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Should Individual Tax Returns Be Public Information?
March 30th, 2015
My guess is that if you asked Americans if their income taxes should be public information, the answers would mostly run the spectrum from “absolutely not” to “hell, no.” But the idea that tax returns should be confidential and ...
March 2015 National Association for Business Economics Outlook – Summary
March 30th, 2015
The March 2015 NABE Outlook presents the consensus of macroeconomic forecasts from a panel of 50 professional forecasters (see last page for listing). The survey, covering the outlook for 2015 and 2016, was conducted February 25- March 12, 2015. ...
Grupo Ficohsa acquires Banco Citibank de Nicaragua and Cititarjetas de Nicaragua
March 26th, 2015
The acquisition encompasses all of Citi’s business in Nicaragua: commercial loans, personal loans, deposits and credit cards. The transaction is pending authorization from regulatory bodies. During the process, Citi will continue its operations as it has to date. This acquisition ...
KPMG named a worldwide leader in digital enterprise strategy consulting by IDC Marketscape
March 26th, 2015
KPMG International has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Digital Enterprise Strategy Consulting Services 2015 Vendor Assessment (#254679, March 2015). The report evaluated the capabilities and business strategies of leading firms in the global digital enterprise ...
Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition
March 24th, 2015
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately majority owned by funds managed and advised by CVC Capital ...
FCA publishes its Business Plan for 2015/16 and announces details of new supervision and authorisation divisions
March 24th, 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority has set out the key areas of work it will undertake in the forthcoming financial year with the publication of its Business Plan for 2015/16. It also confirmed the creation of two new Divisions that would ...
Federal Reserve System publishes annual financial statements
March 23rd, 2015
The Federal Reserve System on Friday released the 2014 combined annual financial statements for the Federal Reserve Banks, as well as statements for the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks, Maiden Lane LLC, and the Board of Governors. These ...
Federal Reserve modifies stance on low interest rates
March 19th, 2015
The US Federal Reserve has modified its stance on interest rates, which have been kept at a record low of 0% since the financial crisis in 2008. It removed the word “patience” from its regular statement. The language was seen as ...
Commerzbank publishes 2014 Annual Report
March 18th, 2015
In the 2014 financial year Commerzbank attained an operating profit of EUR 684 million. The net profit of the Bank increased in the year under review to EUR 264 million, following on from EUR 81 million in the previous ...
Osborne announces the death of the annual tax return & the April 4th panic
March 18th, 2015
Instead HM Revenue and Customs will automatically collate the tax affairs of millions of Britons from employers, banks and investment firms into a single “digital” tax account which can be checked at any time online. Whilst many will question ...