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New tax reliefs complicate the system and offer more opportunities for tax avoidance’ MPs warn
June 27th, 2014
A committee of MPs has accused the Government of creating more opportunities for tax avoidance by introducing new tax reliefs which cost the country £100billion a year. The Government’s Office of Tax Simplification has introduced 134 new tax reliefs ...
Swiss Lawmakers Revise FATF Bill
June 27th, 2014
The Swiss National Council has adopted a bill to implement the revised Financial Action Task Force Recommendations, albeit with significant modifications that some lawmakers fear could put Switzerland at risk of being placed on the Organization for Economic Cooperation ...
Alibaba chooses New York Stock Exchange over Nasdaq
June 27th, 2014
The Chinese online retailer, Alibaba, will list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), rather than on the technology focused Nasdaq. Alibaba, which handles more than 80% of online retail transactions in China, plans to go public ...
Argentina Tests U.S. Court Order by Posting Interest Payment
June 27th, 2014
Argentina is challenging U.S. Courts to enforce a ruling that will block $539 million of an interest payment and trigger a new bond default. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said the South American nation complied with its foreign debt obligations ...
Symmetry between prices of gold and crude oil coming apart
June 27th, 2014
A five-year symmetry between international prices of gold and crude oil is coming apart with investors drifting away from the yellow metal as their risk aversion diminishes. Historically, both these commodities had positive correlation, with their prices moving in ...
Ofgem puts big six energy suppliers under investigation
June 27th, 2014
The energy watchdog, Ofgem, fired the starting gun on Thursday on the biggest investigation yet into the energy market by referring the much-criticised power industry to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The big six suppliers will be under ...
Supreme Court enshrines privacy of smartphones
June 26th, 2014
US police must obtain a warrant to search a suspect’s smartphone after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that constitutional privacy protections apply to the often extensive data people keep on the devices in their pockets. In a unanimous ...
Google Removes Search Results in Wake of EU Privacy Case
June 26th, 2014
Google Inc. (GOOGL) has started removing some search results in the European Union after an EU court told it last month to respond to requests by people seeking the “right to be forgotten.” The world’s largest search provider has ...
Small business bill: HMRC to share VAT data with credit agencies
June 26th, 2014
Under the guise of increasing access to finance, the government brought forward proposals to make VAT registration data available to third parties in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill published yesterday. As previewed in the Queen’s speech, the ...
Regions Financial to pay $51 mln for alleged accounting misdeed
June 26th, 2014
Regions Financial Corp, a large U.S. southeast regional bank, agreed to pay $51 million to settle federal and state allegations it failed to account properly for souring commercial loans during the financial crisis, boosting its earnings. The settlements announced ...
