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FB suffers legal blow in EU court
October 4th, 2019
Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU’s top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide. The decision will be seen as a victory for EU ...
An Inflationary Depression
October 4th, 2019
Financial markets are ignoring bearish developments in international trade, which coincide with the end of a long expansionary phase for credit. Both empirical evidence from the one occasion these conditions existed in the past and reasoned theory suggest ...
CySEC announced the suspension of the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm
September 26th, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform that on the 24th of September 2019, has decided to suspend the license of a Cyprus Investment Firm. In accordance with the CySEC’s announcement: The authorisation of ...
CySEC announces the withdrawal of the authorisation of a Cyprus Investment Firm
September 23rd, 2019
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued an announcement to inform investors and public for its decision to withdraw the authorisation of a Cyprus Investment Firm. In accordance the CySEC’s announcement, CySEC on its meeting of 9th September ...
ICO incubator and founder charged for unregistered offering and unregistered broker activity
September 20th, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for conducting an illegal $14 million securities offering of ICOBox’s digital tokens and for acting as unregistered brokers for other digital asset offerings. According to the ...
Measuring Recession
September 20th, 2019
Using nominal GDP, or GDP deflated by the CPI, as the principal guide to the state of the economy is a common mistake which will eventually prove very costly. Having convinced themselves that GDP measures economic progress, government ...
From trash to treasure: the growing illegal waste trafficking market
September 20th, 2019
It’s well known there’s always two sides of a story, if not more, but we all agree that waste management is an important issue as waste has a huge negative impact on the natural environment. On the top of ...
UK pound retreated further from last week’s gains
September 17th, 2019
The pound retreated further from last week’s gains following a heated remarks by Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel on Monday showing that the gap between the British and European Union positions on Brexit remained far apart. Bettel lashed out ...
China or US?
September 9th, 2019
China has made some silly errors in its conflict with the US, reflecting the arrogance that often afflicts every state actor. But the appearance that China is being backed into a corner over Huawei, trade tariffs and Hong ...
Sterling rebounds on data surprise, Brexit hopes
September 9th, 2019
Sterling rebounded from early lows on Monday and headed toward a five-week high on Monday as surprisingly strong data and growing optimism that Britain will not crash out of the European Union without a deal boosted demand for the ...
