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Mind the Non-GAAP
March 27th, 2014
Nontraditional financial metrics can shed valuable light on a company’s operations – or obscure its true condition. Normalized adjusted EBITDA less capex. Adjusted consolidated segment operating income. Adjusted EBITDA (as adjusted). Even enthusiasts of non-GAAP metrics have to admit ...
USD/CAD Daily Analysis – March 27, 2014
March 27th, 2014
USD/CAD broke below 1.1150 support and reached as low as 1.1080, indicating the uptrend from 1.1025 had completed. Deeper decline could be expected and next target would be at 1.1000 area. Resistance is at 1.1150, as long as this ...
SEC Probes Threat From Cyber Attacks Against Wall Street
March 27th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is examining the exposure of stock exchanges, brokerages and other Wall Street firms to cyber-attacks that have been called a threat to financial stability. The SEC held a roundtable discussion of those risks ...
GM Down 14% Shows Barra Challenges From Recalls to China
March 27th, 2014
Less than three months into her tenure as General Motors Co. chief executive officer, Mary Barra has more than recalls to worry about. GM shares are down almost 14 percent since Barra took the helm Jan. 15 through yesterday, ...
Citic Pacific Said to Plan About $4 Billion Share Sale to Public
March 27th, 2014
Citic Pacific Ltd. plans to sell about $4 billion of shares to restore its public float after absorbing assets from state-owned parent Citic Group Corp., people with knowledge of the matter said. Citic Pacific may approach sovereign wealth funds ...
CySec: Abolishment of requirement to publish an Annual Bulletin
March 27th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a circular informing the investors that, according to the recent amendments to the Public Offer and Prospectus Law of 2005 (L.114(Ι)/2005) with L.63(Ι)/2013, the requirement for reparation and publication of the ...
FBI shooting after Boston bombing was justified, investigator says
March 26th, 2014
The shooting death of Ibragim Todashev, an associate of the alleged mastermind of the Boston Marathon bombing who was killed in a scuffle with FBI agents, was justified, Florida’s Ninth Circuit State Attorney Jeffrey L. Ashton said in an ...
HMRC debt recovery powers will need to be ‘bomb-proof’
March 26th, 2014
IT WAS SOMETHING of a slow burner, but once people noticed HMRC may be granted the power to directly deduct tax owed from debtors, the concerns began to surface. Ethical issues were raised over the legitimacy of such a ...
FCA warning for clone company
March 26th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that Traders Trust Capital Markets Ltd (www.fxttcm.co.uk , www.fxttcm.co.uk/En/) is a clone firm and thus, is not permitted to provide financial services or ...
FCA: warning for unauthorised firm
March 26th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British financial regulatory authority, has issued a Warning informing the investors that Everest Markets (UK) Limited/ Everest Capital Limited (http://www.everestmarkets.com) is not permitted to provide financial services or products. FCA announces that Everest Markets ...
