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Gold – Eases Below $1300
August 19th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Over the last couple of days Gold has been easing lower back towards the $1300 level and has just slipped just below that level of the last day or so. In the last ...
West TX Oil up to $94.80 on Easing Supply Risks
August 19th, 2014
Brent crude edged up towards $102 a barrel on Tuesday, but stayed near a 14-month low reached in the previous session on weak demand and easing concerns over risks to supply. Brent shed nearly $2 on Monday, as investor ...
Ex-Rabobank trader guilty in Libor probe
August 19th, 2014
A former employee of Rabobank on Monday became the second of the Dutch bank’s ex-traders to plead guilty in a criminal plot to manipulate a global financial benchmark used to set rates on trillions of dollars in loans. United ...
Australia 200 – Threatening to Break Higher Again
August 19th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has enjoyed a solid move higher over the last week bouncing off the support level at 5400 up to a two week high above 5550. In its typical ...
New criminal offence proposed to catch tax evaders
August 19th, 2014
People who fail to declare offshore tax liabilities could face prosecution under proposed new laws published for consultation today. HM Revenue & Customs has urged wealthy individuals to come forward and pay what they owe in advance of the ...
Lawmakers criticize Fed’s crisis lending program
August 19th, 2014
Federal Reserve was urged to limit its crisis lending programs for big banks from a bipartisan group of lawmakers. During the crisis, the Fed invoked its emergency lending powers to pump cash into Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and other banks ...
Money-Laundering increase, urges hiring by British Banks
August 18th, 2014
U.K. banks have made a push to hire more anti-money laundering staff as regulatory scrutiny grows, with a 54 percent increase in the number of roles available over the last year, according to a recruitment firm. More than 2,157 ...
Google and Right-to-Be-Forgotten Critics Distort Ruling
August 18th, 2014
Google Inc. (GOOG) and other critics of a European Union court ruling that created a right to be forgotten on the Internet are exaggerating it to undermine a reform of data-protection rules, the EU’s justice chief said. Search engines ...
China relies on WTO to ‘resolve differences’ and sign deal
August 18th, 2014
China said on Monday it regretted World Trade Organisation members had failed to reach an agreement on simplifying global customs rules, a breakdown it said could damage multilateral trade. India last month torpedoed a global deal to standardize and ...
The Fragmentation of Bretton Woods
August 18th, 2014
The world has changed considerably since political leaders from the 44 Allied countries met in 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to create the institutional framework for the post-World War II economic and monetary order. What has not changed ...
