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Cypriot firm launches legal action against EU over ‘bail-in’
July 23rd, 2014
Cypriot firm Dr K Chrysostomides & Co has filed a lawsuit against the EU on behalf of 51 claimants seeking compensation for losses suffered when Cyprus agreed to a ‘bail-in’ on two Cypriot banks. The case, filed before the ...
Lawyers trained to help deal with transnational cases
July 23rd, 2014
More training will be offered to law firms and lawyers specializing in cross-border lawsuits to expand their presence in an area dominated by foreign competitors, a senior official from the Justice Ministry said. By next year, the All-China Lawyers ...
Boeing profit gets boost from increased deliveries
July 23rd, 2014
Boeing Co reported a 52 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by a rise in commercial aircraft deliveries. The company’s net income rose to $1.65 billion, or $2.24 per share, in the second quarter ended June 30, from $1.09 ...
PepsiCo quarterly profit falls 2 percent
July 23rd, 2014
PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) reported a 2 percent fall in second-quarter profit as carbonated soft drink volumes declined 2 percent in North America. The company’s net income fell to $1.98 billion, or $1.29 per share, in the 12 weeks ended ...
Bank of England unease grows despite keeping rates at 0.5%
July 23rd, 2014
Bank of England policymakers are growing increasingly uneasy at leaving interest rates at a record low of 0.5%, minutes of their latest meeting revealed. The public record of the July meeting of the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) showed ...
New York Fed Censured Deutsche Bank Over Inaccurate, Unreliable Financial Reporting
July 23rd, 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York found several deficiencies in the way German lender Deutsche Bank AG’s (NYSE:DB) U.S. unit was reporting its financial data, which, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday, the company had known ...
More companies everyday begin accepting Bitcoin payments
July 23rd, 2014
More and more companies everyday announce that they will begin accepting Bitcoin payments. Recently, Beepi, a peer-to-peer used auto marketplace based in California, announced that it will begin accepting Bitcoin payments through a partnership with Bitpay. OneStopBrokers
World Congress of Accountants 2014
July 23rd, 2014
A unique opportunity for the Accountancy Profession. An event that will bring together influential CFOs and CEOs to discuss the accounting professional’s role, leverage on past experiences and develop a new vision for the future. The World Congress ...
China’s Debt, At 250% Of GDP And Rising, Flashes Warning Signs
July 23rd, 2014
China’s debt has swelled to more than 2 1/2 times the size of its economy, a sign Beijing will face difficulties as it seeks to expand, triggering to a financial crisis. The world’s second-largest economy in June reached a ...
OECD Releases New Tax Info Exchange Standard
July 23rd, 2014
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on July 21, 2014, released its new global Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters, hailing the move as another important step towards greater tax transparency and ...
