithms and models to buy and sell billions of dollars of assets. ...
Stewarts appoints PwC lawyer as first tax litigation chief
November 6th, 2014
Pickstone has experience of acting for large corporates, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals in tax disputes before the tax tribunals and in court. He said the new group would focus on both commercial tax disputes such as those arising ...
Companies sign secret tax deals with Luxembourg: report
November 6th, 2014
More than 300 companies, including PepsiCo Inc(PEP.N), AIG Inc (AIG.N) and Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), secured secret deals from Luxembourg to slash their tax bills, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported, quoting leaked documents. The companies appear to have ...
French government gives green light for GE-Alstom deal
November 5th, 2014
The French government gave the green light on Wednesday for General Electric’s (GE.N) planned 12.4 billion euro ($15.6 billion) purchase of most of Alstom’s (ALSO.PA) power business. Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said in a statement that the government would ...
Qatar, Citic Group to Put $5 Billion Each in Investment Platform
November 4th, 2014
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and China’s Citic Group will put $5 billion each into an investment platform, said Ahmad Al-Sayed, chief executive officer of the Qatar Investment Authority. The platform is for “new opportunities” and could put money into ...
Dow, S&P 500 close slightly lower; semis boost Nasdaq
November 4th, 2014
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed with slight losses on Monday after briefly touching intraday records, but strength in semiconductors boosted the Nasdaq. Monday’s subdued trading followed the Dow’s biggest weekly gain since January 2013 and the S&P’s ...
Governments sign deal against tax evasion
October 30th, 2014
Fifty-one countries have pledged to pass on financial data after signing an agreement in Berlin to crack down on tax evasion. The transparency drive, which will launch the automatic exchange of tax information between countries, was hailed by finance ...
