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TradeFx fired 80 workers in Israel; Playtech Cyprus Ltd looking to reduce the space planned to rent
August 11th, 2016
Sources inform “Globes” that following a wave of layoffs, Playtech Cyprus Ltd. (LSE:PTEC), managed by CEO Mor Weizer, notified Azrieli Group Ltd. (TASE: AZRG) last week that it was reducing the amount of space it had planned to rent in the new business tower ...
The first Major Legal firm to make post-Brexit redundancies
August 8th, 2016
Simmons & Simmons is making redundancies in its London office as a result of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the first major firm in the City known to have done so. A spokeswoman told RollOnFriday that the firm was ...
Disbarred lawyer and his law firm have been ordered to pay penalty for a Money Pass Scheme
August 4th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an Order of Default Final Judgment (Order) against John D. Briner, a disbarred Canadian ...
Female lawyers have some advice for male colleagues
August 3rd, 2016
After reporting on a study showing that women were penalised at work for assertive behaviours considered acceptable in men, Law.com’s Vivia Chen got some feedback from female lawyers. One woman wrote: ‘I have been practicing for 36 years and ...
A Limassol forex company employee arrested for trying to sell client personal data to competitors
July 29th, 2016
Police on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old woman, a Limassol forex company employee, in connection with trying to sell client personal data to competitors. The case was reported to police by the company’s manager after the suspect’s computer had been ...
Europe eyes higher open ahead of Fed decision
July 27th, 2016
European stocks are expected to open higher on Wednesday ahead of the latest monetary policy decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The London FTSE index is expected to open 14 points higher at 6,738, the German DAX up 62 points at 10,310 and ...
Oil prices fall on oversupply concerns despite output cuts
July 19th, 2016
Oil prices eased on Tuesday as concerns over a crude and refined fuel glut outweighed an expected cut in U.S. shale production and a probable further draw in U.S. crude inventories. Crude prices fell more than 1 percent in ...
OpenDoor Becomes First Women-Owned Bond Trading Platform
July 14th, 2016
Following the closing of a $10 million investment round, OpenDoor Trading, LLC (“OpenDoor”) has become the first U.S. bond trading platform both majority-owned and majority-controlled by women. The funds will be used to support technology and business development of an innovative ‘all-to-all’ ...
IRS takes Facebook to court
July 12th, 2016
Feds are demanding corporate records of its offshore assets. Signaling a shift in enforcement tactics against big companies that make money from intellectual property, federal tax officials have sought a court order demanding internal corporate records related to one ...
Oil near two-month low on economic woes; drillers adjust to lower prices
July 11th, 2016
Oil fell on Monday over signs that U.S. shale drillers have adapted to lower prices and on renewed indications of economic weakness in Asia. Brent crude was trading at $46.38 per barrel at 0653 GMT (02:53 a.m. EDT), down ...