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February 26th, 2015
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Apple Throws a Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
February 26th, 2015
Shares of tech company slump, helping to end a 10-day winning streak for the index The Nasdaq Composite Index’s longest winning streak in more than five years ended with a whimper at the hands of a surprising culprit: a pullback in ...
Asian shares rise after Yellen stresses policy flexibility
February 25th, 2015
Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, taking their cues from Wall Street’s gains after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested the Fed would not rush into raising interest rates. Shares extended gains after an index of Chinese factory activity eked ...
International and regional bodies that combat money laundering (Part A)
February 24th, 2015
Introduction Money laundering is a global phenomenon that thrives parasitically on the world’s financial markets. It ignores national boundaries in much the same way that the financial market place does. It has been accepted that this problem requires both ...
Greece supports Chinese investment at Piraeus Port: PM
February 20th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday praised bilateral cooperation between his country and China and sent best wishes to Chinese people for the Chinese Lunar New Year. “We will seek new ways of cooperation between the Greek state ...
Reserve Bank warns banks against making “mockery” of its lending operations
February 20th, 2015
The Reserve Bank of India is getting tougher on extending unlimited credit to the country’s banks to try to ensure they push interest rate cuts through the financial system and to stop them from making what one official called a “mockery” of its ...
A Greek Drama Draws In the Obama Administration, Again
February 20th, 2015
President Barack Obama and his team may be suffering from Greek financial-crisis déjà vu. In 2010, and again in 2012, Mr. Obama and top officials in his administration worried that Greece’s debt woes could fracture the eurozone, knock down an ...
Japan stocks shrug off Greece fears
February 20th, 2015
Japanese stocks are rallying further despite concerns Greece may be forced to leave the eurozone should it fail to negotiate a new bailout deal. Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month extension to its loan programme without austerity reforms, ...
International payment provider ECommPay becomes VISA Principal Member
February 19th, 2015
In February 2015, VISA’s European Board of Directors granted VISA Principal Member status to payment processing company ECommPay. ECommPay creates state-of-the-art, bespoke payment solutions for e-Commerce merchants, enabling them to make and to accept payments via VISA/MasterCard and China ...
Fed Tiptoes Into Rate-Hike Debate
February 19th, 2015
Minutes of latest policy meeting show central bankers discussing when and how to raise interest rates from near zero The Federal Reserve’s debate about raising short-term interest rates is heating up. At their Jan. 27-28 policy meeting, officials heard ...