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€2bn Russia-Greece gas deal: The EU should applauding us, Putin says
June 22nd, 2015
A deal to jointly build an extension of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline across Greece will help Athens to settle its multibillion euro debt to international creditors, President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Talking ...
EU report: international accounting rules did not worsen 2008 crisis
June 22nd, 2015
The European Commission said on Friday there was no clear evidence that adopting international accounting rules made the bloc’s banking crisis worse and that its benefits outweighed the costs. The independent International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) rules replaced a ...
Lawyers facing up to Grexit
June 22nd, 2015
If Greece goes bust, what will happen to client money? “As the spectacle of potential Greek bankruptcy unrolls before our eyes, we should put ourselves in the shoes of our Greek lawyer colleagues.” The main impact of the crisis ...
Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
June 22nd, 2015
Market operations Substitute purchases by Eesti Pank On 2 June 2015 the Governing Council decided that, owing to the lack of government and agency bonds needed to accommodate the Estonian benchmark allocation under the PSPP, Eesti Pank could conduct ...
Greece debt crisis: EU leaders gather for critical summit
June 22nd, 2015
Greece faces a critical 24 hours as European leaders gather for an emergency summit in Brussels that could break the deadlock around the country’s debt crisis. On Sunday, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras set out new proposals to try to ...
Asia cheers Greece’s 11th-hour proposals to avert default
June 22nd, 2015
Asian shares got the week off to a strong start and U.S. stock futures and the euro firmed on Monday, after Greece scrambled to avert defaulting on its debt with last-minute proposals aimed at appeasing its creditors. Financial spreadbetters ...
UK to reject EU plans to combat multinational tax avoidance
June 19th, 2015
David Gauke, financial secretary to the Treasury, insists on tax competition as opposed to Union’s plan to introduce common tax rules Britain will reject plans announced in Brussels this week to combat industrial-scale tax avoidance by the world’s biggest ...
Greece crisis: Emergency summit called for Monday
June 19th, 2015
An emergency summit of leaders from eurozone nations will be held on Monday, after the latest attempt to resolve the Greek debt crisis failed. A meeting of finance ministers on Thursday made no breakthrough. Head of the Eurogroup, Jeroen ...
EBA: 51% Attack Remains Bitcoin’s Biggest Problem
June 18th, 2015
Bitcoin’s biggest problem is still the threat of a 51% attack, according to Dr Dirk Haubrich, head of consumer protection and financial innovation at the European Banking Authority (EBA). He said his main concern about the widespread adoption of ...
Making Corporate Taxation fairer and more transparent
June 18th, 2015
In a further move to make tax systems fairer, more efficient, growth-friendly and transparent, the Commission presented an Action Plan to fundamentally reform corporate taxation in the EU and published a “Top 30” list of tax havens across the ...
