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Extra Rights Should Mean Extra Responsibilities
April 15th, 2014
Ordinary people have suffered huge disruption to their lives through a loss of jobs & opportunity because of the colossal mistakes of self-declared ‘Masters of the Universe’ chasing ever-bigger financial rewards within the banking industry. To add insult to ...
Foreign investors’ figures favourable for Cyprus
April 15th, 2014
Foreign investors showed great interest in Cyprus in 2013 due to the Government’s scheme offering citizenship and permanent residence on the island, Minister of Interior, Socrates Hasikos has revealed. According to the Cyprus News Agency, Hasikos said that the ...
Taxware Acquires VAT Resource
April 15th, 2014
Taxware, provider of sales, use and value added compliance software and services, announced the acquisition of VAT Resource, The Netherlands-based independent VAT technology, consulting and compliance outsourcing company. The acquisition enhances Taxware’s VAT content for tax determination while adding ...
More law firms face unrated PII threat
April 14th, 2014
Thousands of firms are weeks away from being plunged into uncertainty according to research showing an increasing number relying on unrated professional indemnity insurers. The survey results come weeks before the Solicitors Regulation Authority decides whether to ban unrated ...
Stocks Drop With Ruble as Ukraine Tension Spurs Gold
April 14th, 2014
Global stocks dropped a third day, the ruble tumbled and oil and gold advanced as the U.S. and Russia traded barbs in the United Nations Security Council amid worsening violence in Ukraine. The euro dropped on prospects for more ...
How about… A Global Tax on the Superrich?
April 14th, 2014
Bill Gates washes his own dishes, as we learned this year from his Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, but he’s certainly not trying to save money. The world’s richest person is doing everything in his power to decrease ...
JPMorgan Chase Earns 19 Percent Less to Start the Year
April 14th, 2014
JPMorgan Chase (JPM), the largest but no longer the most profitable U.S. bank, announced a 19 percent decline in first-quarter earnings this morning, with weaker income from trading and sluggish mortgage activity. Shares fell as much as 3.7 percent ...
Chinese Property Developers Stake Out Shares In Commercial Banks, Intensifying Systemic Risks
April 14th, 2014
Major Chinese property developers have in recent months been buying increasingly large stakes in regional banks, posing risk that an unravelling in the real estate market could leave both lenders and builders confronting losses big enough to pose a ...
Is Wal-Mart Heading to An Organic Empire To Fuel Its Wild Oats Rollout?
April 14th, 2014
Wal-Mart’s bold entry into the booming organic food market sets a lofty goal for the company: offering a wide range of products bearing the coveted USDA certified organic seal at stores across the United States. But experts say that ...
Amazon.com To Acquire comiXology, A Digital Comics Company, As Retailer Seeks To Expand In Online Publishing
April 11th, 2014
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, a seller of digital comics, for an undisclosed amount. New York-based comiXology offers graphic novels from more than 75 publishers as well as individual contributors. And, ...
