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Joe Hockey announces new move against multinational tax evaders
September 4th, 2014
Multinational companies who seek to avoid Australian tax but also charge disproportionately higher prices here are in the sights of a new crackdown. Joe Hockey has told parliament the Commissioner of Taxation has been asked to “double his efforts” ...
EU regulators fine Infineon, Samsung, Philips 138 million euros
September 3rd, 2014
European Union antitrust regulators fined Philips, Samsung Electronics and Infineon Technologies a total of 138 million euros ($181.28 million) on Wednesday for fixing prices of chips used in mobile SIM cards. The European Commission, which raided the companies in ...
IMF: Ukraine May Need Bigger Bailout
September 3rd, 2014
Ukraine may need as much as $19 billion in additional funds from donors if its conflict with pro-Russian separatists continues during 2015, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Nevertheless, it said the money planned under the program is ...
Australia 200 – Surges to New Multi Year High Above 5650
September 3rd, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, September 3, 2014 After spending the last week consolidating and trading in a very narrow range right around 5620, the Australian 200 Index has surged higher again to achieve a new multi-year high around 5660. ...
Chinese Company’s Shares Suspended on Critical Report
September 2nd, 2014
Trading in shares of Tianhe Chemicals, which raised about $650 million in a Hong Kong listing in June, was suspended on Tuesday morning after a report on a website affiliated with short-sellers described the company as “one of the ...
Telecom Italia Delays Sale of Stake in Argentine Business
September 2nd, 2014
Telecom Italia said on Tuesday that it had extended the deadline to Sept. 25 to complete the sale of its controlling stake in Telecom Argentina to the investment firm Fintech Advisory. The deadline, which had been set for Sept. ...
Insider traders in U.S. face longer prison terms
September 2nd, 2014
U.S. judges are imposing increasingly long prison terms for insider trading, a Reuters analysis shows. The rise is at least partly driven by the bigger profits being earned through the illegal schemes, defense lawyers said. The trend is likely ...
Canada seeks to become Renminbi (RMB) trading centre for the Americas
September 2nd, 2014
The Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) and AdvantageBC has announced they would work together, with officials from the federal, Ontario and BC governments, and the financial industry, to promote Canada as a trading hub for the Chinese currency, the ...
Australia 200 – Continues to Move Little Above 5600
September 2nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, September 2, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has spent the last week consolidating and trading in a very narrow range right around 5620 after enjoying a strong surge higher to a new six year high ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
