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Market watchdog warns on danger of cyber attack
August 25th, 2014
A global watchdog has sounded the alarm about the growing danger of cyber attacks, on financial markets, warning that firms and regulators around the world need to address the “uneven” response to the threat of online assaults. Greg Medcraft, ...
Burger King in Talks to Buy Tim Hortons
August 25th, 2014
Burger King may be the home of the Whopper, but Canada may be the new home of Burger King. The restaurant operator said on Sunday that it was in talks to buy Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut-and-coffee chain, in ...
Chinese state-owned enterprise investment in Australia
August 25th, 2014
As the negotiation of the Australia–China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) moves into what is hopefully its final phase, there is intense focus on how the investment chapter of the FTA will treat the access of Chinese state-owned enterprises to ...
At Bank’s Terrorism Trial, Victim Testifies About Suicide Bombing in Israeli Bar
August 22nd, 2014
Mr. Faudem recalled that he and his girlfriend soon ducked back inside, and he remembered seeing a friend, whose birthday it was, onstage singing. “Then, the explosion. The explosion. There was a bomb,” Mr. Faudem testified on Thursday. “I ...
Keeping the accountants accountable
August 22nd, 2014
Tax avoidance is always a hot topic, never more so than with the recent stream of famous individuals involved in the Liberty scheme. The fact that some of these 1,600 stars risk bankruptcy highlights just how serious these cases ...
Gold – Drops Sharply to Support at $1275
August 22nd, 2014
Gold for Friday, August 22, 2014 Over the last few days Gold has been easing lower back towards the medium term support level at $1290 however in the last 24 hours it has fallen sharply back to the previous ...
Germany approves RWE unit sale to Russian investor
August 22nd, 2014
Germany’s economy ministry will approve the sale of utility RWE’s (RWEG.DE) oil and gas unit DEA to a Russian investor despite tensions and sanctions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, two people familiar with the matter ...
Shares, stocks and corporate news overview
August 22nd, 2014
European markets are set for a lower open this morning ahead of a long weekend here in the UK. The day will be fairly low-key with no major economic data being released, and investors have turned their attention to ...
FASB proposes simpler accounting for fees paid to cloud service providers
August 21st, 2014
FASB on Tuesday issued a proposal designed to simplify the accounting for fees that public and private companies pay as customers in cloud-computing arrangements with third-party service providers. Rules exist under current GAAP addressing the accounting for cloud service ...
FCA warns investors against clone firms
August 21st, 2014
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator has issued a warning against “AMT Markets” (www.amt-markets.co.uk) and “Euromax Finance Limited” (www.eurofinance.com) informing the investors that the two companies are the clones of the original ones. AMT Markets is the clone ...