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    Diamonds: now an investor’s best friend?

    They are rare, beautiful, valuable and a girl’s best friend but traditionally diamonds have not been considered an asset class in their own right. They do not share the “haven...
    On December 18, 2009 / By
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    G20 and bank bonuses

    The resistance to mandatory bonus caps for bankers’ bonuses was as inevitable as the public clamour to strip these “fat cats” down to size. In the end – after much politick...
    On December 18, 2009 / By
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    The Danish model

    The events that led to the landmark judgment unfolded in the local authority of Vaxholm, Sweden. There, a Latvian construction company Laval un Partneri had won a contract to refur...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Dancing legislation

    PricewaterhouseCoopers is and has been the leading accounting firm in Mexico not only because it is the oldest, established 103 years ago, but also because of its expertise, innova...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Cloud storage

    The IT world stands at the threshold of a paradigmatic shift to cloud computing. According to industry consultancy Gartner: “[C]loud computing [is] begin[ning] to move beyond the...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Environmental liability

    Businesses that have operations with the EU are now being required to take a more proactive approach to environmental risk management in order to comply with the requirements of th...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Best method analysis

    Although some may consider transfer pricing a “black box,” the shared adage among most finance professionals is that transfer pricing is comprised of both art and science. The ...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Credit in Africa: the way forward?

    By the summer of 2008, the risks associated with the credit crunch were becoming apparent in the market. Years of ‘easy’ money coming out of the US and funded by China meant th...
    On December 17, 2009 / By
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    Obama sees climate deal as summit deadline nears

    US President Barack Obama has expressed confidence a climate deal can be clinched as dozens of world leaders gather on Wednesday to try to break a deadlock at UN climate talks. “...
    On December 16, 2009 / By
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    Towards a milder tax climate

    Meteorologists see global warming as a threat. Tax practitioners in Germany see it as beneficial, certainly in the light of its effects on the tax climate. Traditionally, Germany h...
    On December 16, 2009 / By