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Europe feels pain from olive oil crisis
February 15th, 2016
Europe’s consumers are facing a 20 per cent rise in the price of olive oil after bad weather and disease devastated the continent’s olive harvest. Olive farmers in Spain and Italy, meanwhile, have seen their leading position as exporters ...
Japan’s Fsa Warns Against Unauthorized Optionrally, Two Other Binary Options Brokers
February 11th, 2016
Japan’s financial watchdog, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), included on Wednesday into its alert list binary options brokers LFG Investment, trading as OptionRally, and WorldOptionner Management Office and BizOption Management Office, trading as Bizoption and Worldoption, respectively. The three companies have been providing financial services in the ...
Tax rise risk from George Osborne’s ‘inflexible’ budget target
February 9th, 2016
Chancellor George Osborne’s “inflexible” budget surplus target may mean sudden tax rises or spending cuts, independent economists suggest. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that Mr Osborne’s pledge to run a budget surplus “in normal times” from 2019-20 ...
FCA fires warning shot at spread betting firms
February 3rd, 2016
Britain’s financial regulator warned spread betting firms on Tuesday to comply with its rules after a survey found poor practices that risk leaving customers unfairly treated. The Financial Conduct Authority published on Tuesday a “Dear CEO” letter sent to ...
Russia wants to talk to OPEC about output cuts to bolster oil price
January 28th, 2016
Russian officials have decided they should talk to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries about output cuts to bolster oil prices, the head of Russia’s pipeline monopoly said on Wednesday, remarks that helped spur a sharp rise in world ...
How domestic economic strength can prevail over global weakness
January 26th, 2016
Find below the Keynote speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Börse Group New Year’s reception 2016, Eschborn, 25 January 2016 Thank you, Mr Faber, for your very kind introduction. And let me start by ...
Out of the mouths of babes…
January 22nd, 2016
Parents will tell you the most difficult questions to answer sometimes come from their children. Here are some apparently innocent questions to ask of economists, journalists, financial commentators and central bankers, which are designed to expose the contradictions in ...
European Union to Scrutinize Usage of Big Data by Large Internet Companies
January 18th, 2016
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s comments highlight increased focus regulators giving to the use of so-called big data The European Union is considering whether the way large Internet companies, such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google or Facebook Inc., collect vast quantities of data is ...
Two former Forex traders will sue their former employers this month
January 14th, 2016
Ex-Barclays, Citi FX traders sue for unfair dismissal in London Two former foreign exchange traders will this month sue their former employers Barclays and Citigroup for unfair dismissal at a London court. Former Barclays FX trader Jack Murray is ...
Turkish lira subdued after Istanbul blast as global markets edge up
January 13th, 2016
The Turkish lira lagged an emerging market recovery on Tuesday, staying under pressure after a deadly bomb blast in central Istanbul rattled investors but failed to cause sharp losses. The lira briefly dipped to 3.0488 per dollar, its lowest ...
