A deal between Germany and Singapore will help Berlin track down potential tax evaders, using Singaporean banks to hide away assets. It was announced by Germany’s finance minister Wolgang Schäuble, who is visiting Singapore, and local authorities. The deal follows another announcement in early October by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) which plans to…
The Indian government has announced plans to award $2.3bn worth of state-sponsored highway contracts in the next six months in a bid to boost the quality of infrastructure in the country. The country has previously operated under a system that saw private investors fund the construction of highways through bank loans, and recouped their investment…
Brazil’s central bank lowered their benchmark Selic interest rate by 25 basis points, driving it to a historic low. Interest rates have been slashed nearly in just over one year, and now rest at 7.25 percent. Hours later, Seoul mimicked the decision by lowering the benchmark seven-day repurchase rate, again by 25 basis points, to…
Toyota has announced another wave of recalls following concerns that faulty window switches could get jammed or break down in the driver’s and passenger’s side. The Japanese car manufacturer has also warned that owners should not attempt to resolve the situation with commercial lubricants because they can potentially “lead to overheating and/or melting of the…
The US department of Agriculture has estimated that the American milk output for 2013 will drop around 0.5 percent to 198.9bn pounds as the number of milk producing cows drops to an eight year low. Corn crops, an essential component of cattle feed, have soared to record high prices in August after a summer of…
The World Bank has cut its forecast for China’s growth rate this year citing concerns over the weak demand for its exports, and slow investment growth. The global lender cut its prediction to 7.7 percent, down from the 8.2 percent growth estimate it made in May. In a report on the state of East Asia…
The US credit union regulator has filed a lawsuit against the American arm of Credit Suisse Securities, accusing it of selling faulty or misrepresented mortgage-backed securities to three credit unions, which later collapsed. The suit was filed in a federal court in Kansas City, Kansas. It was revealed in a statement by the National Credit…
Nasdaq was forced to cancel a number of stock trades in Kraft Foods after a trading glitch caused the company’s shares to shoot up nearly 30 percent. The trading error comes just days after Kraft Foods and their former snack business Mondelez International began trading as two separate companies. Kraft and Mondelez have recently switched…
An advisory group set up by the European Commission has called for Europe’s biggest banks to keep their traditional deposit-keeping business legally apart from other, higher-risk activities. The recommendations intend to safeguard ordinary bank clients and savers from future banking crisis and to avoid further shocks to the banking system. The Liikanen Group made the…
When it comes to common mistakes in the real estate market, here are the top 9 slip-ups agents point to, in terms of costing sellers the most time and money: Overpricing Your Home The worst mistake when selling a home, by far, is not listing at the right price. Sure, you’d like to maximize what…
