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Regulation – the hidden curse
May 27th, 2016
Regulations are nearly always introduced with the best intentions. In financial services, they aim to stop unscrupulous brokers and banks from ripping off the public through bad practices. Manufacturers are banned from making products which are dangerous to children, ...
International law firm opens office in Taipei to serve the growing demand in Taiwan
May 19th, 2016
International law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP announced the opening of an office in Taipei, to serve the growing demand of the firm’s clientele in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. V&E partners David Tsai and Christopher Kao will oversee ...
Creditbit Claims to Be ‘Ten Times Faster’ Than Bitcoin
May 16th, 2016
Creditbit, an “open source digital currency protocol,” reports that it is “10 times better than Bitcoin when it comes to the speed and rate of transactions.” The team behind this altcoin is preparing for what they believe will be ...
A law firm has hired the first “Robot lawyer”
May 16th, 2016
The first job after law school can be horrendous—not simply because of the intense workload and long hours, but also the drudgery. A huge amount of legal work given to those on the lowest rung of the ladder consists ...
Balkan Offshore Businesses Named in Panama Database
May 12th, 2016
Scores of people from the Balkans including tycoons, an ex-ambassador, politicians, a banker and some convicted fraudsters appear in a newly-released database of users of offshore tax havens. Scores of people and companies linked to Balkan countries appear in the ...
FCA UK warns public for a clone financial firm
May 11th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to inform that fraudsters are using the details of firms the FCA authorises to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Find out more about ...
Meet the new Saudi Arabia, nothing like the old Saudi Arabia
May 11th, 2016
After years of building a glut, the world’s oil industry by the end of this year is expected to stop overproducing more crude than the world can use. But analysts say one wild card in that equation is Saudi Arabia — ...
US tax havens – the new Switzerland
May 9th, 2016
America is a magnet for offshore wealth, notably South Dakota, which has guaranteed secrecy In an old discount store hugging a corner in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the heirs to the William Wrigley chewing gum fortune have an office for ...
Leading Swiss law firm heads for Tehran
May 9th, 2016
In what is only the second opening of an international law firm in Iran since the 1979 Iranian revolution, a Swiss firm has opened its doors in Tehran. Swiss law firm Python & Peter has launched its office in ...
21 Inc Unveils Plan to Make Every Computer a Bitcoin Computer
May 5th, 2016
Balaji Srinivasan, co-founder and CEO of 21 Inc, announced the launch of the 21 software package at the Consensus 2016 blockchain conference, allowing anyone with a computer to receive bitcoin. Freely available, the software allows any connected device to join the ...
