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Former deputy attorney-general of Cyprus was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
March 1st, 2017
Former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Wednesday for his involvement in a conspiracy with the Andreas Neocleous law firm in 2013. Panayiotis Neocleous, one of the law firm’s partners and son of ...
Japan Exchange Regulation and Tokyo Stock Exchange to apply AI to market surveillance operations
March 1st, 2017
Japan Exchange Regulation (“JPX-R”) and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (“TSE”) have decided to take the groundbreaking move of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to market surveillance operations. JPX-R and TSE have been examining ways to conduct more sophisticated market surveillance ...
Global (economic) warming
February 26th, 2017
If the economy was on its uppers, Trumpenomics could be reasonably compared with Reaganomics. But that is not the case. The economy is operating close to capacity, ….any further fiscal and monetary expansion will begin to create …. economic ...
Two leading global law firms to merge
February 23rd, 2017
Combination brings together two leading global law firms US practice will have approximately 1,000 lawyers New York office will rank among the city’s 25 largest with more than 300 lawyers Washington, DC office will grow to more than 130 ...
U.S. oil holds near seven-week high; OPEC upbeat on output curbs
February 22nd, 2017
Oil prices held near multi-week highs on Wednesday after OPEC signaled optimism over its deal with other producers to curb output to clear a glut that has weighed on markets since 2014. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate April crude ...
UAE among top 20 countries for entrepreneurs, says Ashish Thakkar
February 17th, 2017
The UAE ranks among the world’s top 20 nations offering the best environment for entrepreneurs, according to a report by Mara Foundation and Opinium Research. The inaugural Ashish J Thakkar Global Entrepreneurship Index measures entrepreneurial environments around the world ...
How China Influences Bitcoin Price, Explained
February 17th, 2017
1.Why has Bitcoin price become volatile again? The short answer to that question is China. On Feb. 9, 2017, Bitcoin price has plunged by more than 9%. The fall took place after an extended period of growth: Bitcoin value ...
Deutsche Boerse CEO denies insider trading allegations
February 17th, 2017
The head of Deutsche Boerse said insider trading allegations against him were unfounded, pointing out that he did not determine the timing of his share purchases ahead of the announcement of merger plans with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) ...
Oil rose on OPEC-led cuts, but market remains range-bound
February 14th, 2017
Oil rose on Tuesday, supported by an OPEC-led effort to cut output, but rising production elsewhere kept prices within the narrow range that has contained them so far this year. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil ...
University of Luxembourg: Researchers develop Zcash cryptocurrency
February 13th, 2017
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg have developed an important mathematical algorithm called “Equihash”. Equihash is a core component for the new cryptocurrency Zcash, which offers more privacy and ...
