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Asia Stocks Drop on Fed; H-Share Index Near Bear Market
March 20th, 2014
Asian stocks fell, with a gauge of Chinese shares in Hong Kong poised to enter a bear market, after the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise U.S. interest rates from the middle of next year. Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), ...
CySec: Council Regulation
March 20th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘the Commission’) informs, the Cyprus Investment Firms, the Management Companies and the Administrative Services Companies (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the Council Regulation ...
Do ‘Cloud’ Ventures Result in Sales Tax Problems?
March 19th, 2014
Businesses are starting to move more of their operations to the “Cloud” and hire “Cloud” vendors to provide an increasingly diverse number of services. While engaging these vendors may result in significant business benefits, buyer beware. If you’re not ...
Q&A: Counting the cost of the new £1 coin
March 19th, 2014
The Royal Mint is taking on the counterfeiters by replacing the humble £1 coin – but businesses say there is a flipside In today’s budget, the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, will announce the replacement of the £1 coin from ...
Hacker Andrew ‘Weev’ Auernheimer attempts to overturn conviction
March 19th, 2014
Lawyers say conviction under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is flawed and raises questions for civil liberties online Lawyers for hacker Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, who is serving a 41-month prison sentence, will appear in a US court on Wednesday ...
Budget 2014: Practitioners expect revenue-raisers
March 19th, 2014
TAX PRACTITIONERS expect plenty of revenue-raising activity in today’s Budget, as the chancellor looks to fund spending giveaways for businesses. Capital allowances for major infrastructure projects, announce more support for flood victims, a VAT zero-rating on supplies for exporters ...
China And India Sign Agreement For Greater Cooperation In IT And Software; China To Help India With Infrastructure
March 19th, 2014
Two of the fastest growing markets in the world — India and China — have signed an agreement to work together in software, information technology and infrastructure, during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, or SED, which began Tuesday in ...
FCA fined Besso Limited
March 19th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has fined Besso Limited £315,000 for a failure to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective systems and controls for countering the risks of bribery and corruption. According to ...
CySec: Administrative fines
March 19th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement giving the following firms the administrative fines as follows: SAFS Holdings Public Ltd – €1.600 Firstdelos Group Plc – €1.600 Empire Capital Investments ...
Dollar Strengthens as Gold Declines Before Fed Decision
March 19th, 2014
The dollar gained against most major currencies and gold fell for a third day before the Federal Reserve decides monetary policy. The ruble strengthened for a fourth day and Russian stocks fell as the nation pushed on with the ...
