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The Age of Vulnerability
October 13th, 2014
Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem plaguing the United States. The first, the US Census Bureau’s annual income and poverty report, shows that, despite the economy’s supposed recovery from the Great Recession, ordinary ...
Stocks, oil flounder on growth anxiety, China data little help
October 13th, 2014
Asian stocks stumbled to seven-month lows on Monday, while crude oil prices were pinned near a four-year trough as promising trade numbers out of China failed to cheer a market still worried about faltering global growth. “European equities look ...
Emerging markets enter slow growth era
October 13th, 2014
Growth in emerging markets is slowing to its lowest ebb since the aftermath of the financial crisis due to a combination of China’s fading dynamism, a sputtering performance in eastern Europe and Latin America’s slowdown. Evidence that emerging economies ...
Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks
October 13th, 2014
There are rising concerns in Europe over negotiations to liberalise trade with the United States. The project, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, aims to remove a wide range of barriers to bilateral commerce. Demonstrations were taking ...
Ireland Considers changes on Corporate Tax
October 13th, 2014
Multinational companies are bracing for their last serving of the “Double Irish.” Ireland is expected on Tuesday to announce changes to its tax code that could eventually close one of the world’s most famous corporate-tax loopholes, dubbed the Double ...
Statoil sells Shah Deniz stake for $2.25 billion to Petronas
October 13th, 2014
Norway’s Statoil (STL.OL) has sold its remaining 15.5 percent stake in the Azeri gas project Shah Deniz to Malaysia’s Petronas for $2.25 billion, the latest in a string of asset sales made to shore up returns to shareholders. ...
I.M.F. warns of Global Financial Risk
October 13th, 2014
Policy makers at a meeting of the International Monetary Fund said that high debt in China and a lack of spending in Europe, among other factors, could provoke a market convulsion. A more immediate concern drew the attention of ...
Financial Education for Entrepreneurs: How to get it right?
October 10th, 2014
Financial education needs a coordinated and integrated approach and to be taught as early as possible. More and better synergies among all players in the financial environment – but not only- are needed, but it is also important to ...
CySec on ESMA’s draft Regulatory Technical Standards
October 10th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) issued an announcement regarding Issuers with securities admitted to trading on the Cyprus Stock Exchange or any other regulated market and any other stakeholder who is affected by Directive 2003/71/EC, for prospectuses ...
Google Provides Details on ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Requests
October 10th, 2014
Google said that it had removed more links in Europe to content on Facebook from its search results than from any other website. Facebook, and Google’s own services, are among the websites to be most affected by Europe’s so-called ...
