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Google tax deal labelled ‘derisory’, as criticism grows
January 25th, 2016
An agreement for US firm Google to pay £130m in UK back taxes has been labelled as “derisory” and a “sweetheart deal” by critics. The payment covers money owed since 2005 and follows a six-year inquiry by Her Majesty’s ...
Out of the mouths of babes…
January 22nd, 2016
Parents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of economists, journalists, financial commentators and central bankers, which are designed to expose the contradictions in ...
MTN CEO Dabengwa Resigns After $5.2 Billion Nigeria Penalty
November 9th, 2015
Dabengwa is replaced by Chairman Nhleko for up to six months The shares pare early losses to trade higher in Johannesburg MTN Group Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Sifiso Dabengwa unexpectedly resigned from Africa’s biggest mobile-phone operator to take responsibility ...
Aberdeen granted WFOE licence, signals long-term ambition in China
September 23rd, 2015
China has granted Aberdeen Asset Management (‘Aberdeen’), the UK-based asset manager, a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) business licence. The announcement comes as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, leads a trade delegation to China. The licence, issued to ...
Ready for Google’s Alphabet?
August 12th, 2015
In a move that shook the tech world, Google announced Monday that it will undergo restructuring so that it becomes a subsidiary of a new parent company called Alphabet, Inc. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be head of Alphabet, while ...
PwC takes over from KPMG at Aberdeen Asset Management
July 24th, 2015
PwC has picked up a new financial services audit client as Aberdeen Asset Management has announced its intention to end its 32-year relationship with KPMG PwC is to be appointed as the group’s external auditor for the year ending ...
Enternext Launches Tech 40 Label to Promote Innovative European Companies
April 28th, 2015
EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for SMEs, today announced the launch of Tech 40, a label recognising innovative European SMEs listed on the markets it covers. Each year Tech 40 will allow 40 ...
BOJ’s Kuroda: Told PM Abe Japan’s long-term price trend unchanged
March 23rd, 2015
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he told Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that inflation is slowing due to a decline in oil prices but there is no change in the long-term rising trend for consumer prices as the economy improves. ...
Japan PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament for election
November 21st, 2014
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved parliament, paving the way for a snap election. Mr Abe is seeking a new mandate for economic reforms and is delaying an unpopular increase in sales tax. But opinion polls conducted by ...
Japan PM to seek fresh mandate for ‘Abenomics’ with snap poll
November 18th, 2014
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that he would call an early election to seek a fresh mandate for his economic policies, and postpone an unpopular sales tax rise, a day after data showed the economy had slipped back ...
