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BofA Paying $315 Million to Settle With BNP, Deutsche Bank
May 6th, 2015
Bank of America Corp. agreed in March to pay a combined total of $315 million to settle lawsuits with Deutsche Bank AG and BNP Paribas Mortgage Corp. related to fraud losses at failed lender Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage ...
Tax rulings: “We need a common corporate tax base”, says Commissioner Vestager
May 6th, 2015
Why did the EU Commission take so long to launch investigations into member states’ tax rulings? Is its strategy to go only after small countries, such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Ireland? Will the instruments available to it ...
Mazars speeds up its development and strengthens its presence in Germany
May 4th, 2015
The firm Roever Broenner Susat joins Mazars’ International Integrated Partnership. As part of its global growth strategy, Mazars constantly strives to identify and integrate top talents from firms that share its values and demonstrate excellence and continued professionalism. ...
Coinzone to Launch Dedicated Bitcoin Wallet for Europe
April 28th, 2015
Simple and secure web-based wallet will make it easy for European consumers to send, receive, buy and sell Bitcoin Coinzone, a leading Bitcoin payment solution provider dedicated to making it easy for European merchants and consumers to use and ...
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
April 28th, 2015
Weak renewable energy goals for 2030 originated with Shell pitch for gas as a key technology for Europe to cut its carbon emissions in an affordable way Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a ...
Greeks Add Pressure on Tsipras to Compromise as Talks Resume
April 27th, 2015
Greece resumed efforts to break a deadlock with its creditors as weekend polls showed a majority of the country’s people want the government to make compromises needed to release funds for its economy. Two opinion polls published over the ...
EU, US trade negotiators get an earful from critics
April 24th, 2015
Opponents of controversial US-EU trade talks came out swinging at a public comment period Thursday, arguing the emerging agreement was a bad deal for consumers and the environment. Critics of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) included ...
What about the EU Single Market?
April 23rd, 2015
Discussions of the economic situation in Europe and the eurozone during the last few years have a heavy emphasis on government debt and central bank policy. But from the time when the Treaty of Rome back in 1957 created ...
Europe to Pull Trigger on Google Antitrust Charges
April 15th, 2015
Case would be EU’s biggest competition battle since pursuit of Microsoft a decade ago Europe’s antitrust regulator plans to file formal charges against Google Inc.for violating antitrust laws, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday, stepping up a five-year investigation ...
Europe’s Plunging Borrowing Costs Mark Two New Milestones
April 8th, 2015
Switzerland is first with 10-year bond at negative yield as Mexico lines up 100-year euro bond Europe’s plunging borrowing costs marked two new milestones on Wednesday, with Switzerland becoming the first country ever to issue 10-year debt that gives ...
