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How accountants can embrace Artificial intelligence; the next big think
March 23rd, 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines. It is a field with a long history but currently is actively growing with applications in many industries and sectors. Google predicts that it is the next big think. Many business ...
New Zealand left the Official Cash Rate unchanged
March 23rd, 2017
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has issued today a press release to announce that the Official Cash Rate left unchanged at 1.75 percent. According the statement by Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler: Macroeconomic indicators in advanced economies have ...
Asia Stock Selloff Eases as Yen Weakens With Gold: Markets Wrap
March 23rd, 2017
Japan’s Topix fluctuates after biggest decline since November 10-year Treasury yields steady after four days of losses A global equities selloff that spurred the biggest drop in Japanese shares since Donald Trump’s election eased as demand for haven assets ...
Can state spending ever be cut?
March 22nd, 2017
President Trump was elected on several promises, including one that he would fund tax cuts by cutting public spending. Cynics might note that his first action was to increase spending on the military by $54bn, the equivalent of six ...
Bats Europe launches two new Indices designed to measure impact of Brexit on UK companies
March 22nd, 2017
Bats Partners with FactSet to Provide Brexit 50/50 Indices Ahead of Triggering of Article 50 Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced it has launched the Bats Brexit 50/50 Indices, ...
Deutsche Bank publishes Annual Report 2016
March 21st, 2017
Deutsche Bank (XETRA: DBKGn.DE / NYSE: DB) today published its 2016 Annual Report. This includes an overview of Deutsche Bank, the Management Report and the bank’s audited consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2016. In addition, the bank ...
ESMA to cooperate with non-EU Regulators on CCPs
March 21st, 2017
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoUs establish cooperation arrangements, including the exchange of information, regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs) which are established and ...
Europe Member States: How the salaries per hour changed; in Romania the highest annual increases
March 20th, 2017
Hourly labour costs rose by 1.6% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28 in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the third quarter of 2016, hourly ...
Gold prices jumped; Values could go higher
March 20th, 2017
GOLD PRICES have jumped this week – and could go higher – after the dollar weakened amid lower expectations of rapidly rising US interest rates, sad experts. The precious metal saw its value push to a two-week high of ...
European Commission introduces new anonymous whistleblower tool
March 18th, 2017
A new tool to make it easier for individuals to alert the Commission about secret cartels and other antitrust violations while maintaining their anonymity has been launched by the European Commission today. Individuals can now help anonymously in the ...
