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New development in Cyprus Gas field
January 18th, 2016
Cabinet expected to rubber-stamp BG-Noble deal on Monday The cabinet is on Monday expected to approve the participation of the BG Group (British Gas) in Block 12 of the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). BG said in Novemer it had ...
EU, Ukraine Cut Trade Taxes Through New Free Trade Deal
January 5th, 2016
On January 1, 2016, the tariff cuts contained in the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the European Union and Ukraine became effective. Welcoming the deal, the European Commission said the application of the DCFTA of the ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Ukraine set to lose preferential trade with Russia after failed last-minute talks in Brussels
December 22nd, 2015
Following a failed round of negotiations in Brussels, Russia will inevitably suspend the free trade agreement with Ukraine within the Commonwealth of Independent States, once a trade deal between Kiev and European Union goes into effect in the new ...
Black money probe: India seeks Swiss help in probe into Preneet Kaur, son’s bank accounts
November 24th, 2015
The Swiss tax department has made these disclosures in two separate notifications published today in the Switzerland government’s federal gazette. As Indian tax authorities continue their probe into Swiss bank accounts of several citizens, Switzerland on Tuesday said India ...
No VAT on Bitcoin in Switzerland
June 15th, 2015
Excellent news from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (ESTV): no VAT applies to Bitcoin in Switzerland. “This is excellent news for Bitcoin in Switzerland as it provides the legal certainty we need to professionally operate our business,” Niklas Nikolajsen, ...
26 African countries unite for free trade
June 11th, 2015
African leaders yesterday signed a potentially historic 26-country free-trade pact by creating a common market spanning half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town. The deal on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) caps five years of negotiations to ...
Moody’s: New Spanish securitisation law aims to boost domestic financial sector
April 28th, 2015
Spain’s new securitisation law, which aims to stimulate the country’s financial sector, will provide a more flexible framework for securitisation transactions and, as such, will be beneficial for new Spanish securitisations across the asset-backed securities and covered bond markets, ...
Greek proposal lifts markets, despite German rejection
February 19th, 2015
A Greek proposal to extend its bailout and not to undermine agreed fiscal targets lifted European stocks to seven-year highs on Thursday and cut government borrowing costs across the euro zone, even though Germany rejected it. Despite the German rejection, Greece’s wording of ...
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 ...