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China Has Announced Plans For A ‘World Currency’
March 6th, 2015
The Chinese do not plan to live in a world dominated by the U.S. dollar for much longer. Chinese leaders have been calling for the U.S. dollar to be replaced as the primary global reserve currency for a long time, ...
NFA takes emergency enforcement action against Burnet, Texas firm McElhannon Group, Inc.
March 6th, 2015
National Futures Association (NFA) announced today that it has taken an emergency enforcement action against McElhannon Group, Inc. (McElhannon), an NFA Member commodity trading advisor (CTA) located in Burnet, Texas, and Philip Mack Worley (Worley), a principal and associated person (AP) of McElhannon. ...
Dollar revved up for jobs data, Nikkei hits a high
March 6th, 2015
The dollar held pole position in Asia on Friday as bulls wagered a looming U.S. jobs report would add to the chance of rate hikes there, even as the European Central Bank embarks on a trillion euro campaign of ...
Mario Draghi: Introductory statement to the press conference in Nicosia
March 5th, 2015
Latest Update, March 06, on March 05 release of President of the ECB Introductory statement. The update is regarding Questions and Answers. You can find the Questions and Answers at the end of the following statement. Mario Draghi, President ...
Companies Dropping the Ball on Risk, Compliance
March 5th, 2015
Companies are woefully unprepared to deal with the increasingly challenging risk and compliance environment, and the blitz of devastating corporate blunders witnessed in 2014 will recur, and then some, this year, says Forrester Research in a scathing new report. ...
HKBN Raises $750 Million in Hong Kong’s Biggest IPO This Year
March 5th, 2015
Broadband-services provider HKBN Ltd. raised US$750 million after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering at the top end of the price range, people familiar with the situation said Thursday, making it the second-largest IPO in Asia Pacific this ...
EBA: Consultation on Guidelines on sound remuneration policies
March 5th, 2015
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a three-month public consultation on its Guidelines on sound remuneration policies. These draft Guidelines set out the governance process for implementing sound remuneration policies across the EU, as well as the specific ...
European Stimulus Sparks Bond Blitz
March 5th, 2015
French utility GDF is the first company in over 14 years to issue euro bonds bearing no regular payments for investors Investors snapped up a half-billion euros of French utility bonds that will pay them no interest, a groundbreaking ...
Asia stocks slip, euro hits 11-year low before ECB
March 5th, 2015
Asian stocks slipped on Thursday after Wall Street continued to pull back from record highs ahead of Friday’s closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the nervous euro languished at an 11-year low prior to the European Central Bank‘s policy meeting. ...
Six Reasons Why Economists Should Say Less About “Competition”
March 3rd, 2015
A short essay of mine titled “The Blurry Line Between Competition and Cooperation,” was published a month ago at the Library of Economics and Liberty website. I argued that the rule-based competition in economic markets is inextricably intermingled with ...
