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Publicis to buy U.S.-based Sapient for $3.7 billion
November 3rd, 2014
Publicis (PUBP.PA), the world’s third-largest advertising holding company, has agreed to buy digital ad specialist Sapient for $3.7 billion in cash as it seeks to accelerate growth after a botched merger earlier this year. Publicis said on Monday that ...
Hackers Probing the Financial System Show Reason to Worry
October 31st, 2014
Hackers are testing the financial system’s cyber defenses, and they can boast of some alarming success. Let’s start with what we know. JPMorgan Chase & Co. says a breach of its computer systems exposed the personal information of 76 ...
RBS Returns to Profit, Sets Aside $639 Million for FX Probe
October 31st, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS), Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned lender, had third-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates even as it set aside 400 million pounds ($639 million) for a currency rigging probe. The bank posted net income of ...
Alibaba plays trademark card to protect lead as China’s $8 billion e-commerce spree nears
October 30th, 2014
A trademark spat between Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and rival JD.com flared into public view after JD published an Alibaba letter urging publishers to be careful about advertising in promotions for China’s annual “Singles’ Day” spree, ...
Sterling Lads Chats Show FX Traders Matching Fix Orders
October 30th, 2014
“Any fix quid?” a currency trader at Barclays Plc asked a counterpart at HSBC Holdings Plc at 2:25 p.m. on June 23, 2011. “Get 50 cable on fix,” he said as he tried to sell British pounds. “Nothing as ...
Britain’s Fraud Office launches probe into Tesco accounting scandal
October 30th, 2014
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has opened a formal criminal investigation into accounting errors at Tesco (TSCO.L), raising the stakes in a scandal that has hammered the reputation of the country’s biggest grocer. Already battling challenges on multiple fronts, ...
Wal-Mart and allies in face-off with Apple Pay over mobile payments
October 30th, 2014
Suddenly it’s Apple versus Wal-Mart in the fight for shoppers’ digital wallets. With the development of a new mobile payment system, a group of retailers led by Wal-Mart Stores (WMT.N) is aiming to upend the $4.5 trillion credit card ...
Smartphone woes drag Samsung Electronics third-quarter profit to more than three-year low
October 30th, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up to take on competitors in the rapidly growing mid-to-low range segment, after third-quarter earnings set it on course for its worst year since 2011. The ...
Barclays Third-Quarter Profit jumps, sets aside FX probe
October 30th, 2014
Barclays Plc (BARC), the U.K.’s second biggest bank by assets, said third-quarter profit unexpectedly rose in the third quarter as the bank set aside 500 million pounds ($799 million) to settle probes into currency markets. Adjusted pretax profit rose ...
Former head of US regulator advising top Bitcoin companies
October 29th, 2014
A former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been appointed to the advisory board of the two major Bitcoin companies. Arthur Levitt, who served as chair of the SEC between 1993 and 2001, will advise Bitpay ...
