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KPMG Wins 2014 International Accounting Award for Sustainability
October 3rd, 2014
KPMG International has won the prestigious 2014 International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) Award for Sustainable Firm of the Year for a third consecutive year. Citing KPMG’s “strong commitment to running a sustainable business,” IAB highlighted KPMG’s collaboration with Enactus, which ...
Natural Gas Causing ‘Detour’ on Road to Cleaner Fuel
October 2nd, 2014
Natural gas is often promoted as a cleaner alternative to gasoline — a kind of “bridge fuel” between emission-heavy energy sources and zero-emission renewables like solar and wind. But a new study casts doubt on the benefits of natural ...
ESMA invites investors to open hearing on market abuse
September 8th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will hold an open hearing on the issues raised in the two recently published Consultation papers on draft Technical Standards and on possible implementing measures on the Market Abuse Regulation. ESMA is ...
China Plans a Market for Carbon Permits
September 1st, 2014
China plans to introduce its national market for carbon permit trading in 2016, a government official said on Sunday, adding that Beijing is close to completing rules for what will be the world’s biggest emissions trading program. China has ...
Corporation tax and CGT
August 1st, 2014
Summarize of the key measures in Finance Act 2014, Andrew Goodall sets out the main corporation tax and capital gains tax provisions in part one of the act. Corporation tax Rates Finance Act 2013 fixed the main rate for ...
Can Investment Save Europe?
August 1st, 2014
Economic growth in Europe remains disappointing. Virtually all European Union members are expected to post higher output in 2014; but, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest projections, the average growth rate in the eurozone will barely exceed 1%. ...
Japan plans to finance foreign Coal Plants
July 29th, 2014
Following U.S’s and Europe’s negligence for supporting overseas coal projects, Japan has seize the opportunity to advance in this sector. According to the Wall Street Journal, on July 23, Japanese plans were set out in order to support coal-fired ...
Amplats to sell strike-hit South Africa mines
July 21st, 2014
World number-one platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J) is to sell a swathe of its most labor-intensive South African mines after a five-month strike shattered its hopes of ever making them profitable. The mines account for over half of ...
Australia repeals controversial carbon tax
July 17th, 2014
Australia’s government repealed a much-maligned carbon tax on the nation’s worst greenhouse gas polluters on Thursday, ending years of contention over a measure that became political poison for the lawmakers who imposed it. The Senate voted 39 to 32 ...
US Supreme Court working on 17 unsolved cases
June 16th, 2014
It’s crunch time at the Supreme Court, where the justices are racing to issue opinions in 17 cases over the next two weeks. The religious rights of corporations, the speech rights of abortion protesters and the privacy rights of ...
