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New Tax Threatens to Destroy Gas Production in Ukraine
August 13th, 2014
Independent gas producers in Ukraine are joining forces to pressure the government in Kiev to re-think its new gas tax before everyone makes a run for the border in search of new assets in a more stable environment. Private ...
Iran sidesteps oil sanctions
August 13th, 2014
Iran is looking to export increasing amounts of oil to China and Asian markets by finding a way to sidestep Western sanctions. This will expand the value of its trade by potentially billions of dollars a year. In doing ...
T-Mobile deal collapse could spark telecom price war
August 7th, 2014
Sprint Corp’s (S.N) newly appointed Chief Executive Marcelo Claure has so far had a Midas touch in the telecoms industry, turning Brightstar, a reseller of U.S. handsets to Latin America, into a distributor valued at $2.2 billion when it ...
Seychelles Able To Avoid More Tax Measures
August 6th, 2014
The Seychelles Government has announced temporary financial measures, which will lead to higher interest rates and reduced lending, but which, it was said, will not be joined by any changes to taxation. Finance, Trade, and Investment Minister Pierre Laporte ...
PayPal co-founder Levchin, Affirm want to disrupt credit biz
August 5th, 2014
If you’ve got your eye on a purchase that your credit score says you can’t quite afford, Max Levchin may be able to help. After a brief stint as a Google executive, the PayPal co-founder is back in the ...
Oil companies may deregulate diesel prices by Diwali
August 4th, 2014
The government raised diesel prices by 50 paise on Friday and under-recoveries – the price differential between cost and selling price on every litre of diesel sold is now Rs 1.33. Diesel prices were first deregulated by the NDA ...
China regulator says Microsoft should not obstruct anti-trust probe
August 4th, 2014
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) should not obstruct an anti-trust investigation by Chinese regulators, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said on Monday, the latest shot fired by China’s government at the U.S. software giant. The SAIC has questioned ...
CFPB rules U.S. banks on $30 Billion in excess fees
August 1st, 2014
The $30 billion banks collect in overdraft fees each year may shrink as the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau imposes rules aimed at shielding customers from harm. The agency, which issued a study on the fees yesterday, is also ...
Barclays gains Profit But Investment Banking Revenue declines
July 30th, 2014
Barclays said on Wednesday that it had swung to a profit in the second quarter, but that it was hurt by lower revenue in its investment banking unit and by higher provisions for improperly sold insurance. The British bank ...
Deutsche Bank, Fitschen Try to Avoid Ackermann Juggling
July 30th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) Co-Chief Executive Officer Juergen Fitschen is seeking to keep prosecutors from filing charges against him. If he fails, he may have to juggle his duties with his defense as his predecessor did a decade ago. ...
