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US Dollar Weakens While Commodities Rise in July
August 7th, 2017
The month of July was dominated by US dollar weakness, geopolitical tensions, the European revival and a strong commodity price rebound The month of July was dominated by five key themes; US dollar weakness, geopolitical tensions, the European revival, ...
FCA published the findings from the 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms
August 4th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the FCA Practitioner Panel have published the findings from their 2017 survey of FCA-regulated firms. The survey gives a view across the financial services sector of the FCA’s performance as a regulator. It ...
Toyota and Mazda Motor to build a $1.6 billion assembly plant in U.S.
August 4th, 2017
Toyota Motor (TM, -1.28%) and rival Mazda Motor (MZDAY, +4.48%) are expected to announce plans on Friday to build a $1.6 billion U.S assembly plant as part of a new joint venture, a person briefed on the matter said. ...
What the bitcoin cash is and is it worth anything?
August 3rd, 2017
Early yesterday morning bitcoin’s blockchain forked — meaning a separate cryptocurrency was created called bitcoin cash. The way a fork works is instead of creating a totally new cryptocurrency (and blockchain) starting at block 0, a fork just creates ...
U.S. oil prices open above $50 for first time since May
August 1st, 2017
U.S. oil opened above $50 per barrel for the first time since late May on Tuesday, supported by strong fuel demand, but ongoing high supplies from producer club OPEC kept prices from rising further. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ...
Euro’s rally might receive a further boost
August 1st, 2017
A snowball effect: Euro to strengthen against Pound Sterling as Eurozone investors are forced to hedge against an unexpected strengthening of their currency. Analysts at BNP Paribas have warned their clients that the Euro’s rally might receive a further ...
International association of independent and global accounting firm announced new President
July 26th, 2017
DFK International has appointed Roland Graf as the global accountancy association’s new president. Roland is a popular and prominent member of DFK and a partner and specialist tax lawyer at Peters, Schönberger & Partner (PSP), a multi-disciplinary firm located ...
Exxon sues U.S. over $2 million Russian sanctions fine
July 21st, 2017
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed a $2 million fine on Exxon Mobil Corp. for what it called a “reckless disregard” of U.S. sanctions on Russia while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the oil giant’s chief executive, ...
Legal chatbot expands to cover 1000 areas of law
July 19th, 2017
Law firms have no incentive to innovate, the legal chatbot founder of DoNotPay claims as he launches his latest idea. The legal chatbot which started out as a tool to challenge traffic tickets is expanding its remit to cover ...
Pan-European instant payments to go live in November
July 17th, 2017
The Europan Payments Council has published an interview with Jean-Yves Jacquelin, Chair of the EPC Scheme Evolution and Maintenance Working Group to update on the implementation of the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. In less than five months, the ...