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Old, Fired at IBM: Trendsetter Offers Workers Arbitration
May 12th, 2014
For at least a decade, International Business Machines Corp. gave fired employees information detailing a severance package that asked them to waive age-discrimination claims and also included a page listing the job titles and ages of workers being let ...
Yen at 85 Seen by Tokai Predicting BOJ Policy Miss: Japan Credit
May 9th, 2014
The Bank of Japan’s failure to achieve its inflation target will see the yen rebound to the highest since 2012, reversing the results of its unprecedented stimulus, according to Tokai Tokyo Securities Co. The currency will strengthen beyond 85 ...
Billionaire Hedge Funders Made Money the Old-Fashioned Way
May 7th, 2014
So Institutional Investor’s Alpha put out its 2013 hedge fund compensation ranking today, and I guess we should talk about it because rich people got paid money and that is fun to gawp at. The obvious thing to say ...
Samsung to Fight Apple Smartphone Trial Verdict: Lawyer
May 6th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co. will challenge a jury’s $120 million award to Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement verdict that was “unsupported by evidence,” a lawyer for the Suwon, South Korea-based company said. Samsung will ask the trial judge and an ...
China factory activity shrinks in April, new export orders contract
May 5th, 2014
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted for a fourth consecutive month in April, a private survey showed on Monday, adding to questions about whether the world’s second-largest economy is still losing momentum. The final reading of the HSBC/Markit purchasing ...
Russia Knows Europe Sanctions Ineffective With Tax Havens
May 5th, 2014
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your assets safe. “You can rely on our legal system!” the ...
SEC Fines NYSE for rule violations
May 2nd, 2014
The New York Stock Exchange’s $4.5 million penalty for oversight violations represents the Securities and Exchange Commission’s first salvo since Michael Lewis reignited scrutiny of market structure. NYSE, which was bought by IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE) last year, agreed ...
European Stocks Climb Amid Earnings as Fed Meeting Starts
April 29th, 2014
European stocks rose for a second day as companies from Deutsche Bank AG to ABB Ltd. reported earnings and the Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting. U.S. stock-index futures advanced, while and Asian shares were little changed. Deutsche ...
Asian Stocks Swing From Gain to Loss on Earnings Outlook
April 29th, 2014
Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as investors weighed corporate earnings and after U.S. equities advanced. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. slid 1.3 percent in Hong Kong after Asia’s biggest refiner posted first-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates. ...
Deutsche Bank Profit Beats Estimates on Trading Revenue
April 29th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Europe’s largest investment bank by revenue, said first-quarter profit declined less than expected as trading revenue exceeded analysts’ estimates. Net income dropped 34 percent to 1.08 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in the three months through ...
