SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shares in Asia were flat in early trade on Friday following a fall on Wall Street, with a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighing more signs of progress in trade talks between China and the United States. Early in the Asian trading day, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Several cryptocurrency exchanges have moved closer to mainstream markets by buying listed companies, looking to raise funds and present themselves as embedded in the traditional financial services world they once spurned. In the most recent deal, U.S. crypto broker-dealer Voyager Digital on Feb. 11 achieved a “backdoor” listing on Toronto’s Venture […]
BEIJING — The authorities called it a free health check. Tahir Imin had his doubts. They drew blood from the 38-year-old Muslim, scanned his face, recorded his voice and took his fingerprints. They didn’t bother to check his heart or kidneys, and they rebuffed his request to see the results. “They said, ‘You don’t have […]
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc has teamed up with Apple Inc to issue credit cards that will be paired with iPhones and will help users manage their money, the Wall Street Journal reported here on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The card, which will be linked with Apple’s Wallet app, will allow […]
Irish gin-maker Copeland Spirits has signed a 125-year lease on a site for its new distillery and visitor centre. The £600,000 (€750,000) investment from the Co Down firm is also expected to fulfil its ambition to move into new categories, including whiskey. Following recent planning application approval, Copeland will move its operations from its current […]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The money laundering scandal at Danske Bank deepened on Thursday as the Danish lender said it had received an inquiry from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It said SEC was carrying out an investigation, adding to an ongoing criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to the […]
There are sad stories going around about British banks which have moved headquarters to the EU-27 to be sure of ‘passporting’ rights, only to find that their customers are unsure whether to follow them. Not that bank customers are the only ones who are uncertain. Everybody is, as tragedy descends into farce. Anything could happen […]
The Tax Appeals Commission has said it was “startling” to suggest that student accommodation could be likened to the Dochas women’s prison in Dublin. The statement was made in a case where a student accommodation provider failed in an effort to exempt its dwellings from the local property tax. The provider was not named in […]
Glanbia has contingency plans to deal with a hard Brexit next month, but said that the impact of such an exit on the group would be marginal. The group generates about 3pc of its revenue in the UK, and also manufactures products there that are exported to mainland Europe. “We’re making sure as we work […]
Q. I am in my 50s and have been running a business for the past 30 years. I find myself lacking motivation and enthusiasm and I am trying to look for new ideas to re-energise myself for 2019. Any thoughts would be welcome. A. Congratulations on having run the business successfully for the last three […]