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Global law firm announced the opening of an office in Honk Kong
May 27th, 2016
Pillsbury today announced the opening of an office in Hong Kong as the firm’s next step in the long-term expansion of its offering in Asia. The firm previously announced its intention to open in Hong Kong after applying for a ...
Oil prices retreat from $50 on oversupply concerns, stronger dollar
May 27th, 2016
Oil futures slipped in Asian trade on Friday after hitting resistance at the $50 a barrel mark as investors worried higher prices could reactivate shuttered crude output, adding to global oversupply. Prices were also pressured by a strong greenback ...
TechFinancials reports decrease in Group revenue by 12% to US$13.6 million
May 26th, 2016
TechFinancials (AIM: TECH), a leading technology provider to binary options brokers, today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Operational Highlights Software Licensing (B2B) B2B business has performed strongly with significant revenue growth of 30% year-on-year ...
The top 10 countries with the largest gold holdings
May 26th, 2016
Beginning in 2010, central banks around the world turned from being net sellers of gold to net buyers of gold. Last year they collectively added 483 tonnes—the second largest annual total since the end of the gold standard—with Russia ...
Barclays Unit Sued for $2.4 Million by Ex-Global Finance Chair
May 25th, 2016
Details of Jon Pratt’s claim in H.K. labor tribunal filing Pratt reported in January to have exited amid global job cuts Barclays Plc’s Asia unit is being sued for HK$18.9 million ($2.4 million) by former Asia Pacific Global Finance ...
Pizza Hut partners MasterCard to trial robot cashiers
May 25th, 2016
Spotty teenagers could soon be losing their jobs to robots thanks to a tie up between MasterCard, Pizza Hut and Softbank that will see humanoids take orders and mobile-based payments at some Asian fast food joints. Softbank’s 48 inch ...
HKEX and Thomson Reuters agree for the creation a new series of Renminbi (RMB) indices
May 24th, 2016
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Thomson Reuters today (Tuesday) signed an agreement for the creation of a new series of Renminbi (RMB) indices. The new index series will give the world benchmarks that reflect the development ...
invest.com launches “hedge fund for the people”
May 23rd, 2016
invest.com is the first online investment company in the UK to specialise in alternative investments; It has received $20m investment from a number of global investors including tech VC fund, Singulariteam; invest.com domain name ranks as one of the ...
Oil prices dip on strong dollar, firm global supply
May 23rd, 2016
Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Monday on a strong dollar and signs that global crude supply is holding up even as volumes hit by unplanned outages rise to at least five-year highs. In a further indication of ...
Oil prices rise as turmoil in Nigeria adds to global supply disruptions
May 20th, 2016
Oil prices rose in early trading on Friday as turmoil in Nigeria, shale bankruptcies in the United States and crisis in Venezuela all contributed to tightening supplies. Despite this, brimming inventories across the world were preventing supply shortfalls and ...
