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European Commission urges UK to tax expensive homes more
June 4th, 2014
The European Commission has called on the UK to raise taxes on higher value properties, build more houses and adjust the Help to Buy scheme. In a review of UK economic policies, it said council tax bands should be ...
SEC Charges Operator With Defrauding Bond Investors
June 3rd, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a charter school operator in Chicago with defrauding investors in a $37.5 million bond offering for school construction by making materially misleading statements about transactions that presented a conflict of ...
Iran Eliminates US Dollar from Forex Reserves
June 3rd, 2014
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has practically rid the country’s foreign currency reserves of US dollar, replacing them with the United Arab Emirates’ dirham, an official said. Hossein Ya’qoubi, CBI governor for international affairs, told the Tasnim News ...
India slips to seventh spot on FDI confidence index
June 3rd, 2014
India has slipped to its lowest position in over a decade in the foreign direct investment confidence index, which has been topped by the United States for the second year in a row, a study has showed. The survey ...
China’s manufacturing activity picks up
June 2nd, 2014
China’s factory activity grew in May at its fastest pace this year, according to government figures, a positive sign amid the wider economic slowdown. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) hit 50.8 in the month, up from 50.4 in ...
When Spanish firms use tax havens
June 2nd, 2014
Almost all of the 35 companies listed on the Spanish stock exchange use tax havens, according to a report from Observatorio RSC, an organisation that monitors corporate social responsibility. The figures, based on company reports for 2012, show a ...
New revenue guidance: Six things to consider
May 30th, 2014
The release Wednesday of a long-awaited new revenue recognition standard had financial statement preparers settling in to read hundreds of pages of text, as standard-setters celebrated the achievement of producing that text. Members of the US Financial Accounting Standards ...
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze to Halt Fraud at Illinois-Based Transfer Agent
May 29th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges and an emergency asset freeze against an Illinois-based transfer agent and its owner whose misappropriation scheme was exposed during an SEC examination of the firm. Transfer agents are typically used by ...
The Return of Moderation: Sea of Tranquility
May 29th, 2014
Volatility has disappeared from the economy and markets. That could be a problem. A decade ago, the business cycle was an endangered species. Recessions in the rich world had become rare, shallow and short; inflation was predictably low and ...
Valeant’s Hostile Allergan Bid Keeps Getting More Hostile
May 29th, 2014
Here is a thing that I guess you do when you’re trying to fend off an acquisition proposal: That’s from a May 12 presentation by Allergan, which is trying to fight off Valeant’s unwanted attentions. There are two points ...
