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JPMorgan deploys software to reduce legal contract work
March 3rd, 2017
The bank has created software which reviews deals in seconds – a task that took lawyers some 360,000 hours every year. JPMorgan Chase introduced the software, COIN, for Contract Intelligence, to interpret commercial loan agreements that, until the project ...
Apple’s U.K. Suit Against Qualcomm Adds to Global Patent War
March 3rd, 2017
Lawsuit filed Thursday cites claim on patents and designs Apple says Qualcomm unfairly charges royalties for technology Apple Inc. sued Qualcomm Inc. in a U.K. court, adding to lawsuits across the globe in a sprawling battle over patents and ...
Can the entire Israeli Binary Options industry shut down?
March 2nd, 2017
At Knesset session, supporters of widely fraudulent industry that fleeces victims worldwide say bill to ban it would put 80,000 Israelis out of work. Unfazed, regulators, police and legislators vow to expedite law Two advocates for Israel’s widely fraudulent ...
EU Council to close down hybrid mismatches between EU an non-EU countries tax systems
February 23rd, 2017
On 21 February 2017, the Council agreed its position on rules aimed at closing down ‘hybrid mismatches’ with the tax systems of third countries. The draft directive is the latest of a number of measures designed to prevent tax avoidance by large companies. ...
EU to battle corporate tax scams
February 22nd, 2017
European Union finance ministers have agreed on new measures to close some tax loopholes that have enabled multinational companies operating in both EU and non-EU countries to avoid paying taxes… but not right away. EU finance ministers meeting in ...
Italy found a solution for its troubled banks
February 16th, 2017
Italy’s parliament approved a law to plow as much as 20 billion euros ($21 billion) into Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA and other troubled banks as part of the nation’s efforts to revamp its banking industry. The lower ...
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped
February 16th, 2017
Huge gas finds in Mediterranean Sea waiting to be tapped As the helicopter roars its way west from the Tel Aviv coast, two dots emerge from the featureless blue. Closer up, they begin to take shape: Giant platforms for ...
EU mulls reduction in threshold for country-by-country reporting
February 16th, 2017
EU plans for country-by-country reporting could target a much broader base of multinationals if proposals from the European parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to slash the current threshold are adopted The proposals to amend the Directive would ...
EU Commission to take legal action against U.S. plans for border tax
February 15th, 2017
The European Commission says it is prepared to take legal action against US plans to impose a border tax. “If somebody is behaving against our interests or against international rules in trade then we have our own mechanisms to ...
Brexit uncertainty caused UK fintech investments slump
February 9th, 2017
Global venture capitalist investment in the financial technology (fintech) sector increased by about 11% to reach $17.4bn last year, but there was a 33.7% drop in the UK. The UK retained its place as recipient of the third-largest amount ...