Finance
Bloomberg: Uber Created a $6.1 Billion Dutch Weapon to Avoid Paying Taxes
Great job EU! After years of discussion, Uber simply side-steps EU laws. How was this possible? Read here
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Finance
Bloomberg: Ex-HSBC Banker Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Billion French Tax Case
The former chief executive officer of HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss private bank pleaded guilty to helping wealthy clients hide assets worth at least 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion) as French prosecutors flex their muscles to […]
Energy
Bloomberg: Bitcoin Mining Puts Pressure on Iran’s Power Grids
How we are losing the battle against climate change: speculative capitalism. Read here
Finance
Bloomberg: NYC Pushing Ahead With Cashless Retail Ban, Joining Neighbours
While Europe is purshing for a cashless society, many in the US coprehend the dangers. Read here
Economics
Bloomberg: Europe’s Biggest Economy Is Looking at World Without Bond Yields
Only six conventional German bonds currently yield above 0% Prospect raises question of where funds will find returns Read here
EU politics
Bloomberg: German Property Stocks Fall on Berlin Rent-Freeze Proposal
Germany’s biggest residential landlords declined on concern that the City of Berlin will freeze rents in the capital for five years in response to a surge in housing costs. Read here Photo by Roland Hoppe […]
Economics
Bloomberg: German Economy Heads for Worst Growth in Six Years
Angela Merkel´s incompetence in her handling of Brexit is already seriously damaging the German economy with knock on effects for the rest of the EU. Read here
Austerity
Bloomberg: College Grads Sell Stakes in Themselves to Wall Street
So we have it again. The commodification of human beings. It used to be known as slavery, now it is called “income sharing”. Isn´t the Sharing Economy so wonderful! Read here
Economics
Bloomberg: Germany’s Economy Runs on Low Wages
The European giant can rely on an army of poorly paid workers to weather a downturn. Read here
Corruption
Bloomberg: KPMG, EY Reported to Police Amid Danish Laundering Probes
The big four auditing companies are caught up in almost every major financial scandal in Europe. Now in Denmark. Read here