Search Results for: Big Four
Big Four’s China Accountancy Units Thrashing Out SEC Settlement in Auditing Dispute
June 3rd, 2014
The Chinese units at some of the world’s largest accounting firms – dubbed the Big Four – are looking to reach an out-of-court settlement with the US’ Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to put an end to ...
The Four D’s that define the future
September 28th, 2020
When the money runs out or loses its purchasing power, all sorts of complexity that were previously viewed as essential crumble to dust. Four D’s will define 2020-2025: derealization, denormalization, decomplexification and decoherence. That’s a lot of D’s. ...
European stocks fell on Thursday; The biggest sectoral decliners in Europe
September 17th, 2020
European stocks fell from a one-month closing high on Thursday after an underwhelming response to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s pledge to keep interest rates low for a prolonged period. The pan-European STOXX 600 dropped 0.9%, on course to break ...
Hello old friend…Gold nears $1,350 resistance that has repelled it four times in 5 years
February 21st, 2019
The past five years have been baffling for gold bugs. In an environment of massive central bank money creation, rising government deficits and a populist takeover of many countries’ political systems – all of which should be great for ...
President of biggest law firm in France accuses KPMG of ‘coup’ against the profession
February 7th, 2019
President of biggest law firm in France Fidal accuses KPMG of ‘coup’ against the profession after 130 lawyers decamp to accounting giant. French press reports describe the mass exit from Fidal to the accounting giant as ‘big bang chez ...
The biggest of big pictures
October 26th, 2018
I have had a request from Mrs Macleod to write down in simple terms what on earth is going on in the world, and why is it that I think gold is so important in this context. She-who-must-be-obeyed ...
Euro nears four-week highs as the Chinese yuan rebounded
July 10th, 2018
The Chinese yuan rebounded and the euro rose to its highest since June 14 on Monday as investors bought riskier assets following favourable U.S. jobs data last week and evidence that global trade tension has not yet slowed economic ...
‘Big Bitcoin Heist’—Iceland Cryptocurrency Thefts Lead to 11 Arrests
March 6th, 2018
Eleven people, including a security guard, were arrested in Iceland in connection with the theft of almost $2 million worth of cryptocurrency-mining equipment from local data centers. Icelandic media are referring to the theft as the “Big Bitcoin Heist.” ...
Bitcoin falls as one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency markets readies a bill to ban trading
January 11th, 2018
South Korea’s justice minister said on Thursday that a bill is being prepared to ban all cryptocurrency trading in the country. That news is a major development for the cryptocurrency space, as South Korea is one of the biggest ...
Bitcoin got a big boost in 2017. Here are 5 other cryptocurrencies to watch in 2018
January 4th, 2018
Mainstream investors spent much of last year trying to figure out how to jump in on bitcoin, the digital currency for which prices ballooned to as high as $19,000 in recent months. But even as people hope to make ...