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Huge price hikes for Brazil World Cup hotels Football fans heading to Rio for the World Cup will have to pay at least double the going rate for hotel accommodation despite government attempts to limit price-gouging during the tournament.

14 March 2014

Workers sue McDonald's for stealing wages US workers accused fast-food giant McDonald's of systematically stealing wages through illicit practices like forcing them to work off-the-clock and failing to pay overtime.

14 March 2014

US ends BP contract ban The United States announced Thursday an end to its ban on BP obtaining government contracts following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

14 March 2014

Central Bank Governor to manage assets of Single Pension Fund Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed the Government late January to merge all the pension funds into a single government-owned entity.

14 March 2014

Herbalife faces FTC inquiry after activist campaign The US Federal Trade Commission has opened a civil investigation into Herbalife.

13 March 2014

High excise tax on cigarettes spur illegal traffic Increase of the Kazakhstan excise tax on cigarettes has triggered an increase in illegal traffic from Kyrgyzstan in 2013.

13 March 2014

Australia's first banknote going under hammer The only known specimen of the first official banknote issued in Australia, uncovered in Scotland, is expected to fetch at least Aus$250,000 (US$224,000) at an auction in Sydney this month.

12 March 2014

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy: enhanced rolling stock The tear and wear of Kazakhstan's rolling stock has been significantly reduced since 2008.

12 March 2014

Japan's Sprint owner eyes US telecom price war The Japanese owner of US mobile carrier Sprint said he wanted to launch a "price war" with the two major carriers as he seeks to acquire T-Mobile's US unit.

12 March 2014

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Kazakhstan raises export duty rates for crude Export duty rate for crude is to be raised from $60 to $80 per ton starting from April 1, 2014.

11 March 2014

Japan says Bitcoin not a currency, but taxable Bitcoin is not a currency but transactions involving it should be "subject to taxation", Japan's government said Friday, in a move that could pave the way for formal regulations on the troubled virtual unit.

08 March 2014

Google mystery barge floats to new US berth Google's mystery barge arrived at a new home at a port in the California city of Stockton.

08 March 2014

Judge rejects Apple bid to ban Samsung devices A federal judge Thursday rejected Apple's request to ban an array of Samsung smartphones and tablets found to have infringed on patents held by the US tech giant.

07 March 2014

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana to perform chartered flights to Turkey The reason behind the decision to start chartered flights is lowering demand for direct and transit flights both within Kazakhstan and to Russia and Ukraine.

07 March 2014

Man identified as Bitcoin creator denies involvement A man named as being the enigmatic creator of Bitcoin on Thursday denied having a role in the virtual unit, telling reporters he was "not involved."

07 March 2014

Yahoo spurns Facebook and Google sign-in credentials Yahoo confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google.

07 March 2014

Female bank head a first for Japan Japan's biggest brokerage Nomura Holdings said Wednesday it has chosen a woman to head its banking arm, in what is believed to be a first for the country's male-dominated financial sector.

06 March 2014

TAIB Bank changes name to Capital Bank TAIB Kazakh Bank has changed its name to Capital Bank Kazakhstan after changing hands.

06 March 2014

Apple moved billions offshore to avoid Australia tax: report US tech giant Apple was Thursday accused of shifting nearly Aus$9 billion (US$8.1 billion) in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to Ireland over the past decade.

06 March 2014