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Financial Stability Board to Propose Stricter Capital Rules for Global Banks
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Stability Board, a panel made up of central bankers, finance officials and top regulators from the world’s largest economies, plans to announce proposals Monday that would double the amount of money that large banks would be required ...
E.C.B. Threatened to End Funding Unless Ireland Took Bailout, Letters Show
November 10th, 2014
Newly released documents suggest that Ireland was pressured into a controversial 67.5 billion euro bailout that left taxpayers rescuing crippled banks, reigniting a fierce debate about the international aid that Dublin accepted after the financial crash. An exchange of letters, ...
Accountant arrested over suspected £2m VAT fraud
November 7th, 2014
An accountant is among four people arrested in dawn raids yesterday on suspicion of a £2.2m VAT fraud. The four men, three from Essex and one from Hertfordshire, allegedly set up an elaborate scheme of subcontractors within the civil ...
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 ...
ASIC announces financial report
November 7th, 2014
ASIC today announced its areas of focus for 31 December 2014 financial reports of listed entities and other entities of public interest with many stakeholders. ‘Directors and auditors should focus on values of assets and accounting policy choices, which ...
In Japan, Moves to Stimulate Economy Reach a Critical Stage
November 6th, 2014
In Japan – Hiroyuki Hara has increased prices at his flower shop in recent months, part of a broad reversal of the deflation that has long plagued Japan’s economy. Japan’s audacious campaign to reinvigorate its economy is entering a ...
HMRC ‘steps up’ scrutiny of largest businesses
November 6th, 2014
The tax returns of two thirds of the 800 largest businesses operating in the UK are under “enquiry”, HMRC announced after yesterday’s stakeholder conference. Jennie Grainger, director general of enforcement and compliance, told the conference that this did not ...
Russia may ban circulation of US dollar
November 6th, 2014
Russia may ban the circulation of the United States dollar. The State Duma has already been submitted a relevant bill banning and terminating the circulation of USD in Russia, APA’s Moscow correspondent reports. If the bill is approved, Russian ...
A Recent Surge of Leveraged Loans Rattles Regulators
November 5th, 2014
As regulators hunt for the next financial bubble, they are homing in on an obscure corner of Wall Street: the debt market where Tom Shannon’s company, a chain of flashy bowling alleys, recently borrowed nearly half a billion dollars. ...
Investors eye opportunities as Republicans take U.S. Senate
November 5th, 2014
The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday could lead to new legislative measures that directly affect the energy sector and other slices of the equities market. Republican Senate candidates picked up formerly Democratic seats in Iowa, North ...
