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Taxation highs and low identified in EU report on policy
January 16th, 2018
The report shows that Ireland is not a high tax country with total tax receipts as a percentage of GDP the lowest in the EU and the Effective Marginal Tax Rates lowest 1/3 in the EU Even with a ...
Measuring the “Free” Digital Economy
January 16th, 2018
The digital economy provides a number of services for which the marginal price (given an internet connection) is zero: games like Candy Crush, email, web searches, access to information and entertainment, and many more. Because users are not paying ...
FBI Raids Tel Aviv Offices of Binary Options Platform Provider SpotOption
January 15th, 2018
SpotOption owner Pini Peter: ‘It wasn’t a raid, we cooperated with the FBI and they got everything they wanted. The raid was connected to the September arrest of Israeli binary options executive Lee Elbaz FBI agents, accompanied by Israeli ...
Oil prices eased on Friday after hitting their highest levels since December, 2014 the previous day
January 12th, 2018
Oil prices eased on Friday after hitting their highest levels since December, 2014 the previous day. Although analysts and traders have been warning of the risks of a downward price correction since the start of the year, they point ...
Will coffee futures recover in 2018?
January 11th, 2018
Coffee prices fared poorly last year, despite (depending on which analysis you follow) ideas of another world production deficit. The impact of the shortfall, evident in downbeat export data from Brazil and Vietnam, was muted by the extent to ...
Shareholder of a Cyprus Investment Firm fined by CySec
January 11th, 2018
The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued an announcement to inform the public that, at its meeting held on 13 November 2017, decided to impose an administrative fine of €10.000 to Mr. Pavel Krymov, ...
Hedge-fund managers reap 3,175 percent profit off bitcoin in 2017
January 10th, 2018
For hedge funds, 2017 ended with a clean sweep — positive returns in every month that resulted in the best total performance in four years. That kind of a winning streak hasn’t happened since 2013 and was part of ...
FCA fines and bans former RBS trader
January 9th, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a financial penalty of £250,000 on former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) interest rate derivatives trader, Neil Danziger, and prohibited him from performing any function in relation to any regulated financial activity. ...
Two leading MENA Fintech hubs signed region’s first FinTech agreement
January 8th, 2018
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, and the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) have entered into a Fintech cooperation agreement, marking a significant first in the MENA region. Signed between two of the ...
How quickly will the dollar collapse?
January 8th, 2018
This might seem a frivolous question, while the dollar still retains its might, and is universally accepted in preference to other, less stable fiat currencies. However, it is becoming clear, at least to independent monetary observers, that in ...
