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PwC elects new chairman in the UK and Middle East
May 4th, 2016
PwC, the business advisory firm, has announced the election of Kevin Ellis as its new Chairman and Senior Partner in the UK and Middle East for a four year term, with effect from 1 July 2016. Kevin is currently ...
Asian Stocks Fall With Won on Global Growth Woes; Oil Below $44
May 4th, 2016
Dollar gains after Fed officials say June rate hike possible Industrial metals retreat as sovereign bonds advance Asian stocks fell for a sixth day, their longest losing streak since February, as anxiety over the health of the global economy ...
5 reasons Why someone would use Bitcoin
April 28th, 2016
It has now been eight years since Satoshi Nakamoto released his peer-to-peer digital cash system to the world, and the debate over whether or not the payment network and currency have any real, long-term value is still undecided. Having said that, ...
Asian Stocks, Nasdaq Futures Slide on Apple; Aussie Sinks on CPI
April 27th, 2016
European shares fluctuate amid mixed earnings; Total climbs Apple, Twitter add to technology gloom as forecasts disappoint Treasuries rose, sending 10-year yields lower for the first time in eight days, and the dollar weakened, as markets signaled caution before ...
Volkswagen (VOW) Overtakes Toyota In Q1 Car Sales For Global Top Spot
April 27th, 2016
Even though an emissions-cheating scandal has rocked German car maker Volkswagen AG — expected to cost the company upward of $18 billion — the company’s sales were buoyed by China and Europe, allowing it to overtake its archrival Toyota ...
Lessons from Japan: Decades of Decay, Unavoidable Collapse
April 27th, 2016
Japan has proven that decay can be stretched into decades, but it has yet to prove that gravity can be revoked by central bank monetary games. Japan’s fiscal and monetary extremes are in the news again: this time it’s ...
Europe Stocks Little Changed as Munich Re Falls, Barclays Gains
April 27th, 2016
European equities fluctuated, inching lower for the fourth time in five days, with investors increasingly skeptical about the recent rally scrutinizing earnings releases. Munich Re fell 3.5 percent, dragging insurers lower, after forecasting lower profit than previously expected. Barclays Plc climbed ...
Xiaomi partners with UnionPay in online payments service
April 27th, 2016
Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi is rolling out its own mobile payment service on the Chinese mainland in collaboration with China UnionPay, which had earlier partnered with Apple and Samsung Electronics on the launch of their payment platforms in the ...
Artificial Intelligence seen as opportunity and threat by financial services sector
April 26th, 2016
New global survey reveals tensions between optimism and unease Majority believe AI and other fintech will make financial markets more competitive by 2018 But more than three-quarters say regulators are unable to keep pace with changing technology Sixty percent ...
Former PwC employees to stand trial over Luxleaks scandal
April 26th, 2016
THE LUXLEAKS scandal starts a new chapter today as two former PwC employees go on trial accused of leaking thousands of corporate documents that expose Luxembourg’s shadowy tax deals. Antoine Deltour, a former auditor for the Big Four firm and ...
