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FATCA Letters Promise Disclosure To IRS, What To Do?
November 12th, 2014
If you have a bank account anywhere outside the U.S., chances are you will receive a letter saying that your bank must hand over the details of any American accounts, including yours. The letters vary with the country and ...
Report on role of Bank of England officials in relation to conduct issues in the foreign exchange market
November 12th, 2014
The Oversight Committee has today published an independent report by Lord Grabiner QC. This follows his investigation into whether, between 2005 and 2013, any Bank of England official was involved in, or aware of, conduct issues in the foreign ...
FINMA sanctions foreign exchange manipulation at UBS
November 12th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has concluded enforcement proceedings against UBS AG (UBS) regarding foreign exchange trading conducted in Switzerland. FINMA found that over an extended period of time the bank’s employees in Zurich at least attempted ...
U.S. and China Reach Deal on Climate Change after Months of Talk
November 12th, 2014
China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in ...
HMRC letters warning of £1m fines hit tax firms
November 12th, 2014
The first batch of avoidance experts who could be both publicly denounced by HM Revenue & Customs and forced to reveal their clients’ names has been written to by the tax department. The advisers, who HMRC regards as potentially ...
Regulators fine global banks $3.4 billion in forex probe
November 12th, 2014
Global regulators imposed penalties totaling $3.4 billion on five major banks, including UBS (UBSN.VX), HSBC (HSBA.L) and Citigroup (C.N) on Wednesday for failing to stop their traders from trying to manipulate foreign exchange markets. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and JP ...
The Two New Tools of Monetary Policy
November 12th, 2014
Every basic exposition of how monetary policy is conducted before about 2008 is soon to become obsolete. The three basic monetary policy tools that used to be taught in almost every introductory economics course were changing reserve requirements, changing ...
Suit Accuses Banks of Role in Financing Terror Attacks
November 11th, 2014
The suit accuses banks — including HSBC and Barclays — of helping to finance the violent activities through their ties to Iran, painting Wall Street as a sort of middleman of terror. Those acts of terrorism occurred a world away ...
Embezzler back in court: Ronda Nixon to answer accusations Thursday
November 11th, 2014
A former law firm bookkeeper who was convicted of embezzlement in 2009 and served time in prison is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday to answer accusations she has violated the terms of her probation, according to court records. ...
Tax Reform Not Included In Obama, Congress Meeting
November 11th, 2014
While there had been some hope of immediate moves towards United States corporate tax reform after the mid-term election results, the first joint meeting on November 7 between President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers, who will now control both ...