Pfizer walks away from Allergan deal: WSJ
Pfizer Inc. and Allergan PLC terminated their planned $150 billion merger after the Obama administration took aim at the deal that would have moved the biggest drug company in the U.S. to Ireland to lower its taxes, according to The Wall Street Journal.Pfizer will pay Dublin-based Allergan a breakup fee of $150 million. The breakup fee is...
Gryzlov warns of possible escalation in Donbas if OSCE police mission deployed
Deployment of an international police mission in Donbas is contrary to Minsk agreements, as such calls will only provoke escalation; all parties should be as careful as possible at promotion initiatives, that`s according to Russia`s Envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas conflict settlement Boris Gryzlov, RIA news agency...
Putin fears revolt in Russia ahead of elections, creates national guard under own command
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a Russian national guard in a surprise announcement on Tuesday signaling that his administration is worried about instability, in Russia as well as the Kremlin itself, according to U.S.-based private intelligence company Stratfor.Putin is not the first Russian president to propose the...
Turchynov delivers burning response to loud statement of Russian official on possible Ukraine-Russia war
Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov responded to a resounding declaration Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin that the war between Ukraine and Russia would last ”four days max.””Apparently, Russia has a really serious problem, if even Russian State Duma Speaker Naryshkin said that they would...
Dutch Foreign Minister: Whatever referendum`s outcome, we need to remain friends with Ukraine
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders calls on the Dutch people to vote for the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and at the same time, mulls steps to be taken in case of a negative outcome, Europeiska Pravda reported.At the polling station, the minister expressed hope for a positive outcome of the referendum: ”I hope it`s a Yes. If it`s a No,...
Dzhemilev: 22 people reported missing in Crimea, primarily Crimean Tatars
22 people have disappeared over the last period in occupied Crimea, the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev wrote on Facebook.”According to our data, the number of missing people in Crimea is 22 at the moment, most of them are Crimean Tatars. These are the cases we are aware of, but there can be more…” wrote...
Obama calls on Congress to fix tax `inversions` in wake of Panama Papers
President Obama hailed new Treasury Department rules cracking down on corporate tax inversions Tuesday, calling the practice of merging with a foreign company to escape U.S. taxes ”one of the most insidious tax loopholes out there,” USA Today reported.”We`ve had another reminder in this big dump of data coming out of Panama that tax avoidance is...
Yatsenyuk doesn`t want to lift import duty on used cars from Russia
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk suggests that import duty be lifted from used cars originating from all countries but Russia, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”This should be applicable to all cars except for those produced and originating in Russia,” he said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.”I have received hundreds of...
Sports club owner shot dead in Kyiv
Taras Zinovenko, a Kyiv businessman and co-owner of a sports club was shot in Kyiv Wednesday, just outside of the club on Druzhby Narodiv Boulevard, according to TSN news service.Head of the drug enforcement agency of the Interior Ministry Ilya Kiva, who arrived at the scene, said that the man eight bullets were fired at the man, TSN reports.The...
FT: Panama must be pressured into financial transparency reforms – OECD
Panama must be put under extra pressure by the G20 group of nations, banks, investors and trading partners to transform its financial transparency rules in the wake of the Panama Papers scandal, says the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), The Financial Times reported.”The whole world” should talk to the Panamanian...
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