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Brexit isn’t the most serious threat to the EU — the euro is
July 4th, 2016
Brexit isn’t the most serious threat to the EU — the euro is One surprising thing about Britain’s vote to leave the EU is that Britain’s economy has been doing better than a lot of European countries. Unemployment in ...
Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
July 4th, 2016
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies. This doesn’t work, so you create record amounts ...
TeleTradeBel, MTBank pass requirements for forex trading software, MTBank to apply for forex broker registration
July 4th, 2016
TeleTradeBel, the Belarusian arm of forex brokerage TeleTrade Group, and lender MTBank have become the first entities to pass the requirements of the Belarusian Currency Stock Exchange (BCSE) regarding financial software for forex trading on the over-the-counter (OTC) market, according to a ...
Facebook wins privacy case, can now track any Belgian it wants
July 1st, 2016
In a somewhat unexpected twist, Facebook has won a legal battle against Belgium’s data protection authority, which had sought to prevent Facebook from tracking non-Facebook (or not-logged-into-Facebook) users, both on the Facebook website itself but also via the company’s ...
Brexit, the E.U. and the “Special Relationship” of the U.S./U.K.
June 30th, 2016
Any clique in the E.U. that thinks the U.S. will sit idly by while they “punish” the U.K. had better recalibrate their core interests and the potential for blowback. One constant in a fast-shifting global chess board is the ...
Europol: Searches, seizures and arrests were carried out in eight EU countries against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering
June 30th, 2016
Yesterday, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, Europol supported an international action day against a criminal network involved in international VAT fraud and money laundering defrauding EU citizens of approximately EUR 57 million in tax revenues via companies selling ...
Euro clearing houses to move in eurozone following the Brexit decision
June 29th, 2016
The European Union will move its London-based bank regulator to Paris or Frankfurt following Britain’s decision to leave the bloc, while the European Central Bank will insist euro clearing occurs in the euro zone, a senior EU official said ...
MasterCard to Simplify E-Commerce for Microsoft Dynamics Customers around the Globe
June 29th, 2016
MasterCard announced today it will collaborate with Microsoft to bring simple and secure e-commerce payments to Microsoft Dynamics users. Simplify Commerce, a uniquely versatile, highly secure and incredibly simple cloud-based payments platform, helps businesses grow by maximizing online and ...
Asian Stocks Rise With Oil as Pound’s Rebound Stalls; Yen Gains
June 29th, 2016
Gold rises as industrial metals decline; oil back above $48 BOJ’s Kuroda says funds can be added to market as needed The relief rally endured, with Asian stocks rising in tandem with European equity index futures and oil amid ...
Volkswagen Reportedly To Announce $15 Billion Settlement After Emissions Scandal
June 28th, 2016
Sources told Reuters and the Associated Press that the automaker would buy back or offer cash to owners of the emissions-cheating diesel models. Volkswagen will announce a settlement Tuesday with almost 500,000 owners of its diesel models built with ...
