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The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
Europe battles Google News over ‘snippet tax’ proposal
August 7th, 2017
A major battle is brewing in Brussels over an EU reform plan that would force internet aggregators such as Google News to pay newspapers for displaying snippets of their articles online. Google is furious at the reform idea, but ...
House prices up by 4.0% in the euro area
July 28th, 2017
First quarter of 2017 compared with first quarter of 2016 House prices up by 4.0% in the euro area Up by 4.5% in the EU House prices, as measured by the House Price Index, rose by 4.0% in the ...
Brexit, Germany and Asia
June 16th, 2017
Britain’s general election went horribly wrong, with the Conservatives forced into a putative coalition with the Democratic Ulster Party. Theresa May’s failure to secure a clear majority has provoked indignation, bitterness, and widespread pessimism. The purpose of this article ...
International law firm announces plans to open a new international office
June 12th, 2017
The new office is the fourth international the International legal firm opens in less than 18 months. International law firm Pinsent Masons today announces plans to open in Dublin in a move which will see the firm open its ...
ESMA appoints new chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee
June 8th, 2017
The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Martin Moloney, Head of Markets Policy Division of the Central Bank of Ireland to serve as the chair of the Investment Management Standing Committee. The ...
Historic Banking Group replaces PwC with KPMG as external auditor
June 1st, 2017
Bank of Ireland Group ends 27-year PwC audit contract Bank of Ireland Group is to switch auditors at the end of the year naming KPMG as external auditor replacing incumbent PwC, which has held the audit for nearly three ...
Grant Thornton to create 250 jobs at Dublin centre
May 31st, 2017
Grant Thornton said a significant number of the new jobs will be at its new centre of excellence in Dublin with other positions in its tax, audit and advisory departments. The company said the expansion will give businesses more ...
Legal & General choose Dublin for new European hub
May 29th, 2017
UK insurance giant Legal & General has picked Dublin as the European base for its investment management arm, the Irish Independent reports. A LGIM spokesman confirmed the decision to the paper yesterday, with strong indications that more units of the ...
Facebook face EU regulators fines; why?
May 18th, 2017
Facebook suffered a setback on Tuesday over how it uses the reams of information it collects about users worldwide, after two European privacy watchdogs said that the social network’s practices broke their countries’ data protection rules. The announcement by ...