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Greene King takes tax battle to Court of Appeal
August 13th, 2014
Greene King has confirmed it will take its long-running fight with HMRC over a £21m tax planning scheme, known as Project Sussex, to the Court of Appeal. In its latest annual report, the brewery and pub group revealed plans ...
ACCA and Colombian Acountancy Body sign MOU
August 13th, 2014
The growth and development of the accountancy profession in Colombia has been bolstered by a Memorandum of Understanding being signed between INCP (Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos de Colombia), Colombia’s national accountancy body, and ACCA (the Association of Chartered ...
New Tax Threatens to Destroy Gas Production in Ukraine
August 13th, 2014
Independent gas producers in Ukraine are joining forces to pressure the government in Kiev to re-think its new gas tax before everyone makes a run for the border in search of new assets in a more stable environment. Private ...
German Investor Confidence Slumps
August 13th, 2014
German investor confidence fell to the lowest level since 2012 as the crisis in Ukraine and a sluggish euro-area recovery damp the outlook for Europe’s largest economy. The ZEW Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim said its index ...
Water deal could force another delay in Detroit bankruptcy trial
August 13th, 2014
A federal judge could once again push back the start date for the trial on Detroit’s exit from the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history after some creditors said on Tuesday a possible settlement is snarling key components of ...
Gold Remains Close to $1310 as Geopolitical Concerns Weigh
August 13th, 2014
Gold ended modestly higher on Tuesday, supported after two days of declines by signs that the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine was hurting economic confidence in the euro zone economy. Analyst and investor morale in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, ...
West TX Oil Drops to 97.30 on Pressure
August 13th, 2014
Brent crude slipped below $103 a barrel on Wednesday to trade near its lowest level in more than a year as ample supplies countered any disruption risks posed by lingering tensions in Iraq and Libya. It was the fourth ...
Japan suffers biggest economic slump since 2011 quake as tax hike bites
August 13th, 2014
A sales tax hike last quarter drove Japan’s economy into its biggest contraction since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Cabinet Office data showed on Wednesday, keeping policymakers under pressure to expand fiscal and monetary stimulus should recovery falter ...
Junk Bonds Gain Favor as European Banks Reduce Lending
August 13th, 2014
Bruce Mackenzie and Toby Ali were young bankers in the late 1990s, traversing Europe to pitch the merits of high-yield securities, otherwise known as junk bonds, to chief executives. The corporate chieftains mostly said no. Europe’s skepticism has since ...
Asian shares sluggish, Ukraine anxiety fans growth worries
August 13th, 2014
Asian shares were tentative on Wednesday, and copper prices slipped to six-week lows on worries about global growth, as investors remained cautious as the crisis in Ukraine threatened a fragile economic recovery in Europe. Adding to the fragile mood, ...
