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Misinvoicing Costing Nations Billions, Warns UNCTAD

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For others, however, entire national economies can be affected. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), that’s exactly what’s happening in some developing nations, in which invoice errors across Africa and South America are leading to the loss of up to two-thirds of commodity export value.

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The Biggest Banking, Regulatory Challenges For Today’s Entrepreneur

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National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too. and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community.

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Capita Gains Tax Redone

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A few months after the re-introduction of the capital gains tax in Kenya , that is now headed for some tweaking. Even as they have tried to do their part, stockbrokers have challenged their role in the assessment and collection of the tax that was vaguely defined. A stockbroker tries to estimate a Kenyan investors capital gains.

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Profits in a time of inflation: some insights from recent and past energy shocks in the UK

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Profits versus excess profits: measurement and trends Measuring profits is a challenging task : national accounts data are affected by the ‘mixed income’ of self-employed, taxes and subsidies, and conflate two different dynamics: those of the market and non-market (real estate and public) sectors.

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Around The World In FinTech Innovation

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We began the Weekly Tech Center Roundup journey in London – Europe’s self-proclaimed startup capital. In 2015, U.K. Interesting Facts: T.Kearney’s “Global Cities 2015” report identified Sydney as one of the world’s Top 16 “Global Elite” cities, ranking 15 th in the Global Cities Index and 11 th in the Global Cities Outlook.

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Tech Center: Orlando Dips Its Toes Into Tech Startup Water

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The city had a population of 270,934 in 2015, making it the 73rd largest city in the United States and the fourth largest in Florida. GDP of Orlando, Kissimmee, Sanford (Metropolitan Area): $109,336 million (2015). Median household income (2015): $42,318. There are more than 710 startups and tech companies.

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RegTech’s Effort To Ease The Cost Of Compliance

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Half of entrepreneurs in the nation said they would warn their own children against starting their own companies because of the financial and emotional costs of regulatory compliance. billion in 2015. “The first pebble doesn’t make much more than a ripple. .” In the U.S.,