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A policy allowing firms to deduct machinery and equipment costs from their (...)Period pants should not be subject to 20% VAT, say firms
Marks & Spencer and period pants brand WUKA are asking the government to remove (...)Amazon online sales improve despite economy fears
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Nightclubs, restaurants and shops could be hit by new Covid curbs, but many (...)You may be able to book a flying taxi within three years
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The "shared economy" has grown rapidly thanks to technology platforms like (...)Coronavirus: Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils £30bn plan to save jobs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak cuts VAT on hospitality and offers firms a bonus to (...)Wirecard: Scandal-hit firm files for insolvency
The once high-flying payments firm Wirecard files for insolvency after a €1.9bn (...)Coronavirus: Energy firms permitted to chase unpaid bills again
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The Trump administration will study ways to safeguard Americans from the risks (...)Coronavirus: Uber tells all drivers to wear face masks
The ride-hailing firm is providing UK taxi drivers with protective gear, but (...)U.S. SEC alleges accounting fraud at Florida direct lender TCA -filing
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday filed charges (...)Uber axes 3,700 staff as trips drop in lockdowns
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A British court awarded $11 million in damages and expenses on Friday to a (...)UPDATE 2-Airbnb secures $1 bln investment from Silver Lake, Sixth Street
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People in Britain are at their most pessimistic about the outlook for the (...)UPDATE 1-Portugal to help firms through coronavirus, tough measures in place
Portugal moved to help businesses weather the coronavirus epidemic on Friday (...)Oil price plunge ramps up pressure on Pemex; hedge programs in focus
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Ministers urge firms to stop relying on "cheap labour", but critics warn of (...)UPDATE 1-Romania may sell 5% stake in Hidroelectrica to EBRD
Romania is considering an offer from the European Bank for Reconstruction (...)UPDATE 2-South African Airways cancels flights in fight for survival
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Far Point Acquisition Corp, a blank-check company set up by hedge fund Third (...)Flying cars could lure investors away from ground-based services -survey
Electric air taxis — known colloquially, if somewhat misleadingly, as "flying (...)UPDATE 2-Germany dodges recession in third quarter thanks to exports, spending
Strong exports, state spending and consumers helped the German economy avoid (...)UPDATE 1-U.S. companies say consumer still strong even as broader outlook dims
Walmart became the latest company to point to a strong U.S. consumer, adding (...)Trump asks Supreme Court to block disclosure of financial records to Congress
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President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme (...)UPDATE 4-In blow to U.S., EU pledges quick move on tax for polluting firms
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UK shares inched lower on Tuesday, as worries over protests in Hong Kong, (...)UPDATE 1-Steinhoff looks to sell off assets after $7 billion accounting fraud
Scandal-hit South African retailer Steinhoff said on Tuesday its only hope (...)U.S. tells Britain to drop tax proposal on U.S. tech firms for trade deal -The Telegraph
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has told Britain it will (...)Sri Lanka stocks close little changed in thin trade; rupee edges up
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IT contractors, oil and gas workers, locum doctors, social workers and nurses (...)UK economy rebounds in first quarter
Brexit stockpiling by firms helps to lift UK growth in the first three months (...)Corbyn-proof? British water, power firms take nationalisation precautions
British water and power firms are trying to soothe nerves over nationalisation (...)YOUR MONEY-Meditate to the tax finish line
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EVEN her enemies admire the bloody-mindedness of Margrethe Vestager, the European (...)A legal vulnerability at the heart of China’s big internet firms
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The troubled PR firm appoints accountants to examine options for its future. (...)Uber picks Dara Khosrowshahi as its new boss
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IN February of 2001, Alan Greenspan, then still the chairman of the Federal (...)Hot and cold: Euro zone grows but inflation slows
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Data in the coming week should confirm the euro zone (...)The world’s largest online-travel company
NOT since the dotcom boom at the turn of the century have technology shares (...)America’s uncompetitive markets harm its economy
“THE best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life,” wrote Sir John Hicks, (...)Tech stocks have regained their dotcom-era highs
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POLITICS in America may be an arena of mutual incomprehension with few settled (...)UPDATE 1-Ukraine software firm says computers compromised after cyber attack
KIEV, July 5 (Reuters) - The Ukrainian software firm at the centre of a cyber (...)Ukraine software firm says computers compromised after cyber attack
KIEV, July 5 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian software firm at the centre of a cyber (...)UPDATE 3-Police seize servers of Ukrainian software firm after cyber attack
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TO OUR management team: When I left the White House yesterday, after another (...)Britain to crack down on militant, criminal financing
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WHEN Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his Labour manifesto ahead of the recent British (...)Tanzania’s firebrand leader takes on its largest gold miner
“IF THEY accept that they stole from us and seek forgiveness in front of (...)Corporate Europe is giddy with optimism
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The taxi-hailing firm reportedly sacks more than 20 people after a sexual (...)A Turkish maker of white goods is looking outwards
FORGIVE a maker of washing machines a fondness for spin. Hakan Bulgurlu, who (...)The super-rich are different: they pay less tax
OF LIFE’s two certainties, death cannot be dodged even by the well-to-do. (...)An inglorious return to Austin for Uber and Lyft
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THE difficulties facing Noble Group, a beleaguered Hong Kong commodities trader, (...)How becoming a Hong Kong pensioner can save you tax
Not dodging but shufflingTHE global war on tax evasion rumbles on. What began (...)To forecast share returns, count buy-backs as well as dividends
WHAT is the point of buying shares? Ultimately investors must hope that the (...)Police probe UK links to Magnitsky money
Police investigate how £6.6m from a Russian tax fraud has been allegedly (...)Insurers get a new global accounting regime
LISTED firms in over 120 countries, including all large economies bar America, (...)Africa’s informal economy is receding faster than Latin America’s
COMMON to all men, according to Adam Smith, is “the propensity to truck, (...)Protecting American steel from imports makes no sense
AS AN example of all that is wrong with Donald Trump’s view of trade, the (...)Olympus scandal: Former bosses to pay $529m over fraud
A Tokyo court rules six men must compensate the Japanese firm and its shareholders (...)Steven Mnuchin gets started on tax reform but there is more to do
OF THE things that investors and bosses have come to like about Donald Trump, (...)Ireland’s food industries would be worst hit by a hard Brexit
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