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South Africa’s Davis Committee Proposes Tax Reforms For SMEs
July 16th, 2014
The Davis Tax Committee (DTC), which was set up by the South African Ministry of Finance in July 2013 to make recommendations for possible tax reforms, has issued an updated report for public comment, covering issues regarding the taxation ...
IRS Issues Final Regs On Truncated TINs
July 16th, 2014
As part of efforts to combat identity theft and tax refund fraud, the United States Treasury Department has released, in the Federal Registry, final regulations applicable to the use of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) truncated taxpayer identification numbers (TTINs). ...
CoinPip Supports Merchants Internationally
July 16th, 2014
Singapore-based bitcoin payment solution CoinPip Pte Ltd has been working tirelessly to make accepting digital currency even easier for its clients and for merchants in over 122 countries. Using CoinPip’s recently updated system, merchants can now instantly convert their ...
Obama Seeks To Clamp Down On Corporate Inversions, Retroactive Legislation Possible
July 16th, 2014
The Barack Obama administration on Tuesday called for immediate legislation to prevent U.S.-based companies from re-incorporating overseas for lower taxes, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew wrote a letter to Senate Financing Committee Chairman Ron ...
Gold, silver extend losses on weak global cues
July 16th, 2014
Gold dropped for the second day with prices falling further by Rs 120 to Rs 28,330 per ten gram in the national capital today, tracking a weak trend overseas amid slackened demand. Silver also lost Rs 350 to Rs ...
Bank of China Hires in Hong Kong as High-Yield Bond Trade Starts
July 16th, 2014
Bank of China Ltd. is hiring traders and sales people in Hong Kong as it sets up a high-yield bond-trading platform to boost market share and cement its position as one of Asia’s top 10 debt underwriters. Surging sales ...
The Inverted World of Mobile Capital
July 16th, 2014
A growing number of American companies are seeking to move their legal headquarters abroad by acquiring or merging with foreign companies. In the latest case, Medtronics plans to acquire Irish-based Covidien, a much smaller company spun off by US-based ...
Hedge-Fund Boutiques Show Dubai Nurturing Oasis Trading: Cities
July 16th, 2014
When Ahmad Zuaiter started a frontier-markets hedge fund, the former Soros Fund Management LLC money manager chose Dubai over New York and London. Zuaiter’s Jadara Capital Partners LP and VY Capital Management Co. Ltd. opened in the emirate in ...
Crude oil falls below $100 for first time since May
July 16th, 2014
The price of oil fell below $100 a barrel for the first time since May even as the deteriorating security situation in Libya has raised questions about whether the country can soon increase crude exports. Benchmark U.S. crude for ...
SEBI bars Satyam’s B Ramalinga Raju, 4 others from capital markets for 14 years
July 16th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Tuesday barred former Satyam Computer Services, founder-chairman B Ramalinga Raju and four others from the market for 14 years for perpetuating the biggest accounting fraud in the country. The capital market ...
