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Chinese lawyers ordered to ‘support’ the Chinese Communist Party
October 31st, 2016
The Chinese government’s tough stance on its own legal community just got a little bit tougher. The Chinese Ministry of Justice has handed down two new directives which require all lawyers in the country to ‘support the leadership of ...
The law firms that won roles in transaction that to be the largest European technology M&A deal
October 31st, 2016
Allen & Overy (A&O) and DLA Piper have won roles among US heavyweights as Qualcomm acquires Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors for $39bn. Smartphone chip designer Qualcomm has agreed to the world’s biggest automotive chip maker NXP in a deal worth $47bn including ...
EU-Canada trade deal in shambles with Belgium’s arbitration revision demand
October 31st, 2016
The crumbling free trade deal between the European Union and Canada may hit another roadblock, even though Brussels managed to find a way out of an impasse with its regions. The Belgian government admitted on Friday that the Comprehensive ...
Market Volatility Has Currency Traders Abandoning a Tool to Stop Losses
October 30th, 2016
Some currency investors, worried that events such as the pound’s recent collapse could become more common, are abandoning an automated trading mechanism that was supposed to protect them from losses after big market swings. The trading mechanism, known as ...
What Else Can Central Banks Do?
October 28th, 2016
Central banks all over the world took dramatic actions during the Great Recession and its aftermath. For example, the US Federal Reserve took the “federal funds” interest rate down to near-zero in December 2008 and left it there until ...
Asia shares extend losses, dollar off highs
October 27th, 2016
Asian shares extended losses on Thursday after disappointing earnings from technology giant Apple dragged on Wall Street, while the dollar remained shy of this week’s nearly nine-month highs. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down ...
Ericsson’s Board names Börje Ekholm new President and CEO
October 26th, 2016
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Börje Ekholm President and CEO, effective January 16, 2017. Börje Ekholm will also remain a member of the Board of Directors of Ericsson. Chairman of the Board Leif ...
UK IPO market shrinks 42% post-Referendum
October 25th, 2016
A significant slowdown in the IPO market in the first half of the year has continued through the third quarter as the EU referendum takes its toll, according to Henderson Managed Investment Trusts. Just 32 companies listed on the ...
Two of the largest online brokerages are near to a $4 Billion acquisition Deal
October 24th, 2016
TD Ameritrade, TD Bank Said Near $4 Billion Scottrade Deal Deal would combine two of the largest online brokerages Toronto-Dominion Bank said to acquire banking operations TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. and its largest stakeholder, Toronto-Dominion Bank, are close to ...
Blockchain applied for the first time in a global transaction
October 24th, 2016
Blockchain, the technology behind digital currency bitcoin and now being used to simplify secure financial transactions, has been applied for the first time in a deal facilitated by an Australian bank to sell cotton to China. The Commonwealth Bank ...
