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Publicis to buy U.S.-based Sapient for $3.7 billion
November 3rd, 2014
Publicis (PUBP.PA), the world’s third-largest advertising holding company, has agreed to buy digital ad specialist Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash as it seeks to accelerate growth after a botched merger earlier this year. Publicis said on Monday that ...
UK taxpayers learn how much of their money goes on welfare
November 3rd, 2014
Taxpayers will for the first time receive their Annual Tax Summary, which will show how much tax the person has paid and to which government departments the money has gone. HM Revenue & Customs will begin sending out the ...
Emirates NBD lists first NZ currency bond on Dubai bourse
November 3rd, 2014
NASDAQ Dubai, the region’s international stock exchange, has welcomed the listing of a 100 million New Zealand dollar ($78.1 million) conventional bond by Emirates NBD. The bond is the first to list on a GCC exchange in New Zealand’s ...
China manufacturing growth slows
November 3rd, 2014
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in October, an official survey suggests, reinforcing concerns about a slowdown in the wider economy. The country’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to a lower-than-expected 50.8, from 51.1 in the previous month. Any ...
Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming
November 3rd, 2014
The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues ...
Dollar climbs on yen, BOJ passes baton to ECB
November 3rd, 2014
The U.S. dollar powered to seven-year peaks against the yen on Monday and a two-year high on the euro, a punishing trend for commodities priced in dollars as gold, silver and oil all fell. Disappointing surveys out of China’s ...
Citigroup sets aside $600 million more to cover legal costs
October 31st, 2014
Citigroup Inc (C.N) said it was setting aside an extra $600 million to cover legal expenses in the third quarter due to “rapidly evolving regulatory inquiries,” while also disclosing that it was subject to foreign exchange market probes. Citigroup ...
Australia 200 – Threatening to Return to Above 5500 Again
October 31st, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, October 31, 2014 Throughout most of September the Australia 200 Index declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 and 5500, ...
Australian man jailed following $260,000 fraud
October 31st, 2014
ASIC jailed today a New South Wales Central Coast man for 18 months, for committing a $260,000 fraud. William John Jones, of Blue Haven, pleaded guilty in April 2014 to fraudulently misappropriating the money given to him by two ...
SEC and FINRA Warn Investors About Penny Stock Scams
October 31st, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued an alert warning investors that some penny stocks being aggressively promoted as great investment opportunities may in fact be stocks ...
