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1 in 4 companies say they won’t meet BEPS deadline
October 8th, 2015
One quarter of corporate executives, tax and transfer pricing directors have said their companies won’t meet the Base Erosion and Profit shifting deadlines, according to a Thomson Reuters survey. The BEPS project has been championed by the Organisation for ...
Futures fall sharply; Yellen speech awaited
September 24th, 2015
U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Thursday as concerns about global economic growth grew and ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. * Investors will look for clues regarding the timing of an interest rate ...
Asian stocks extend losses on weak China PMI survey; dollar strong
September 23rd, 2015
Asian stocks fell on Wednesday as fears of an entrenched global economic slowdown gripped investors, underlined by a weak factory survey from China, while the greenback firmed as investors fled to relatively safe-haven assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific ...
Nasdaq poised to launch FX trading platform: top executive
August 26th, 2015
Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) is poised to launch a platform for foreign exchange trading which it says would make the $5 trillion-a-day global market more transparent and would diversify its own business, a top executive from the stock market operator said. ...
China’s devaluation may be bad news for FX industry
August 19th, 2015
China’s currency devaluation should give a shot in the arm to global foreign exchange volumes as traders take advantage of and protect themselves against the surprise surge in volatility, but its longer-term impact on market activity may not be ...
Mid-Size and Small Law Firms Confident They Can Succeed
August 12th, 2015
Survey from Thomson Reuters and Managing Partner Forum shows positive market outlook Leaders of mid-size and small law firms are meeting or exceeding their profitability goals, and are confident in their ability to succeed in the current legal environment. ...
China About To Make History — Again
August 10th, 2015
Any discussion of China has to open with the now-widely-understood fact that the numbers it reports are not to be trusted. Knowing this makes it easy to dismiss claims of high and consistently-on-target GDP growth, for instance, as a ...
This Precious Metal Needs a Silver Bullet
August 6th, 2015
In the past 12 months alone, the benchmark silver-futures contract has declined 27% Once prized as a precious metal that could be put to practical use, silver is now getting the worst of both worlds. Like gold, silver has ...
Nasdaq OMX, Markit Have Expressed Interest in Interactive Data Corp.
August 3rd, 2015
Sale could value IDC at more than $5 billion, including debt Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and Markit Ltd. have expressed interest in acquiring financial data provider Interactive Data Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. Nasdaq and Markit and some private-equity firms are ...
Wall St. set to open lower as GDP misses expectations
July 30th, 2015
U.S. stocks were set to open lower on Thursday after data showed that the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the second quarter even as the Federal Reserve left doors open for a possible rate hike in ...
