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FRB: Agencies Issue Proposed Rule on Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
March 24th, 2014
Six agencies today issued a proposed rule that would implement minimum requirements for state registration and supervision of appraisal management companies (AMCs). An AMC is an entity that serves as an intermediary between appraisers and lenders and provides appraisal ...
U.S. Stocks Fluctuate While Europe Slumps on Ukraine
March 24th, 2014
U.S. stocks fluctuated as an index of manufacturing slowed while European shares snapped two days of gains amid concern the Ukraine crisis may escalate. The yen and gold weakened. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell less than 0.1 ...
Billionaire Sought by U.S. Holds Key to Putin Gas Cash
March 24th, 2014
A detained billionaire who made a fortune as a middleman in Russia’s murky gas trade with Ukraine may hold the key for U.S. lawmakers seeking harsher sanctions against President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. Ukrainian Dmitry Firtash, arrested in Vienna ...
Asia Stocks Rise as Copper Slips Amid China Stimulus Talk
March 24th, 2014
Asian shares rose, with the regional index rebounding from its biggest two-week decline since June, and the yen fell. Nickel slid after a seventh weekly gain as a preliminary Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly fell, while gold and silver retreated. ...
CySec: warning
March 21st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has issued a press release warning the investors that the companies: ‘Mercuria Technologies Ltd’ (http://www.optionsmarter.com) ‘Frontiers Group Investment Ltd’ (http://frontierforex.com/) Are not permitted to provide investment and ...
Putin Clears Crimea Annexation as Ukraine Signs EU Pact
March 21st, 2014
Russia completed the process of annexing Crimea and the European Union signed a political pact with Ukraine, escalating the worst standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation approved by lawmakers ...
Microsoft Acknowledges Looking Inside Blogger’s Hotmail Inbox And Reading IM To Track Source Of Leaked Company Information
March 21st, 2014
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) admitted Thursday that it had read the contents of a blogger’s Hotmail inbox in an effort to identify an employee who was suspected of leaking confidential company information. According to John Frank, deputy general counsel for Microsoft, ...
How Suntech, Chinese Solar Giant, Was Snared In An Italian Fraud Scandal
March 21st, 2014
As 2008 began, the future looked brilliant for green energy giant Suntech Power and its high-flying founder, Shi Zhengrong. Suntech was one of the world’s largest makers of solar panels, the first non-state-owned Chinese company traded on the New ...
CySec: regarding the late registration of trusts
March 21st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (‘CySEC’), following its announcement of March 7, 2014 wishes to inform all interested parties that Monday, March 10th was the final date for registering trusts which fall under the transitional period of article 25A(10) ...
Turkey blocks use of Twitter after prime minister attacks social media site
March 21st, 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to ‘root out’ social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked Turkey restricted access to Twitter hours after its prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, threatened to “root out” the social media network where wiretapped ...