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Barclays Identity Service launches, providing a secure and simple way for UK residents to access Government services online
March 23rd, 2016
UK residents using GOV.UK Verify to access government services online will now be able to choose the Barclays Identity Service to quickly and securely verify their identity, giving them easy access to services such as viewing their driving licence, ...
Citigroup says being investigated in Germany over dividend trades
March 23rd, 2016
Citigroup (C.N) is being investigated by German tax authorities over an equity trading strategy known as “cum-ex” or “dividend stripping,” the U.S. bank said on Tuesday. Dividend stripping involves buying a stock just before its dividend rights expire, then ...
Deloitte forecasts double digit growth
March 22nd, 2016
Deloitte’s new chief executive Cindy Hook is forecasting double digit revenue growth for the 12 months to May 31, as she repositions the professional services giant to be more globally oriented to capture emerging markets, and meet the demands of domestic clients expanding offshore. Reflecting on her ...
IHS and Markit to merge, creating a global leader in critical information, analytics and solutions
March 22nd, 2016
IHS (NYSE: IHS) and Markit (NASDAQ: MRKT) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-share merger of equals to create a global leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. Based ...
Iraq exports first natural gas shipment in its history
March 21st, 2016
Iraq has exported the first shipment of natural gas in its history, a key development for the OPEC member. The move revives a long-sought ambition by Iraq to be a gas exporter, thanks to a joint venture with Anglo-Dutch ...
Big four among others to join together to enable more apprenticeships
March 21st, 2016
Leading professional services and industry employers, Professional Bodies and training providers have come together to develop a new apprenticeship standard for the audit, accountancy and tax professions. The new standard has been developed to provide school leavers with a ...
PricewaterhouseCoopers accused of conflict of interest in development role
March 21st, 2016
Diane Abbott is furious that PwC is working on a DfID scheme called the Investment Facility for Utilising UK Specialist Expertise Big Four accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers has been accused of “a very serious conflict of interest” in its role as an ...
GAIN Capital Provides Update on Status of Form 10-K Filing
March 18th, 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP; “GAIN” or “the Company”), a global provider of online trading services, today provided an update regarding the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (the “10-K”). GAIN ...
Shell, Saudi Aramco Plan to Break Up Motiva Partnership
March 17th, 2016
Ownership of biggest refinery in the U.S. will shift to Saudi Arabia’s hands Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. plan to end their long-standing fuel partnership, putting ownership of the biggest refinery in the U.S. in ...
The Rats Keep Pressing The Bar: Two Amazing Stories, One Inevitable Result
March 17th, 2016
Anyone who doubts that the global financial system has run out of (good new) ideas has only to track the recent words and deeds of central bankers and mainstream economists: Slightly-negative interest rates didn’t lead people to borrow more? ...
