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Are Internal Bribery Probes Private?
October 13th, 2014
To tackle corporate bribery, the U.S. Department of Justice is increasingly relying on companies to turn over their own bad apples. But one former chief executive is trying to turn the tables, arguing that he should be able to ...
Hong Kong protests about economics as much as democracy
October 10th, 2014
For years, Beijing has feared colour revolutions. Now, it has one on Chinese soil. The Occupy Central movement has morphed into the Umbrella Revolution. Tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens, including students as young as 13, have taken ...
Samsung Electronics heads for annual profit drop
October 7th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is heading for its first annual earnings drop since 2011 after it revealed its July-September profit would be the lowest in more than three years and said short-term prospects for smartphones were uncertain. The ...
Incoming antitrust head promises action on tax deals
October 3rd, 2014
Europe’s incoming antitrust chief has promised a tough line on state-subsidised tax avoidance, saying she will “send a signal” with the speedy conclusion of probes into deals with the likes of Apple, Fiat and Starbucks. At her European parliament ...
Tax Tactics Threaten Public Funds
October 2nd, 2014
When the European Commission charged this week that Ireland’s sweetheart tax treatment of Apple amounted to an illegal corporate subsidy, the company said that it had done nothing wrong. Corporate tax strategies intended to minimize global taxes, by hook ...
Samsung’s profit hit bottom in third quarter ahead of slow recovery
October 2nd, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) profit is seen weakening further in the third-quarter, underscoring the downturn in its market-leading smartphone business and piling pressure on the firm to deliver a revamped product lineup. According to analysts, the world’s largest ...
Share trading flat after Wall Street sell-off
September 26th, 2014
U.S. shares trading was near the flat line Friday after Wall Street suffered its worst slide in nearly two months Thursday. The Dow closed down 264.26 points, 1.5%, to end below 17,000 at 16,945.80. Throughout most of the day, ...
Experts warn over VAT digital services rules
September 19th, 2014
Businesses who make and sell apps or provide digital services to consumers in the European Union will see their paperwork increase in January due to new legislation to counter tax avoidance, experts have warned. Currently VAT on digital services ...
Microsoft boosts dividend 11 percent, adds new directors
September 17th, 2014
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Tuesday announced the smallest percentage increase in its quarterly dividend since 2009 and appointed new directors to replace two board members who decided not to seek re-election. The increase, 11 percent to 31 cents per ...
Defeating India’s disastrous food price inflation with trade
September 16th, 2014
Indian economic data in July on industrial growth and inflation was disappointing. Industrial sector growth slowed to 3.4 per cent in June 2014 with the manufacturing sector, the largest component, growing at an anaemic 1.8 per cent. But the ...
