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BRITISH police and banks have received a ‘could do better’ report in new research suggesting cybercrime costs small and micro businesses GBP789 million annually in the United Kingdom. Police responses to fraud and online crime needs to be improved, said the UK’s Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), in a survey based on replies from 2,667 members, 41% of whom were hit by fraud and online crime within the last 12 months, costing them GBP 4,000 on average.…

CHINA is allowing more regional airports to issue arrival visas to attract international business and tourism visitors. In May, China’s State Council granted Nanning Wuxu International Airport of Guangxi Zhuang region, southern China, to issue arrival visas for foreign arrivals. The goal is attracting more foreign traffic, especially from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, said a Guangxi Airport Group spokesperson.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has authorised an enhanced cooperation agreement between the European Union (EU) and Eurocontrol, enshrining the agency as the technical and operational arm of the EU in developing and implementing the EU’s Single European Sky (SES) policy. It is also meant to avoid overlaps between Eurocontrol and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in safety-related air traffic management matters and environmental issues.…

WHILE textiles, clothing and textile-based soft materials have not traditionally been a focus in robotics, researchers in the United States (US) especially are increasingly combining the two to perform certain functions, such as helping robots to ‘touch’ and ‘feel’ their environment.…

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has been authorised to settle a row between China and Japan over Chinese anti-dumping duties on high-performance stainless steel seamless tubes imported from Japan.

Tokyo argues that these duties break global commerce rules, notably the WTO’s anti-dumping agreement and its general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT).…

AT a time when the world seems increasingly led by lifelong politicians, it is perhaps refreshing to hear from a political leader who has a solid background in business, and such is former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Speaking to Accountancy Futures, he showed how more than half-a-century of business and public life can be brought to bear in financial and commercial mentorship.…

AMIDST the financial crises of various European Union (EU) member states in 2009, Poland was the only country that did not enter recession. In fact, Poland hasn’t posted negative growth in over 20 years. Although its economic progress has slowed in recent years, Poland is still the envy of much of the EU, which continues to struggle with economic stagnation and recession in some countries.…

Bangladesh’s foreign investment policy is considered the most liberal in the region, offering a range of incentives for overseas investors. Foreign companies enjoy fiscal and non-fiscal benefits such as tax holidays for five to seven years; the ability to own all capital in a Bangladesh-based business; investment profit and dividend repatriation; duty-free imports of capital machinery; exemption from double taxation; a zero dividend tax; and no investment ceilings.…

After 14 years of Hugo Chávez’s self-styled “social revolution”, his death this March has left Venezuela’s business executives and accountants looking to a new president to jumpstart the country’s stumbling economy. Venezuela’s consumer prices soared and scarcities of basic consumer goods reached record highs last month as Nicolás Maduro was narrowly elected to replace his strongman predecessor.…

A joint meeting of national and European parliamentarians (MEPs) in Brussels last week (Tuesday 7^th May) lambasted European Union (EU) member governments for foot-dragging in the fight against organised crime and money laundering in particular.

“The information exchange between authorities across the continent is abysmal.…