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Poland blocks EU directive to implement global corporate tax deal
April 14th, 2022
Poland vetoed on Tuesday (5 April) a compromise proposal for an EU directive that would implement the internationally agreed 15% minimum effective taxation rate for large multinationals. With its veto, the Polish government frustrated the French EU Presidency’s goal ...
One of the world’s biggest hacker forums taken down
April 14th, 2022
The illegal marketplace ‘RaidForums’ has been shut down and its infrastructure seized as a result of Operation TOURNIQUET, a complex law enforcement effort coordinated by Europol to support independent investigations of the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Portugal, and ...
Employment up, labour market slack down in Q4 2021
April 14th, 2022
In the EU, the employment rate of people aged 20-64 stood at 74.0% in the fourth quarter of 2021, which represents an increase of 0.5 percentage points (pp) compared with the third quarter of 2021. The labour market slack, ...
European stocks steady as focus turns to ECB decision, earnings
April 14th, 2022
European stocks were little changed as investors focused on the corporate earnings season as well as the European Central Bank’s meeting for cues on the path of monetary policy. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up less than 0.1% ...
cTrader Desktop 4.2 Massive Release Delivers a New Epitome of Technical Superiority for Developers
March 30th, 2022
Spotware has announced the release of its cTrader Desktop 4.2 version – a release that opens up one of the biggest selections of technical improvements within several years, largely focused on the developers in the cTrader ecosystem. cTrader Desktop ...
European Council reaches agreement on updated rules for VAT rates
December 14th, 2021
The European Council reached agreement on a proposal to update EU rules on rates of value added tax (VAT). The new rules reflect member states’ current needs and the EU’s present policy objectives, which have changed considerably since the ...
Swiss bank UBS fined over tax evasion in French appeal
December 14th, 2021
A French court fined Swiss bank UBS 1.8 billion euros on appeal for its role in helping French residents commit tax fraud. UBS took the fight to the Paris appeals court after being initially hit with a 3.7-billion-euro fine ...
Virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes
December 14th, 2021
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 7-8 December 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the public and private sectors gathering to exchange knowledge on virtual ...
Cloud computing used by 42% of enterprises
December 14th, 2021
Enterprises can access computing resources hosted by third parties on the internet instead of building their own IT infrastructure. This pool of resources is most commonly known as ‘cloud computing’. As cloud services are provided online, enterprises must have ...
Basic trading emotions
December 13th, 2021
There are times when anyone invested in the stock market feels like giving up and selling everything. There may even be times when you, as an investor, feel as if this asset class is not for you. However, what ...
