National Bank of Oman highlights distinctions between conventional and Islamic finance
October 22nd, 2014
“The GCC countries have committed to actively strengthening their positions in the Islamic finance market, with Saudi Arabia currently in the lead. We, at the National Bank of Oman, have been doing significant work in the Islamic finance domain ...
GSK China consumer healthcare unit linked to DOJ probe in 2012
September 9th, 2014
A U.S. anti-bribery probe into GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) touched on the firm’s Chinese consumer healthcare business in 2012, internal documents show, suggesting the drugmaker’s compliance problems in China could go wider than previously revealed. GSK confirmed it had conducted ...
10 IGAs Join ‘In Substance’ FATCA List Just Before July 1
July 7th, 2014
Ten further foreign jurisdictions were included by the United States Treasury in its latest monthly list, issued on July 1, 2014, as having reached agreements in substance on June 30, 2014, on the terms of intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) under ...
Corporate tax rates table
May 16th, 2014
The following table indicates all corporate tax rates in percentage for a number of countries worldwide. Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Country % % % % % % % % % % Afghanistan ...