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Why South Korean Prosecutors Just Raided Samsung Headquarters
November 23rd, 2016
They also raided the country’s largest pension fund. South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided the offices of Samsung Group, Yonhap news agency reported, over its alleged link with Choi Soon-sil, President Park Geun-hye’s confidant who has been indicted in ...
Swissquote expecting earnings of CHF 150 million for 2016
November 23rd, 2016
Swissquote will not be able to meet its 2016 growth target of 10% In spite of solid growth in its client base (+2.33) and assets under custody (+CHF 1 billion) over the first four months of H2 2016 (July ...
PwC: Ireland Most Effective Place In EU To Pay Business Taxes
November 23rd, 2016
Ireland remains the most effective country in the EU in which to pay business taxes, according to the latest PwC/World Bank Paying Taxes survey. The report covered 189 economies worldwide, and considered all taxes paid by businesses. It analyzed ...
Societe Generale: The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar by time France elects president
November 23rd, 2016
The euro is likely to trade even against the US dollar ahead of French presidential elections in April, according to the Paris-based bank Societe Generale. The dollar strengthened more than six percent against the euro after Donald Trump won ...
Oil prices fall on renewed doubts on OPEC-led production cut
November 23rd, 2016
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Wednesday, reversing earlier gains, as doubts re-emerged over whether OPEC would agree to a crude oil production cut at a ministerial meeting next week. A strong dollar, which traded near the 13 ...
Rally for oil prices stretches further as optimism builds for OPEC deal
November 22nd, 2016
Oil futures extended their advance into a third session in Asia trading Tuesday, as anticipation over a production cut at next week’s meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries continued to build. Light, sweet crude for January ...
Credit Suisse Faces Tax Probe Over Undeclared Accounts
November 22nd, 2016
U.S. asks why bank didn’t reveal ‘toxic’ assets, people say Bank paid record fine in 2014 for helping Americans skirt IRS When Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty in 2014 to helping Americans cheat on their taxes, it promised to help the ...
Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers the prospect of a new legal dawn
November 21st, 2016
Profit trumps everything, as managing partners eye opportunities via global ructions Profit and people is what keeps law firm leaders awake at night, but Brexit and Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers the prospect of a new legal dawn, an exclusive ...
The evolution of electricity prices within the European Union; The countries with the highest and lowest electricity prices
November 21st, 2016
Eurostat has published stats regarding the evolution of electricity prices both for industrial and household consumers within the European Union (EU), but includes also price data from Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
Cash payments may soon become a thing of the past in China
November 21st, 2016
Cash payments may soon become a thing of the past in China. That’s as mobile payment services, using your smart device, are quickly gaining traction across the country. Imagine never needing a wallet. That’s becoming a reality in many ...
