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Facebook sues over ‘fraudulent lawsuit’
October 21st, 2014
Facebook is suing US law firms alleging they knowingly represented a fraudster who claimed to be owed Facebook shares, in a warning to other law firms representing anyone attempting to get a slice of Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune. The Silicon ...
Switzerland Extends Olive Branch To India On Tax
October 20th, 2014
Swiss authorities have confirmed that, if asked, they will assist India in efforts to confirm the genuineness of bank documents and will swiftly provide information on requests relating to non-banking dossiers. The commitment was made in a joint statement ...
Scandal Over Brazilian Oil Company Adds Turmoil to the Presidential Race
October 20th, 2014
President Dilma Rousseff is in a tough fight for the Oct. 26 election after a former executive at Petrobras took a plea bargain and testified that her party had benefited from a bribery scheme. Paulo Roberto Costa was living ...
Russia’s Rosneft takes EU to court over sanctions
October 20th, 2014
Russian oil giant Rosneft and a close associate of President Vladimir Putin are fighting the EU in court over sanctions imposed on some of Russia’s biggest companies, an official website indicated Friday. A Russian billionaire, Arkady Rotenberg, who is ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
October 20th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms): Holiway Investments Limited Plus500CY Limited Capital Index (Cyprus) Limited The ...
Coinfloor to launch bitcoin fund and trade in broader range of currencies
October 20th, 2014
Coinfloor, the London-based bitcoin exchange, is opening up to a wider range of currencies, according to the FT. It will also raise money from its investors to launch a bitcoin fund next month, taking the company’s value up to ...
BoE lashes out at EU bonus cap rules
October 17th, 2014
The Bank of England has launched a full-blooded counter-attack on the EU cap on banker bonuses, calling it the “wrong policy” just one day after European regulators tried to stop banks from dodging the rule. In a sign of ...
SEC Announces Insider Trading Charges Against Former Financial Analyst at Pharmaceutical Company
October 15th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced insider trading charges against a Massachusetts man who allegedly tipped his friend with nonpublic information about potential acquisition targets of the pharmaceutical company where he worked. The SEC alleges that Zachary Zwerko was ...
FCA targets those most at risk of investment fraud
October 15th, 2014
FCA in an effort to inform investors and prevent investment frauds has issued a campaign to raise awareness on the issue. Investment scams generally involve high-pressured selling, using boiler room tactics, for products which often do not exist, including ...
Citi pulls out of consumer banking in 11 countries, profit jumps
October 15th, 2014
Citigroup Inc said it is pulling out of consumer banking in 11 markets, including Japan and Egypt, as the U.S. bank with the biggest international business looks to cut persistently high costs. The third-largest U.S. bank, built with a ...
