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First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 4 reports

Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter

MADRID -- Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the Spanish royal family's reputation.Palma de Mallorca court judge Jose Castro on Friday asked ... [Published Miami Herald - 40 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, Jose Castro, Princess Cristina

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 21 mins ago - 4 reports

The New York Times Company

Bank lobbyists aren’t leaving financial reform to chance

Bank lobbyists looking to ease the financial burden of government regulations are taking matters into their own hands, writing the legislation for lawmakers in Congress to advance, The New York Times reports.The lobbying campaign shows how Wall Street ... [Published New York Business Journal - 21 mins ago]

Entities: Dodd-Frank, The New York Times Company, Wall Street

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 22 mins ago - 14 reports

Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii AŞ

Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as the country's brewing industry.The new law includes a ban on shops selling alcohol from 10pm to 6am, ... [Published Morning Call - 27 mins ago]

Entities: Alcohol, Turkey, Selendi (Turkey), Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii AŞ, David Goodman

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 28 reports

Google Inc

Google faces another antitrust investigation

Google is facing another antitrust probe by US regulators into whether the firm is using its position as the world's number one web organisation to hold back the competition.The investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is already reportedly ... [Published Computing.co.uk - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Antitrust, Investigation

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 39 mins ago - 4 reports

Liquor, cigarette tax hikes to pass City Council?

With the Philadelphia School District in desperate need of money, the City Council considering an increase on cigarette and liquor taxes, said the City Paper.Cigarette taxes would increase by $2 per pack, while liquor-by-the-drink would go from 10 percent ... [Published Philadelphia Business Journal - 39 mins ago]

Entities: Taxes, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 41 mins ago - 7 reports

European Union

Rompuy says he wants to see Turkey at EU leaders' summit

/TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARAHerman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, has said that Turkey's attendance at the EU leaders' summit is very important and that he is working on a new format that would allow the country to attend to the high-level summit ... [Published Zaman - 41 mins ago]

Entities: Turkey, European Union, Ankara, European Economic Community, International Monetary Fund

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 8 reports

Republican Party (US)

Student loan showdown imminent

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates to prevailing market trends and ending federal subsidies.The bill, which passed 221-198, kicks off what is sure ... [Published Toledoblade.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: student loan, Republican Party (US), Kirsten Gillibrand

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 10 reports

EU leaders reach agreement on 'tax transparency'

EU leaders have agreed to support the automatic exchange of information between the tax authorities of member states, in order increase transparency in the tax system.In addition, it has also been agreed that information about who owns and controls individual ... [Published Hall Livesey Brown - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, European Union, Google Inc, Ed Miliband, Eric Schmidt

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 10 reports

Chinese solar companies seek EU and US import duty deals

Chinese solar panel makers are seeking trade settlements with the US and the EU in order to avoid steep import duties in what their two biggest markets.The Financial Times reports that a group of Chinese solar companies, including some of the biggest ... [Published New Energy World Network - 4 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd, Solar Energy Industries Association, China, Solar Panels

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 17 reports

David Cameron mocked EU rules on how restaurants should serve olive oil

British Prime Minister David Cameron criticised a Brussels ban on the use of refillable olive oil jugs in restaurants as a caricature of unnecessary EU interference in domestic politics.David Cameron, battling a rise in support for the Eurosceptic party ... [Published Voice of Russia - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Olive Oil, David Cameron, European Union

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 11 reports

EU - Council’s conclusions on tax evasion, aggressive tax planning

European Council agrees to address tax evasion, aggressive tax planning ... [Published KPMG - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Tax Evasion, Taxes, European Union

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 9 reports

Governments to give green light for US trade talks

BRUSSELS - Governments are expected to agree on an EU mandate to open negotiations on an ambitious bilateral trade deal with the United States at the next meeting of EU trade ministers.US -EU trade "a once in a generation opportunity" (Photo: EUobser ... [Published EUobserver - 6 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Genetically Modified Organisms, Karel De Gucht

Quotes

Mr Higgins said that Europe???s principle crisis was one of "acknowledging that the union itself is not reflecting significantly the best interests of the people of Europe"

EU ‘not reflecting best interests of citizens’, President says [Published Irish Times - 8 mins ago]

"If you apply the standards of the tax study, this one jumps out as one that shouldn't be there," Schumacher said. "It's not competitive. It's not simple. It's a small amount of money involved, relative to the state budget."

Nebraska tax reform measure headed to final vote [Published Investors Business Daily - 17 mins ago]

...Really? Who's going to help you do the competing? Spain, Italy? They're bankrupt! Or how about "The Prime Minister is rightly working hard on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and US which could be worth as much as 10 billion per year to the British economy." ? That's just 0.6% of UK GDP, even if the number's correct. Maybe the Prime Minister would do better to focus his hard work somewhere else...

Real Risk of Imminent Implosion of Eurozone [Published Market Oracle - 19 mins ago]

"Government always changes the game rules unilaterally. After all these, how can you invite foreign investors to Turkey? You don't establish confidence" he told a press conference on Friday

Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales [Published Morning Call - 27 mins ago]

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EU forced to rescind ban on olive oil jugs [Published Business Day Australia - 28 mins ago]
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President Obama vs. his administration’s legacy [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - 35 mins ago]
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Parliament passes bill limiting sale of alcohol... [Published Zaman - 37 mins ago]
Turkish parliament passes law curbing alcohol s... [Published The New Age Online - 38 mins ago]
Liquor, cigarette tax hikes to pass City Council? [Published Philadelphia Business Journal - 39 mins ago]
Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter [Published Miami Herald - 40 mins ago]
Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter [Published Modesto Bee - 40 mins ago]
EU slips on oil jug ban after public anger [Published AOL UK - 41 mins ago]
Rompuy says he wants to see Turkey at EU leader... [Published Zaman - 41 mins ago]
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Blogs

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President Obama vs. his administration’s legacy [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - 35 mins ago] President Obama’s speech yesterday, presenting his vision of a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy, included welcome rhetoric about the importance of constitutional principles, including Due Process and rights to dissent. It may represent the high ...
Banks Write Legislation [Published Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago] I have covered compromised HFT reports in the past and it seems correspondence between TBTF and Washington have gone beyond just generic compromise. Fraud and corruption between Wall Street and Washington is nothing new to those who have trusted Zerohedge ...
Banks Write Legislation [Published Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago] I have covered compromised HFT reports in the past and it seems correspondence between TBTF and Washington have gone beyond just generic compromise. Fraud and corruption between Wall Street and Washington is nothing new to those who have trusted Zerohedge ...
Google Faces FTC Antitrust Probe [Published 24/7 Wall St. - 3 hours ago] Just as Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) battle with European Union regulators has died down, the United States may bring antitrust charges against the company. According to Reuters: U.S.... ...
In Croatia and Serbia, Mixed Feelings About the EU [Published Global Voices in English - 3 hours ago] As Croatia prepares to enter the European Union officially on July 1 of this year, and Serbia awaits to finally receive a date to begin talks about EU entry , citizens of both countries express mixed feelings about EU integration. Some young Croatian ...

Audio/Video

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Croatia welcomes EU membership [Published CNN.com - Video - 22 hours ago]
Tax trumps EU summit agenda [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 22 2013]
AUDIO: Profits 'could be apportioned in EU' [Published BBC News Video - Business - May 22 2013]
Lawmakers grill Apple CEO [Published CNN.com - Video - May 22 2013]
Apple CEO to lawmakers: Fix U.S. tax code! [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 21 2013]

Press Releases

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TTR Provides State Departments of Revenue With ... [Published PR inside - 2 hours ago]
Call of eight leading energy companies to EU le... [Published E.ON News - May 22 2013]
68% of businesses want more tax guidance - even... [Published EON Business - May 22 2013]
68% of businesses want more tax guidance - even... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - May 22 2013]
The European Council decides on the number of m... [Published European Council - Press - EN - May 21 2013]