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ASIC: man pleads guilty to $260,000 fraud
April 16th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has issued a press release informing the investors that a NSW Central Coast man has pleaded guilty to a $260,000 fraud. William John Jones, of Blue Haven, appeared before Downing Street Local Court ...
Asia shares rise, shrug off slower China growth
April 16th, 2014
Shares rose Wednesday in Asia as positive sentiment from strong corporate earnings outweighed Ukraine’s crisis and slower economic growth in China. The Nikkei jumped 2.5 percent to 14,347.41 as a weaker yen boosted exporter stocks and Softbank Corp. shares ...
Credit Suisse profits down 34 percent
April 16th, 2014
Swiss bank Credit Suisse says net profit fell 34 percent in the first quarter as bond-market woes hurt earnings at its investment banking business. Profit fell to 859 million Swiss francs ($979 million) from 1.303 billion francs in the ...
Oil falls to near $103 ahead of Ukraine meeting
April 15th, 2014
The price of oil fell to near $103 a barrel Tuesday ahead of talks aimed at defusing tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for May delivery was down 92 ...
German company starts gas deliveries to Ukraine
April 15th, 2014
German utility company RWE said Tuesday it has started sending natural gas to Ukraine, a move that could support the country if Russia acts on its threat to cut off supplies because of a massive debt for past deliveries. ...
Extra Rights Should Mean Extra Responsibilities
April 15th, 2014
Ordinary people have suffered huge disruption to their lives through a loss of jobs & opportunity because of the colossal mistakes of self-declared ‘Masters of the Universe’ chasing ever-bigger financial rewards within the banking industry. To add insult to ...
Taxware Acquires VAT Resource
April 15th, 2014
Taxware, provider of sales, use and value added compliance software and services, announced the acquisition of VAT Resource, The Netherlands-based independent VAT technology, consulting and compliance outsourcing company. The acquisition enhances Taxware’s VAT content for tax determination while adding ...
Asia stocks mixed ahead of China growth report
April 15th, 2014
Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as jitters about China’s economy overshadowed a perk from strong U.S. data and earnings. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 1.2 percent at 22,754.69 as a drop in China’s money supply unnerved investors ...
ASIC charges former CEO of IT companies
April 15th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC), has issued an announcement that Mr Peter Mavridis, of Bentleigh, Victoria, has appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court after an ASIC investigation led to him being charged with 24 charges of obtaining ...
SEC charges brokerage firm
April 15th, 2014
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has announced another round of charges in its ongoing case against several individuals involved in a massive kickback scheme to secure the bond trading business of a state-owned Venezuelan bank. The SEC alleges ...
