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Mazars announces annual growth of 15.9% together with a strategic merger in China
January 19th, 2016
Mazars announces 2014-2015 fiscal year results of €1.252bn. This figure is up 15.9% from last year, driven by 6.0% organic growth, 6.0% external growth – in particular from the merger with Roever Broenner Susat in early 2015 – and ...
WhatsApp to Drop Subscription Fee
January 19th, 2016
WhatsApp will scrap its subscription fee and explore ways that businesses can interact with the mobile messaging service’s users to make up for the lost revenue, its co-founder said Monday. The app previously had charged an annual renewal fee ...
Asia stocks eke out gains in afternoon trade
January 19th, 2016
Asian equities bounced back in afternoon trade after having a mixed but volatile reaction to a slew of key Chinese data that were mostly in line with expectations. Chinese stocks jumped in late trade, with the Shanghai composite up ...
China GDP Slows to Weakest Since 2009 on Manufacturing Slide
January 19th, 2016
As growth ticked lower, yuan and stocks volatility marked 2015 Two-speed divergence as old drivers slow, services do better China’s economy slowed in December, capping the weakest quarter of growth since the 2009 global recession, as the Communist leadership ...
Iran Nuclear Deal Stokes Anxiety Among Its Rivals
January 18th, 2016
Foes worry about how Tehran will use billions of dollars of unfrozen oil receipts Iran celebrated the removal of economic sanctions on Sunday, even as regional rivals warned that it was still out to destabilize the Middle East and ...
The Top 10 (or 11) Bitcoin-Friendly Cities
January 18th, 2016
Looking to spend bitcoin on your travels? Your chances are much greater in the US. Seven of the top 11 cities with the most merchants that accept bitcoin are in the U.S., based on information from coinmap.org. San Francisco/San ...
The Financial Apocalypse Accelerates As Middle East Stocks Crash To Begin The Week
January 18th, 2016
It looks like it is going to be another chaotic week for global financial markets. On Sunday, news that Iran plans to dramatically ramp up oil production sent stocks plunging all across the Middle East. Stocks in Kuwait were ...
Asia markets close mostly down; Japan, Australia near bear markets
January 18th, 2016
Markets in Asia closed mostly lower Monday, on the back of another Wall Street sell-off Friday. Major indexes in Australia and Japan were nearing bear market territory, down over 18 percent from their 52-week highs. Down Under, the Australian ...
Austrians get (some) mainstream credibility
January 15th, 2016
Well, well: who would have believed it. First the Bank for International Settlements comes out with a paper that links credit booms to the boom-bust business cycle, then Britain’s Adam Smith Institute publishes a paper by Anthony Evans that ...
Twitter sued by U.S. widow for giving voice to Islamic State
January 15th, 2016
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is being sued by the widow of an American killed in Jordan who accuses the social media company of giving a voice to Islamic State, adding to the pressure to crack down on online propaganda linked ...
