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Cyprus: Haircut battle due to kick off within weeks
January 4th, 2016
A GRAND Chamber comprising 15 judges of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will hear a number of appeals brought by Cypriot bank depositors, who lost their money in the March 2013 ‘haircut’ against the European Commission and the ...
Deloitte CFO Survey: A cautious start to 2016
January 4th, 2016
Support among CFOs for UK membership of the EU narrows, though majority still favour UK membership Risk appetite shrinks and business confidence falls back to 2012 level CFOs’ balance sheet strategies are more defensive than any time in last ...
Southeast Asia Launches Huge Trade Bloc
December 30th, 2015
Ten countries formalize their integration efforts in a bid to rebalance regional power and riches Ten Southeast Asian nations start an ambitious, U.S.-backed experiment on Thursday: integrating their economies in a bid to bring more global sway and prosperity ...
Pound Outlook Darkens on Brexit Referendum With BOE Stuck on Launchpad
December 30th, 2015
Sterling will fall to $1.41 by September 2016, SocGen says Fragile global economy, ‘Brexit’ may keep BOE from liftoff The odds are stacking up against the pound for 2016. With growth slowing and the potential for a referendum on ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
Seven big investment banks in UK paid just $30 million tax in 2014
December 29th, 2015
Seven of the biggest investment banks operating in London paid little or no tax in Britain last year, despite reporting billions of dollars in profits, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows. In recent months, the seven investment and ...
Cyprus Can Boost Shipping’s Role in Economy, Wilbur Ross Says
December 28th, 2015
Government’s targets are achievable, billionaire investor says Cyprus to be more aggressive in seeking shipping business Cyprus’s target to increase the contribution that shipping makes to its economy by around two percentage points over the next three years is ...
China Antiterror Law Doesn’t Require Encryption Code Handovers
December 28th, 2015
But law passed by rubber-stamp parliament Sunday still raises concerns about its scope and impact China passed a new antiterrorism law that stepped back from previous language of concern to global technology firms, but which still raises questions about ...
Ukraine set to lose preferential trade with Russia after failed last-minute talks in Brussels
December 22nd, 2015
Following a failed round of negotiations in Brussels, Russia will inevitably suspend the free trade agreement with Ukraine within the Commonwealth of Independent States, once a trade deal between Kiev and European Union goes into effect in the new ...
Greece: Brussels demands changes in shipping taxation
December 22nd, 2015
The European Commission has called for a radical change in the way shipping firms are taxed in Greece. On Monday Brussels sent a series of proposals to Athens that Greece is expected to adopt so that the country’s law ...
