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Falling oil prices: How are countries being affected?
January 19th, 2016
Oil prices have fallen to their lowest level since 2003, sinking below $28 a barrel before recovering slightly on Monday. Analysts say the drop has been driven by oversupply, coupled with a fall in demand because of a slowdown ...
U.K. Markets Pounded and ‘Brexit’ Vote Doesn’t Even Have a Date
January 18th, 2016
Pound, stocks decline as risks to U.K. economy stack up Turmoil is hurting outlook for Bank of England rate increase Wherever you look, Britain’s financial markets are creaking. The pound is at the weakest level since 2010 against the ...
Hong Kong: Two solicitors engaged in fraud
January 18th, 2016
Court finds two solicitors engaged in insider dealing and fraud or deception The Court of First Instance today found that two solicitors, Mr Eric Lee Kwok Wa and Ms Betty Young Bik Fung, and Eric Lee’s sister, Ms Patsy ...
Former Brisbane financial advisor jailed after pleading guilty to fraud charges
January 18th, 2016
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), the financial regulator of Australia, has issued a announcemnet to inform that: Following an ASIC investigation, Mr Thanh Tu, 38 years old, formerly of Forestdale, Brisbane, has today been sentenced to nine-and-a-half ...
UK Planning Law Change For VAT Groups
January 18th, 2016
The UK Government has announced a consultation on changes to the nation’s VAT grouping provisions, following the European Court of Justice’s rulings in the cases Larentia + Minerva and Marenave (C-108/14 and C-109/14) and Skandia (C-713). The consultation process ...
Banks battle to maintain dominance of UK’s Business Foreign Exchange market
January 18th, 2016
As businesses across the UK seek to minimise the risks of currency fluctuations, the business foreign exchange market shows strong growth as well as fierce competition, according to new research from market analysts East & Partners. The firm’s UK ...
‘Big Four’ audit firms never examined over illegal tax plans
January 18th, 2016
Regulators fail to act as they are dominated by the companies they are supposed to police, say critics Audit and accountancy firms who devise tax-avoidance schemes ruled unlawful have never faced official reprimand, The Independent can reveal. None of the so-called ...
BHP Billiton:Onshore US Asset Review
January 15th, 2016
BHP Billiton expects to recognise an impairment charge of approximately US$4.9 billion post-tax (or approximately US$7.2 billion pre-tax) against the carrying value of its Onshore US assets. This charge will be recognised as an exceptional item in the financial ...
Twitter sued by U.S. widow for giving voice to Islamic State
January 15th, 2016
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is being sued by the widow of an American killed in Jordan who accuses the social media company of giving a voice to Islamic State, adding to the pressure to crack down on online propaganda linked ...
Switzerland Weathers the Superstrong Franc
January 15th, 2016
It was in a small, wood-paneled boardroom overlooking Lake Zurich that Thomas Jordan and his colleagues at the Swiss National Bank made a decision that caught global markets unawares, infuriated Swiss industrial leaders, and tipped the economy dangerously close ...
