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Swiss watchdog investigates Espirito Santo private bank
September 3rd, 2014
Switzerland’s financial regulator said on Wednesday it is investigating Banque Privee Espirito Santo SA (BPES), a Swiss private bank which is part of the Espirito Santo family’s troubled business empire. The Lausanne-based bank is owned by Espirito Santo Financial ...
Mark McIvor fined and convicted for failing to assist liquidator
September 3rd, 2014
The founder and former director of Equititrust Limited, Mr Mark McIvor, has been convicted and fined $10,000 after failing to assist the liquidator appointed to his three companies. Mr McIvor, of the Gold Coast, was found guilty in the ...
Gibraltar Delays Introduction Of New Companies Law
September 3rd, 2014
Gibraltar has agreed to industry requests to delay the introduction of its new Companies Act and Insolvency Act for a month, until November 1, 2014. The announcement was made in response to requests from the financial services industry and ...
Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid hazard wages
September 3rd, 2014
Workers decommissioning Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have sued its operator Tokyo Electric (Tepco) over unpaid hazard wages. The four men are demanding about 65m yen (£375,000; $620,000) in extra pay. They claim the compensation for removing contaminated debris ...
Lloyds’ contingency plans could see move to London if Scots vote yes
September 3rd, 2014
Lloyds’contingency plans if Scots vote for independence could include moving its official offices from Edinburgh to London in order to avoid being classed as a Scottish bank. The banking group, which owns Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, ...
Swiss economy influenced by Eurozone
September 3rd, 2014
Switzerland’s economy unexpectedly flatlined in the second quarter as trade took a hit from stagnation in its main export market, Europe, and a dip in construction spending. The data, missing forecasts of a 0.5 per cent increase from the ...
Europe makes one step towards Russia, away from USA
September 3rd, 2014
Elections to the governing bodies of the EU finished, and it was the word of German Chancellor Angela Merkel that played the crucial role in the elections. After the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis, the leaders of 28 countries ...
The Exaggerated Death of Inflation
September 3rd, 2014
Is the era of high inflation gone forever? In a world of slow growth, high debt, and tremendous distributional pressures, whether inflation is dead or merely dormant is an important question. Yes, massive institutional improvements concerning central banks have ...
Australia to sign uranium trade deal with India
September 3rd, 2014
Australia’s prime minister said on Wednesday that he will sign a uranium export deal with India for peaceful power generation this week, but added that exports of the nuclear fuel to Russia have been banned until further notice. Prime ...
Rupee gains 7 paise against the US dollar in trade
September 3rd, 2014
Snapping its four-day losing streak, the rupee recovered by seven paise to 60.61 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today amid sustained overseas capital inflows. Fresh selling of the American currency by ...
