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Canadian corporate tax attracts U.S. companies
August 26th, 2014
Canada has become the latest frontier for U.S. companies fleeing the high cost of business, spurred by low corporate taxes and a policy that keeps international earnings out of the clutches of the Internal Revenue Service. It’s “not fair” ...
Is Oil About To Become Front-Page News? “A Glut That Held Prices Down For Years Is Essentially Gone”
May 22nd, 2018
Here’s a new indicator for you: It seems that the difference between the price of oil here and abroad is a measure of tightness in the market, with a rising spread indicating higher prices in the future, ...
Luxleaks whistleblower to contest appeal sentence
April 12th, 2017
The man who revealed the Luxleaks scandal, Antoine Deltour, has said he will contest the sentence handed to him last month at the Court of Appeal in Luxembourg. “I don’t think this decision is characteristic of a fair decision ...
Fairfax Financial to Acquire Allied World for $4.9 Billion in Cash and Stock
December 19th, 2016
Cash and share offer with dividend for total value of $54.00 per Allied World share – $10.00 in cash and $44.00 in Fairfax Shares 18% premium to the last close per Allied World share Fairfax has the option to ...
Football Leaks: Corruption of the game
December 5th, 2016
From where did the largest dataset leak in the history of sports come? And who is the man who exposed the corruption and tax scheming – the individual who is now being hunted down by the giants of the ...
Spain is the first country in Europe to introduce Samsung Pay contactless payments
June 6th, 2016
Samsung Electronics today has announced the launch in Spain of Samsung Pay, a secure and simple mobile payments service that works anywhere you can pay with a contactless credit or debit card. Spain is the first country in Europe ...
The Cashless Society Cometh: European Nations Such As Sweden And Denmark Are ‘Eradicating Cash’
December 28th, 2015
Did you know that 95 percent of all retail sales in Sweden are cashless? And did you know that the government of Denmark has a stated goal of “eradicating cash” by the year 2030? All over the world, we ...
Shell stops Arctic activity after ‘disappointing’ tests
September 28th, 2015
Royal Dutch Shell has stopped Arctic oil and gas exploration off the coast of Alaska after “disappointing” results from a key well in the Chukchi Sea. In a surprise announcement (read below the announcement), the company said it would ...
Swiss issuers to weather forex storm
August 26th, 2015
The ‘Swiss Credit Handbook 2015’ published today by Credit Suisse contains the credit profiles of the most important Swiss issuers and participants in the Swiss franc capital market. Assessments of the creditworthiness of the different entities covered by Credit Suisse credit ...
The best and worst IPOs of 2015
June 10th, 2015
A lot of familiar names have made their stock market debuts this year: Etsy (ETSY), GoDaddy(GDDY), Box (BOX). Unfortunately, the fame has been short-lived for most. The stock of online craft retailer Etsy soared 88% on its first day of trading in mid-April. It looked like ...
