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Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... all illegal activities would yield a growth rate of 2.4% for the European economies. Adding illegal activity would boost Italy's GDP by 1.3% in the first year. This would allow Italy to comply with EU's rules requiring members to limit their expenditure ...

Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... five were the UK and Switzerland. The other countries ahead of Australia in descending order were Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Russia. The total number of millionaire households reached 16.3 million in 2013 - ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... Link Group. The acquisitions expand Orient's global footprint in key European markets such as Germany, Russia, Spain and Italy, adding to its existing capabilities in the UK and France. Formerly known as Capital Precision, King Worldwide Investor Relations ...

Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Spain's growth pace doubled in the first quarter from the previous one, the French economy produced zero growth while that of Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Finland are back with a minus sign in front. A central banker's work is never done ...

BNP Paribas signs up to TARGET 2

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... will bring more uniformity to securities transactions in Europe. The first wave of TS2 roll outs is due in June 2015 in Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Romania and Malta. Commenting on the announcement, Alain Pochet, head of clearing and custody services ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... bear the pressure from economic adjustments. Just look at the economy of the PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain) and Italy - they're economies bore the brunt of adjustment because they're bound by that single currency, the euro. A slowing economy's ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... economy largely dependent on Russian gas and oil... not with Europe's recovery still tentative. Germany blinked, so did Italy with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi declaring that sanctions should be gradual and reversible to avoid the "Iron Curtain" from ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... out assault, For this comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating that: "We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... year-on-year rate since the fourth quarter of 2011. You'll get to love it even more when you see that the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) have all expanded in the first quarter -- Portugal up by 0.5%, Italy up by 0.1%, Greece up 0.2%, Spain ...

Europe a 'running sore' on global economy: Probyn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... on for some time," he said. He said the growth of 20 % in German production, alongside a drop of 10% in France and 20% in Italy, meant that "Germany is no longer the locomotive of growth in the eurozone. Rather, when Germany does well, it is doing so ...