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Italy’s main opposition parties call for new currency to flank euro
September 13th, 2017
Italy’s leading opposition parties are calling for the introduction of a parallel currency to the euro, which they say will boost growth and jobs. Three of the country’s four largest parties – the Five Star Movement, the Northern League ...
Blockchain firms in $1.3b virtual currency battle
September 12th, 2017
Two of the world’s largest blockchain developers are battling over more than US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) in virtual currency options, in a dispute that may help establish the leading player in providing new payment technologies to financial companies. R3, ...
China Is Said to Ban Bitcoin Exchanges While Allowing OTC Trades
September 11th, 2017
China plans to ban trading of bitcoin and other virtual currencies on domestic exchanges, dealing another blow to the $150 billion cryptocurrency market after the country outlawed initial coin offerings last week. The ban will only apply to trading ...
World’s ‘most influential legal thinker’ steps down
September 6th, 2017
A witty US judge, who spearheaded a revolution in the economic analysis of law, has retired from the bench. One of the US’s leading appellate judges, described as the world’s most influential thinker over the last 50 years, has ...
Majority of accounting firm bosses rated ‘good’ or ‘excellent’
September 4th, 2017
A survey of UK bosses found that 61% of those working in professional services including accounting and law firms are positive about their bosses although one in 10 (9%) were slated as ‘poor’ managers, showing that bad management habits ...
CySec informs on the approval of a new ASP and a new Cyprus Investment Firm
September 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the financial regulatory authority of Cyprus, has issued today two announcements to inform that two firms have been approved by the Commission as an Administrative Services Provider and as a Cyprus Investment Firm, accordingly. ...
IFSC warns about Binary/Forex Trade and SMARTTRADE SERVICES LIMITED
August 30th, 2017
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC), the financial regulator of Belize, has issued warnings to inform investors and public about non regulated entities. According he releases, the warning about Binary/Forex Trade informs that It has come to ...
How Bitcoin is making waves in the luxury market
August 28th, 2017
When Bitcoin and a subsequent raft of cryptocurrencies first landed in the early part of the decade, many people — including noted economists and finance experts — dismissed them as a fad. These new forms of digital money were ...
Samsung’s billionaire heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for corruption
August 25th, 2017
A court in South Korea has sentenced Samsung’s billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption. Mr Lee was accused of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea’s former president. The ...
Companies Begin Paying Taiwan’s New ‘Netflix Tax’
August 24th, 2017
Taiwan has said that a total of 45 overseas providers of electronic services have filed value-added tax returns in respect of electronic supplies to the domestic market, under the territory’s new “Netflix tax.” On December 28, 2016, Taiwan’s President ...
