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EU Commission to take legal action against U.S. plans for border tax
February 15th, 2017
The European Commission says it is prepared to take legal action against US plans to impose a border tax. “If somebody is behaving against our interests or against international rules in trade then we have our own mechanisms to ...
CFTC charged individual and his companies for Gold investment fraud schemes
February 15th, 2017
CFTC Charges Carlos Javier Ramirez and His Companies, Gold Chasers, Inc. and Royal Leisure International, Inc., with Misappropriation, Fraudulent Sales Solicitation, and Issuing False Statements in Fraud Schemes Involving Gold Defendants Allegedly Fraudulently Solicited and Received more than $4 ...
Founders of Panama Law Firm Mossack Fonseca arrested
February 13th, 2017
Police in Panama arrested the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, on money laundering charges after authorities raided the firm’s headquarters as part of investigations into Brazil’s largest-ever bribery scandal. ...
Multinational network of accounting firms reported growth in global fee income
February 9th, 2017
Multinational network of accounting firms reported growth in global fee income RSM reports 7.6%(1) fee income growth in 2016, after its first full year operating as a unified, global brand 20% increase in cross-border services to internationally-active middle market ...
AML Seminar: Initial and “On-Going” Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
February 8th, 2017
eBOS Technologies and GP Global are organizing a seminar titled “INITIAL AND ‘ON-GOING’ CUSTOMER DUE DILIGENCE (CDD)”. The objective of the seminar is to assist participants familiarize themselves with the Customer Due Diligence definition, requirements and how to handle ...
Plus500 reports Preliminary Results for the Year 2016
February 7th, 2017
International online trading platform provider, Plus500, reports record preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Financial Highlights: · Record year with strong revenue growth due to increase in New Customers3 and Active Customers4 · Net profit ...
Lego overtakes Ferrari as the world’s most powerful brand
February 6th, 2017
Analysis of the world’s top brands shows Lego has replaced Ferrari as the most powerful, according to new research. Every year, brand valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance puts thousands of the world’s top brands to the test. They ...
The honeymoon is over: Wall Street is finally taking Trump literally
February 2nd, 2017
By itself, the 230-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.16% this week wasn’t earth shattering: 1% gains and losses happen all the time. But the clattering sound accompanying it wasn’t hard to diagnose: It was the ...
IBM gives Watson a new challenge: Your tax return
February 2nd, 2017
In its first steps toward commercialization, IBM’s Watson took on grand, science-laden challenges like helping doctors diagnose cancer. But that is changing as IBM strives to build its artificial intelligence technology into a multibillion-dollar business. Today, companies including Geico, ...
China Fintech Deals Double In 2016 While US, Europe Decline
February 2nd, 2017
Chinese investors continued aggressively investing in financial technology (fintech) last year, despite a slowdown in other major markets around the world. Fintech investments in China doubled during the first nine months of 2016 year-on-year, driven by major funding rounds ...
