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Investor puts Italy’s losses from Russia-EU sanctions at over €20 billion
November 27th, 2014
The mutual sanctions between Russia and the European Union this year will cost Italy around €20-22 billion, which is higher than official estimates, an Italian investor said on Thursday. “We speak of around €20-22 billion in net loss this ...
Europe feels sting in the tail of Russia sanctions
November 26th, 2014
At a technology fair in Moscow last month, European executives faced the new reality of doing business in Russia since the West imposed sanctions: the number of companies at the international showcase had shrunk by half from a year ago. “The ...
Funding secured for Tesco shareholder class action
November 26th, 2014
Australian litigation funder Bentham has made its biggest entry yet in the European market by agreeing to fund a class action against supermarket giant Tesco. The European subsidiary will fund legal action on behalf of shareholders who are claiming ...
Bolster your digital defences
November 25th, 2014
Cyber criminals have the financial services sector firmly in their sights, but there is much that organisations and employees can do to protect themselves from the threat Cyber crime is on the rise, and the financial services sector is ...
BoE’s Carney says may need to regulate bankers’ fixed pay
November 17th, 2014
Regulators may need to look at new rules to control the fixed pay of bankers as well as their bonuses so that it can be clawed back in the event of wrongdoing, the governor of the Bank of England ...
EU says Starbucks’ Dutch tax deal may be illegal
November 14th, 2014
A deal between Starbucks Corp’s (SBUX.O) and Dutch authorities may be illegal state aid as it allows the world’s biggest coffee chain to make payments on a lower corporate income tax base, European Union antitrust regulators said on Friday. The comments ...
Madoff Trials in Geneva Loom Six Years After Fraudster Confessed
November 13th, 2014
Almost six years after Bernie Madoff admitted his investment firm was based on “one big lie,” two European criminal cases linked to the convicted fraudster are working their way to trial in Geneva. Prosecutor Marc Tappolet is finishing an indictment of ...
Suit Accuses Banks of Role in Financing Terror Attacks
November 11th, 2014
The suit accuses banks — including HSBC and Barclays — of helping to finance the violent activities through their ties to Iran, painting Wall Street as a sort of middleman of terror. Those acts of terrorism occurred a world away ...
No Longer Business as Usual in China
November 10th, 2014
With heads of state and corporate chieftains in Beijing for a major economic summit meeting this week, China’s increasing economic nationalism is expected to be heavily debated. China is changing the rule book for business, forcing multinational companies to ...
Luxembourg’s Tax Rulings Discussed By New EU Commissioner
November 10th, 2014
The European Commission has not yet formed an opinion on two contested tax rulings provided by the Luxembourg Government to multinational companies, and it has yet to formally respond to the recent leak of previous rulings, the new Competition ...
