Google to create European venture capital arm
July 10th, 2014
Google is creating a European arm to its venture capital vehicle, as the internet group seeks to tap into the ideas and money being generated by the continent’s emerging start ups. Google Ventures, which has previously focused its investments ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
U.S. Ruling Loosens Four-Decade Ban On Oil Exports
June 25th, 2014
The Obama administration cleared the way for the first exports of unrefined American oil in nearly four decades, allowing energy companies to start chipping away at the longtime ban on selling U.S. oil abroad. In separate rulings that haven’t ...
Tel Aviv acquires the first Bitcoin ATM in Middle East
June 11th, 2014
The first Bitcoin ATM will be launched in the Middle East and more precisely in Tel Aviv . Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that allows for transactions between users without any third party or middle man. The “cash-out ...
Credit Suisse Offers Guidance to 13 Swiss Banks in U.S. Tax Probes
May 26th, 2014
Thirteen Swiss banks face rising stakes in criminal tax-evasion probes after Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) set a new standard for punishment in the U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion. Julius Baer Group Ltd., Zuercher Kantonalbank and the Swiss ...
Solicitors reminded of responsibilities in disrupted criminal cases
May 22nd, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has reminded solicitors in very high cost criminal cases (VHCCs) of their responsibilities following a number of calls to the Professional Ethics helpline. The SRA has received queries from solicitors who have sought to ...
Solicitor struck off after bribery conviction
May 20th, 2014
A solicitor has been struck off following his conviction for bribery charges in the US. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) struck off Jeffrey Tesler last week (Tuesday 13 May). The SDT heard that Mr Tesler was jailed for 21 ...
Corporate tax rates table
May 16th, 2014
The following table indicates all corporate tax rates in percentage for a number of countries worldwide. Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Country % % % % % % % % % % Afghanistan ...
Russia is preparing its response to additional sanctions by the EU, the U.S. but also Japan
April 29th, 2014
The Japanese government followed the lead of the U.S. and the European Union, or EU, Tuesday by imposing additional sanctions against Russia even as Moscow stated that it has prepared a response to the sanctions and is working on ...
Co-op Legal Services posts £22m loss for 2013
April 17th, 2014
Co-operative Legal Services lost £9.1m on a flat turnover of £33m in 2013, the Co-operative Group’s results reveal today. The legal subsidiary also said it had taken a £13m ‘goodwill impairment’ following a reassessment of its business plan which ...
