Individual travellers leaving Japan are now paying a departure tax of 1,000 yen (9 U.S. dollars) which has begun to be collected from Monday. Those individuals who are leaving Japan by airlines or ship are liable to pay this new… Read More ›
Regulations & Legal
China’s Measures Not Enough To Stimulate Slowing Economy: JP Morgan
According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management, the number of measures that have been taken by Chinese authorities to stimulate the slowing economy is apparently not enough for the second largest economy of the world to address the challenges that it… Read More ›
UK Businesses see border delays as significant Brexit risk: EEF/AIG survey
Although Britain is scheduled to depart from the EU on March 29, what will happen on that day is still unclear. This is a significant issue for British businesses since they routinely import and export materials and goods from the… Read More ›
The China Slowdown Pinch Is Being Felt By Luxury Brands
Following the Thursday announcement by Apple of a warning for profits for the fiscal first quarter due to a drop in demand and sale of its iPhones in China and the economic slowdown in the Chinese economy, there was a… Read More ›
Chinese Central Bank Injects More Liquidity To Stimulate Slowing Economy
A number of new measures are being taken by China so that there is more bank-lending which can further stimulate its slowing economy. In the latest measure in a spate of number of policy changes that the Chinese government has… Read More ›
Qualcomm In Critical Legal Battle Against The U.S. Antitrust Body
The antitrust case against Qualcomm brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case accusing Qualcomm Inc of abusing a monopoly on mobile chip technology is expected to head to the courtroom on Friday for a trial whose outcome could… Read More ›
U.S. trade action bites Chinese economy, trade negotiations scheduled for Jan 7-8
The United States and China have until March to resolve the core issues of the trade war. If Beijing were to continue stonewalling U.S. demands of bringing an end to the abuse of its intellectual property, opening up its market… Read More ›
MiFID II increasing pressure on margins on mid-to-small brokerages
Although regulators introduced MiFID II in order to bring about increased transparency and ensure that investors get a fairer deal, but with the reduced cost of market research, the market dominance by large financial institution is quickly becoming an issue…. Read More ›
Bill Gates co-founded TerraPower LLC looking for new partners pursuing nuclear energy
TerraPower aim to use depleted uranium as the fuel for its nuclear reactors. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal, a nuclear energy venture co-founded and chaired by Bill Gates is looking for a new partner for early… Read More ›
Italy budget: Parliament passes budget after EU standoff
Even while the opposition in Italy complained that the Italian government was being dictated by the European Union, the parliament of the country approved a revised budget for 2019. Earlier, the populist government of the country had actually pushed hard… Read More ›