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CySec: Council Regulation
March 31st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs, the Cyprus Investment Firms, the Management Companies and the Administrative Services Companies (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the Council Implementing Regulation ...
Fixing Finance: Work in Process
March 28th, 2014
Despite the enormous costs that have been wrung out of finance department operations, CFOs have plenty of reasons to push for more process improvement. The cost of finance at the typical large company has plummeted. According to the American ...
UBS Said to Suspend FX Traders in New York, Zurich and Singapore
March 27th, 2014
UBS AG suspended foreign-exchange traders in the U.S., Singapore and Switzerland as its investigation into the alleged rigging of currency markets widened, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. They include Onur Sert, an emerging-markets spot trader ...
‘Big six’ face competition inquiry
March 27th, 2014
Regulators will investigate whether the “big six” UK energy suppliers are preventing effective competition in the UK energy market. The investigation will be by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and is expected to take 18 months. Regulators have ...
FBI shooting after Boston bombing was justified, investigator says
March 26th, 2014
The shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, an associate of the alleged mastermind of the Boston Marathon bombing who was killed in a scuffle with FBI agents, was justified, Florida’s Ninth Circuit State Attorney Jeffrey L. Ashton said in an ...
HMRC debt recovery powers will need to be ‘bomb-proof’
March 26th, 2014
IT WAS SOMETHING of a slow burner, but once people noticed HMRC may be granted the power to directly deduct tax owed from debtors, the concerns began to surface. Ethical issues were raised over the legitimacy of such a ...
IRS Says Bitcoin Counts as Property for Tax Purposes
March 26th, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service issued a notice saying that Bitcoin and other virtual currencies should be treated as property for federal tax purposes and the general rules for property transactions should apply. The notice provides answers to frequently asked ...
Social Media Risk Is a Concern for Internal Auditors
March 24th, 2014
A top priority for chief audit executives (CAEs) and internal auditors this year is preventing risks – such as hits to the bottom line and a loss of productivity – that could result from social media use within their ...
Flight 370: When facts are few, imaginations run wild
March 24th, 2014
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 on the way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, simply vanished from the sky on March 8. In the two weeks since, the mystery of what happened to its 227 passengers and 12 ...
Witness in Oscar Pistorius trial heard ‘terrified screaming’
March 24th, 2014
A neighbor of Oscar Pistorius said she heard “terrified, terrified screaming” the morning the Olympian killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The testimony by Anette Stipp began the trial’s fourth week. Questioned by prosecutor Gerrie Nel, Stipp said she awoke ...
