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Financial crisis a reason for late tax payment
September 18th, 2014
Sometimes bad economic news can be good news for taxpayers. A judge has ruled that the recession was a reasonable excuse for a family business to not pay a VAT bill on time. Scrimsign Micro Electronics, which makes electronic ...
London’s Currency Traders Set for Biggest Bonus Decrease
September 18th, 2014
Foreign-exchange traders in London are set for the biggest drop in bonuses among bank employees as regulators toughen scrutiny in the wake of scandals, according to a survey by Emolument. Currency traders are likely to see a 43% decline ...
China’s Stimulus Boosts Industrial Metals
September 17th, 2014
Copper climbed for a second day after a report that China’s central bank intensified stimulus measures to support growth, boosting the demand outlook in the biggest consumer. The metal climbed as much as 1 percent on the London Metal ...
Carney Steering BOE in Scots Vote as Quebec Casts Shadow
September 15th, 2014
Mark Carney’s history is catching up with him. Having watched Quebec’s attempt to break away from his native Canada in 1995 while working at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Scots go to the polls in three days, and with the ...
Why accountants are dissatisfied with their job?
September 12th, 2014
What makes accountants want to leave their jobs? Poor chances of promotion, not enough pay and unsatisfactory management are the key reasons, according to a survey by accounting recruiter Richard Lloyd. Nearly 50 per cent of respondents said they ...
GSK China consumer healthcare unit linked to DOJ probe in 2012
September 9th, 2014
A U.S. anti-bribery probe into GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L) touched on the firm’s Chinese consumer healthcare business in 2012, internal documents show, suggesting the drugmaker’s compliance problems in China could go wider than previously revealed. GSK confirmed it had conducted ...
Shifting Polls in Scotland Send Investors Rushing for Shelter
September 9th, 2014
Scotland, home to just five million people, has never weighed on the minds of currency traders and market investors the way that Russia or China or the eurozone has — until now. A poll this weekend showed Scottish voters ...
No Matter the Outcome, Scottish Vote Will Shake U.K.
September 5th, 2014
Until this week, almost nobody outside Scotland took very seriously the possibility that Europe’s most stable and durable nation, the only big country on earth not to have suffered invasion, revolution or civil war at any time in the ...
Bank of England Resists Change to Interest Rate
September 4th, 2014
To raise or not to raise, that is the question — in Britain, at least. On Thursday, nearly a month after two monetary policy makers at the Bank of England broke ranks from the majority and voted to raise ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis – Currency pairs
September 4th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 4, 2014 EUR/USD found support close to the 1.3120 area following the hammer candle of the previous day which suggested a short term bottom and reversal from recent lows. This up-swing is likely ...
