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xCFD Offers Mobile Cross-Platform for Traders Using iOS Devices
August 6th, 2014
If you’re trader on the go and armed only with an iPad, iPhone or other iOS-driven handheld electronic device, now you can trade multiple asset classes in real-time thanks to xCFD. xCFD now offers its full cross-asset platform trading ...
Walgreen Is Said to Near a Deal to Buy Out Boots Pharmacy, but Without a Tax Inversion
August 6th, 2014
The Walgreen Company is said to be near a deal to take over the British pharmacy retailer Alliance Boots, but through a plan to do so without moving its corporate headquarters abroad. The American retailer is closing in on ...
Sprint, T-Mobile call off merger plans
August 6th, 2014
Sprint is expected to announce Wednesday that its sought-after merger with T-Mobile is off. The wireless carrier and its parent company, Softbank, decided that regulatory hurdles were too high, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with ...
Geopolitical risk is back up, Dow back down
August 6th, 2014
Just when the market was trying to find its footing, geopolitics rocked the Dow again. This time it was renewed fears that Russia might invade Ukraine. Whether the fears are simply rumor or innuendo, or real fears taken from ...
IREIT Global registers prospectus for IPO on SGX
August 5th, 2014
Investors in Singapore will soon have access to the European real estate market. IREIT Global has registered its prospectus for an initial public offering (IPO) on the SGX mainboard. Under the IPO, IREIT Global is offering almost 168 million ...
FCA restricts distribution of CoCos to retail investors
August 5th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will restrict firms from distributing contingent convertible securities (CoCos) to the mass retail market from 1 October 2014. CoCos are highly complex and the FCA believes they are unlikely to be appropriate for the ...
Argentina to investigate holdouts’ investments
August 5th, 2014
Argentina’s markets watchdog on Monday launched an investigation into what it believes may have been unlawful speculation by holdout creditors whose litigation against the country for repayment of their defaulted bonds pushed it into a new default last week. ...
Crédit Agricole Takes $950 Million Hit on Portuguese Bank
August 5th, 2014
The French bank Crédit Agricole said Tuesday that it nearly had its entire second-quarter profit wiped away as it took a $950 million charge to write off its entire investment in the troubled Portuguese lender Banco Espírito Santo, in ...
Daimler says assisting Chinese authorities in investigation
August 5th, 2014
Daimler AG’s (DAIGn.DE) luxury brand Mercedes-Benz said it is cooperating with China’s anti-monopoly authorities over an investigation into unspecified matters, after local Chinese media reported the German automaker’s Shanghai office had been raided. “We confirm that we are assisting ...
Bulgarian Government Urged to Solve Banking Crisis
August 5th, 2014
Bulgaria is dealing with its worst banking crisis since the 1990’s as the European Union and international investors have issued warnings about the fate of one of the country’s largest banks. The Bulgarian government is struggling to find a ...
