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Chinese Traders Charged With Trading on Hacked Nonpublic Information Stolen From Two Law Firms
December 28th, 2016
Marks First Time SEC Charges Hacking Into Law Firm Computer Networks The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Chinese traders with fraudulently trading on hacked nonpublic market-moving information stolen from two prominent New York-based law firms, racking up ...
Law Firms’ Accounts Pose Money-Laundering Risk
December 27th, 2016
Law Firms’ Accounts Pose Money-Laundering Risk Hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly siphoned from Malaysian state fund 1MDB passed through firms’ pooled accounts in U.S., prosecutors say Tens of billions of dollars every year move through opaque law-firm bank ...
PayPal Files Copyright Suit Against India’s Digital Payment Provider Paytm
December 25th, 2016
In what many are calling a tactical move to stymie a competitor, PayPal has pushed forward on a copyright suit against Paytm, a leading digital payment service in India. Back in November, US-based ewallet service PayPal lodged the complaint ...
Deutsche Bank Reaches $7.2 Billion Settlement Over Toxic Securities
December 23rd, 2016
The Obama administration scrambled to resolve its remaining crisis-era megabank mortgage cases, striking a $7.2 billion settlement Thursday with Deutsche Bank AG over toxic securities while separately filing a lawsuit against Barclays PLC alleging more than $30 billion in ...
Just how rich Donald Trump is and what is his wealth based on?
December 22nd, 2016
Just how rich is the man, and what is his wealth based on? Donald Trump has bragged about his money, but he hasn’t disclosed many details. This much (or little) is known … So, how rich is he? Those ...
IOSCO identifies risks to retail investors of OTC leveraged products
December 21st, 2016
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued today a report that identifies various risks related to the marketing and sale of complex OTC leveraged products to retail investors, and describes how some regulators are responding to the challenges ...
VW strikes another US emissions scandal deal
December 21st, 2016
Volkswagen has struck a deal with the US authorities over some 80,000 VW, Audi and Porsche cars with 3-litre diesel engines. The agreement is another step towards allowing the German car maker to put the emissions cheating scandal behind ...
Moscow Exchange Group’s reorganisation completed
December 20th, 2016
On 19 December 2016, Moscow Exchange Group completed an internal reorganization in which CJSC MICEX Stock Exchange and MB Techonologies, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Moscow Exchange, were merged with the parent company. Accordingly, MICEX Stock Exchange and MB Techonologies have ...
Bitcoin crushed every other currency in 2016. Here are five reasons why
December 20th, 2016
Bitcoin, that nebulous digital currency that trades in cyberspace and is “mined” by code-cracking computers, emerged as a better bet this year than every major currency, stock index and commodity contract. The electronic coin that trades – and is ...
IMF head Christine Lagarde found guilty in French negligence court case
December 20th, 2016
IMF head was French finance minister in 2008 when billionaire was given $425M payout The high-flying career of Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, hung in the balance Monday after a special French court convicted her ...
