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FD acquires QuantumKDB
January 12th, 2016
FD, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Quantum KDB (UK) Limited (“Quantum”) for total consideration of up to £2.2m. The acquisition provides the Group with complementary consultancy expertise to support the growth of its ...
Cypriot police quiz HSBC officials
January 12th, 2016
A police official says state prosecutors seeking to bring controversial banker Andreas Vgenopoulos to Cyprus to answer criminal charges are now chewing over their next move after questioning several officials of HSBC in London. CID investigators had flown to ...
Asia markets close lower, Nikkei 225 slips 2.71%
January 12th, 2016
Asia’s major markets closed mostly lower, with investor sentiment in the region remaining fragile as oil prices continued to slide and China concerns weighed. The Australian market erased its morning gains to slip into negative territory, with the main ASX ...
China Stock Selloff Abates on State Efforts to Stabilize Yuan
January 12th, 2016
Offshore yuan climbs to one-week high amid intervention Shanghai Composite’s RSI signals oversold conditions China’s stocks rose in volatile trading after the benchmark index briefly fell below the 3,000 level as policy makers intensified efforts to stabilize the yuan. ...
European markets: FTSE and European stocks shrug off worries over China slowdown
January 11th, 2016
European equity markets kicked off the week on an upbeat note, as investors shrugged off yet another dismal session in Asia, which saw stocks plunge to their lowest level in more than four years. Early on in the European ...
Yahoo to Reconsider Sale of Web Business Instead of Spinoff
January 11th, 2016
A decision to sell would contradict Yahoo’s intent to spin Verizon has publicly stated interest in acquiring Yahoo Yahoo! Inc. is considering an outright sale of its business, marking what could hasten a significant shift in the company’s thinking as ...
In Saudi Aramco IPO, Global Refining Empire May Be the Prize
January 11th, 2016
Saudi state-owned company mulls `bundle’ of refiners listing Aramco will be world’s top refiner by 2020, overtaking Exxon Investors hoping a Saudi Arabian Oil Co. IPO will provide a chance to buy a stake in the world’s largest crude ...
Shanghai drops 5%, Shenzhen down 6.5% in renewed sell-off
January 11th, 2016
Chinese markets extended an already rough start to the year Monday, losing further ground and other Asian markets came along for the ride lower. The Shanghai composite was down as much 5.22 percent in late-afternoon trade, while the Shenzhen Composite shed 6.5 percent. ...
Slater & Gordon bankers bring in investigative accountants
January 8th, 2016
Slater & Gordon faces further scrutiny after it emerged that the company’s lenders have appointed investigative accountants to take a closer look at its books. The move follows a shock abandonment of its earnings guidance in late 2015 that unnerved shareholders ...
CSRC:China suspends stock market “circuit breaker”
January 8th, 2016
China announced Thursday night that it will from Friday suspend the stock market “circuit breaker” mechanism that has been implemented since the beginning of this year. “Currently, the negative effects of the mechanism are greater than the positive effects. ...
