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West TX Oil Surges Back to $96 on Data
September 4th, 2014
Crude oil prices climbed by more than $2 a barrel on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday, as oil markets bounced off multi month lows hit in the previous session. Prospects for peace between Ukraine and Russia, as ...
Standard Life investors in line for £1.75bn windfall after surprise sale
September 4th, 2014
Standard Life plans to return £1.75bn of capital to shareholders – almost a fifth of its current market value – after agreeing a surprise sale of its 180-year-old Canadian business for £2.2bn in cash. The buyer is the Canadian ...
Citi to pay $217,841 to settle OFAC violation liabilities
September 4th, 2014
Citigroup Inc (C.N) has agreed to remit $217,841 to settle potential civil liability for apparently violating multiple sanctions programs of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Treasury said on Wednesday. Citi Penang, the bank’s ...
Lloyds’ contingency plans could see move to London if Scots vote yes
September 3rd, 2014
Lloyds’contingency plans if Scots vote for independence could include moving its official offices from Edinburgh to London in order to avoid being classed as a Scottish bank. The banking group, which owns Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, ...
U.S. SEC charges Houston adviser with not disclosing fund payments
September 3rd, 2014
A Houston-based investment advisory firm steered clients to certain mutual funds without disclosing that it was receiving payments from the broker who offered those funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a civil fraud complaint on Tuesday. ...
U.S. Stock Futures Are Little Changed Before Output Data
September 2nd, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index recorded its biggest monthly gain since February, before data that may show manufacturing in the world’s biggest economy continued to expand in August. Apple Inc. and ...
Canada seeks to become Renminbi (RMB) trading centre for the Americas
September 2nd, 2014
The Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) and AdvantageBC has announced they would work together, with officials from the federal, Ontario and BC governments, and the financial industry, to promote Canada as a trading hub for the Chinese currency, the ...
Second Alibaba IPO in Rally
September 2nd, 2014
Jack Ma knows how to time an initial public offering. The 49-year-old former school teacher preparing to list Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. during a record rally for U.S. stocks did the same thing seven years ago, when Alibaba.com Ltd. ...
Banks say funding rules will make key equities trades more expensive
September 2nd, 2014
Banks are sounding the alarm about a proposed global rule aimed at forcing them to fund themselves more safely, warning that it could have “severe” knock-on effects on short selling and other important equities market transactions. Industry lobbyists have ...
British police can seize UK passports under new terrorism legislation
September 2nd, 2014
Police will be given the temporary power to seize the passports of those suspected of being involved with terrorism, the Prime Minister said today. In a statement to parliament afternoon David Cameron said it was “abhorrent” Brits had “declared ...