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Philippines Responds To Businesses’ VAT Refund Concerns
November 7th, 2014
The Philippines tax authority has said that it will process value-added tax refund and credit claims within 120 days of an application, in response to an outcry from businesses about recent Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 54-2014, which clarified ...
Yuan Bears Say Record Dollar Debt to Fuel Decline: China Credit
November 7th, 2014
Yuan bears have added Chinese companies’ record dollar borrowings to the list of reasons why the currency may weaken. Chinese firms raised $196 billion from loans and bonds this year, 11 times more than the $17.7 billion of 2008, ...
Putin Ally Denies Knowledge of U.S. Money Laundering Investigation
November 7th, 2014
A commodities firm under investigation by federal prosectors on suspicion of money laundering and improper oil trading said on Thursday that it had no knowledge of the inquiry and called allegations of wrongdoing “baseless and false.” The investigation, first reported by The ...
Singapore Returns Up to $9 Billion to Banks in Rate Probe
November 7th, 2014
Singapore’s central bank gave back as much as S$12 billion ($9.3 billion) that it took from 19 lenders last year as a penalty for trying to manipulate benchmark interest rates. The banks have taken steps to prevent a recurrence ...
Competition watchdog to investigate UK current account and SME banking market
November 7th, 2014
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to launch a full-scale investigation into personal current accounts and SME banking, following a three month consultation exercise. The CMA published two studies in July which indicated that regulatory barriers and limited ...
Lame Duck Congress Likely to Pass Tax Extenders
November 7th, 2014
A panel of Congressional staffers was unanimously optimistic Thursday morning that the lame-duck Congress would pass a package of “extenders,” including ones that would preserve tax breaks for research and development investments and purchases of equipment. Summing up the ...
Protect yourself from a negative outcome
November 7th, 2014
Something bad that overturns our calculations and expectations in life can happen any time. A driver insures his car to be covered in case of an accident. A landlord can also insure his house, his assets. How can, an ...
U.S. jobs data to show economy’s resilience
November 7th, 2014
U.S. employers likely hired new workers at a fairly brisk clip last month, underscoring the economy’s resilience in the face of slowing global demand. Employers probably added 231,000 new jobs to their payrolls after boosting them by 248,000 in ...
Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firm
November 7th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “Taito Securities Group“(www.taitosec.com). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with this company, since is not permitted to provide any financial services ...
