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Facebook Faces EU Scrutiny Over WhatsApp Purchase
December 21st, 2016
The European Union on Tuesday accused Facebook Inc. of giving “incorrect or misleading information” to investigators who were probing its purchase of chat app WhatsApp in 2014, a surprise charge that exposes the company to a hefty fine. The ...
Authorities Allege $1 Billion Fraud at Platinum Partners
December 20th, 2016
In June 2014, the founder of hedge fund Platinum Partners sent a panicked email to his partner. “It can’t go on like this,” wrote Mark Nordlicht, fretting about mounting requests from investors for their money back. “This is code ...
Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information
December 15th, 2016
FBI, CIA, NSA, White House workers among hacking victims Former intelligence officers say leak could aid foreign spies More than 150,000 U.S. government and military employees are among the victims of Yahoo! Inc.’s newly disclosed data breach, and their ...
BaFin plans to limit CFD trading
December 9th, 2016
Following the proposal by FCA UK for limiting leverage on Forex and CFDs, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) has issued an announcement to inform that the Authority intends to limit the marketing, distribution ...
PCAOB Finds Problems with KPMG Audits
December 7th, 2016
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released a report Tuesday on its 2015 inspection of KPMG LLP, finding problems with 20 of the 49 companies whose audits by the firm were inspected. The PCAOB also reviewed the firm’s audit ...
Football Leaks: Corruption of the game
December 5th, 2016
From where did the largest dataset leak in the history of sports come? And who is the man who exposed the corruption and tax scheming – the individual who is now being hunted down by the giants of the ...
Italy has requested possible Monte dei Paschi bailout
December 2nd, 2016
Italy is discussing with the European Commission the terms of a state bailout of ailing bank Monte dei Paschi (BMPS.MI: Quote) that has already been requested and could be launched next week if needed, Italian daily Corriere della Sera ...
Plus500 on CySec’s Circular for bonuses
December 2nd, 2016
Plus500 has issued an announcement following the 13% dive of its share price. According its announcement, Plus500 does not believe that the CySec’s Circular relevant to the CFD industry in which the Company operates, will have a material operational ...
Oil price rally likely short-lived as OPEC deal not enough to reduce glut
December 2nd, 2016
The oil price rally sparked by an OPEC-Russia deal to cut output is likely to be short-lived, say traders in Asia, because the agreement may only draw more supplies from storage tanks and more crude shipments from the United ...
CySec publishes information for CIFs in relation to retail investors under MiFID
November 30th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) that ESMA published on October 11, 2016, an updated version of its questions and answers document (the ‘Q&A’) on the application ...
