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Russia Printing & Supplying Currency To Assad’s Regime: Report
Russia may be discreetly propping up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria by helping to print bank notes that pays for Assad’s soldiers and civil servants, claimed investigative website ProPublica...
Failure To Avert Fiscal Cliff May Cause $200 Billion Loss In Consumer Spending: Report
US consumer spending is likely to decline by $200 billion in 2013 if automatic tax increases – affiliated with the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ – come into effect at the...
Infographic: Corn: Food or Fuel?
Biofuels derived from corn were once considered a sustainable energy alternative: Clean, green and renewable. But is this just another marketing myth? Corn was first subsidised in the late...
Key Economic News to Watch This Week: November 26
Officials from the White House and Congress will resume negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff this week and President Barack Obama has said he is confident that a new...
Oil Smuggling Cost Philippines $731 Million Annually
The Philippines is losing as much as 30 billion pesos ($731 million) a year in potential tax revenues as a result of oil smuggling activities, claimed a Shell representative...
UK’s “Era Of Austerity” Could Last Until 2018, Warns Think-Tank
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne may have little choice but to announce further spending cuts and tax rises during next week’s national budget statement, warned a leading...
Swiss to Vote on Tax Breaks for Wealthy
Switzerland could soon scrap tax breaks for wealthy foreigners after Swiss socialists and labour unions succeeded in putting the country’s 150 year-old tax law up to a popular vote....
Catalonia Mulls Independence from Debt-Ridden Spain
Catalans are expected to vote pro-independence parties into power this Sunday, giving them legitimacy to hold an independence referendum in two to three years time. Catalonia, in northern Spain,...
Infographic: The Keys To Happiness At Work
Are you happy at your workplace right now? Well, according to a recent survey by City & Guilds, a leading vocational education organisation in the U.K., the most important factor...
Argentina On Brink Of Default After Rejecting US Court Ruling On Debt
Argentina could less than a month away from defaulting on approximately $24 billion worth of debt, reported the Associated Press on Thursday, after a US court barred the government...


