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Law firms consider deal to create a leading global law firm
November 5th, 2015
Pacific Rim Powerhouse: Dentons, 大成, Gadens and Rodyk & Davidson consider deal to create the Pacific Rim’s leading global law firm The global law firm Dentons, the Chinese firm 大成, the Singapore firm Rodyk & Davidson, and the Australian ...
US fines Deutsche Bank $258m for working with Iran
November 5th, 2015
German company Deutsche Bank has been fined $285m (£185m) by US regulators for working with US-sanctioned countries Syria and Iran. The bank will pay penalties to the New York State Department of Financial Services and the Federal Reserve. Employees ...
Standard Chartered seeks £3.3bn from shareholders
November 4th, 2015
Bank posts first loss in years, and says it will cut 15,000 jobs and withdraw from riskier lending Standard Chartered is asking shareholders to stump up £3.3bn while axing 15,000 jobs after reporting its first quarterly loss in 15 years. ...
China forex regulator tells staff to take graft fight seriously
November 3rd, 2015
China‘s foreign exchange regulator has urged its officials to take seriously the ruling Communist Party’s fight against corruption and follow rules closely, the regulator said in a statement released by the country’s graft watchdog on Tuesday. Dozens of senior ...
Amazon and eBay ‘liable’ if they ignore VAT fraud
November 2nd, 2015
Amazon and eBay could be liable for billions of pounds in unpaid VAT if they fail to properly investigate traders using their sites to escape sales tax, the BBC has learned. The online marketplaces could be legally required to ...
FXPRIMUS announces the appointment of Marshall Gittler as Head of Investment Research
November 2nd, 2015
FXPRIMUS has announced the appointment of renowned financial analyst Marshall Gittler, as the new Head of Investment Research. As part of this new appointment, he will be utilizing the most cutting edge media, web and print channels to disseminate his own unique ...
HP is now two companies. How did it get here?
November 2nd, 2015
HP’s split follows more than a decade of scandals and missteps If Hollywood wanted a script about the inexorable decline of a corporate icon, it might look to Hewlett-Packard for inspiration. Once one of Silicon Valley’s most respected companies, ...
Saudi Arabia reacts sharply to S&P downgrade of kingdom’s debt rating
November 2nd, 2015
Saudi Arabia yesterday reacted sharply to Standard & Poor’s move to downgrade the kingdom’s debt rating. The debt rating agency said it would downgrade Saudi Arabia’s long-term rating a notch, from AA- to A+ with “a negative outlook”, citing ...
NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million
October 30th, 2015
NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million; Accept Three-Year Regulatory Consulting Abstention; Admit Failure to Supervise For Banking Law Violations Goldman Sachs Employee Schemed to Steal Confidential Regulatory Information, and Improperly Shared that Information with Other Goldman Employees ...
India: People can deposit their gold in banks and earn interest on it
October 29th, 2015
Attention, Indians! Your gold will soon earn money for you Earlier in the week, the RBI issued norms for implementation of the gold monetisation scheme, under which customers can deposit their gold in banks and earn interest on it. ...
