THE first trust in history is said to date back to the 12th century crusades in England, when landowners left to fight and conveyed ownership of their land to others to manage in their absence.
THE world is changing at an ever-accelerating rate, becoming more complex and less structured as the digital economy enables the creation of new companies and business models that disrupt traditional industries.
AS we embark on a new decade, we face the prospect of peak globalisation and the peak effectiveness of monetary policy. How should investors think about these twin peaks?
NEW YORK: USÂ prosecutors overlooked apparent violations of USÂ sanctions against Iran by HSBC Holdings in exchange for the British bank's cooperation with a government investigation of Huawei Technologies, lawyers for the Chinese telecoms giant said. "The government agreed to overlook HSBC's ...
A group of unions and consumer groups wrote to U.S. antitrust enforcers on Tuesday to oppose a proposed remedy that could lead to U.S. approval for AbbVie Inc's planned purchase of Allergan Plc .
NEW YORK: American retail giant Walmart did not have a merry Christmas as disappointing toy and clothing sales hit the chain's bottom line, the company announced on Tuesday (Feb 18). The global chain said it has not yet been able to estimate the financial impact of the new coronavirus...
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc shares surged 24per cent on Tuesday, extending a rally since early December to over 400per cent and evoking a warning from an analyst who likes the space tourism company but warns it has become overbought.
U.S. stocks dropped on Tuesday after a surprise sales warning from tech bellwether Apple highlighted the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on global supply chains.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc is slated to begin a tax trial in a San Francisco court on Tuesday, as the Internal Revenue Service tries to convince a judge the world's largest social media company owes more than US$9 billion (6.9 billion pounds) linked to its decision to shift profits...
A global reform of the taxation of corporate digital revenues is very unlikely if the United States continues backing a "safe harbour" plan which would allow firms to choose how to be taxed, European Union tax commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday.


















