Luxembourg: Article archive
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Russians Are Coming To London and Luxembourg To Satisfy Appetite for Capital, The
Platt, GordonCORPORATE FINANCING FOCUSRussian energy companies, as well as banks and industrial corporations, are scheduled to raise billions of dollars of capital in the global depositary receipt, or GDR, markets in London and Luxembourg this year, bankers say. "Russian companies will dominate capital-raising in the form of depositary receipts in...
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Belgian economy edges up, may grow 2 percent in '92 - Belgium-Luxembourg
Simon BensimonBelgium's slowing economy is expected to edge ahead in 1992. Despite the economic slowdown which has gripped Europe since 1990, Belgian real GNP in 1992 should rise by 2 percent - up from a 1.4 percent gain last year. The recovery will be spurred mostly by a small increase in exports to Belgium's two main trading partners - the...
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At A Crossroads
Offering an increasingly transparent and business-friendly environment, Cyprus is attracting ever more investment from global corporations.Nearly 30 years ago, Kardex, a Swiss-based corporation that has its roots as a US typewriter company, saw the benefits of placing an operating base in Cyprus. Now, as globalization increasingly becomes the...
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Europe Banks On Brains Not Brawn
Hawser, AnitaThe European Union wants to create a region-wide knowledge-based economy. Realizing that vision is proving to be a major headache.In recent months as political and economic events have unfolded within Europe, the EU has come to resemble a recalcitrant beast loath to embrace much-needed economic and structural reforms in order to carve...
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Luxembourg Or Bust - European Union's European Commission considers adding value-added tax to Internet transactions - Brief Article
Lauren Gibbons PaulLAST ISSUE, WE REPORTED ON THE HUBBUB SURROUNDing taxation of Internet transactions in the U.S. Now, another precinct has been heard from. In June, the European Commission submitted a proposal requiring foreign companies that sell digital goods over the Net to charge value-added tax (VAT) on every purchase made by European...
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