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Swiss banker whistleblower: CIA behind Panama Papers
April 13th, 2016
Bradley Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower of all time, so you might think he’d be cheering on the disclosures in the new Panama Papers leaks. But today, Birkenfeld is raising questions about the source of the information ...
MMM Global Closes Republic of Bitcoin, an Alleged Ponzi Scheme
April 13th, 2016
MMM Global has announced that it is closing its Republic of Bitcoin, a website promising up to 100% returns on donations. The company, called a “Ponzi” scheme by many, stated in a blog that the Republic of Bitcoin was an experiment ...
CFTC Orders Nathan Schleifer and Galileo Trading to Pay Restitution and Penalties Totaling More than $1.6 Million
April 13th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today settled charges against Nathan Schleifer of New York City, and his company, Galileo Trading, LLC (Galileo), for fraudulently soliciting customers to trade commodity futures and for repeatedly making numerous false statements and material misrepresentations to ...
Asia shares near 2016 highs as China trade rebounds
April 13th, 2016
Asian shares came close to their highs for the year on Wednesday after surprisingly upbeat Chinese trade data offered hope the Asian giant was finally stabilising, underpinning both risk sentiment and commodity prices. China reported exports jumped 11.5 percent ...
Blockchain won’t kill banks: Brock Pierce
April 12th, 2016
Blockchain – the technology that underpins the cryptocurrency bitcoin – is unlikely to kill banks despite warnings from top industry executives, the chair of a bitcoin non-profit organization told CNBC on Monday. Last week, Andrey Sharov, a vice president ...
SRA shuts down five firms in the space of a week
April 12th, 2016
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today closed a fifth firm in the space of a week following suspicions of dishonesty. The regulator intervened into Huddersfield firm Taylor Knight and Wolff Ltd citing reason to suspect dishonesty on the part of ...
How Saudi Arabia will boost tourism
April 11th, 2016
Saudi Arabia looks to mid-market to boost tourism The hospitality industry in Saudi Arabia is witnessing a shift towards the development of mid-range hotels in 2016, according to a new report. Six out of the top ten brands with ...
Australian stock market becomes haven for tech startups
April 11th, 2016
The Asia-Pacific region has been picking up some of the slack we’ve been encountering lately within the technology merger and acquisition (M&A) landscape. While US capital markets are tightening, tech M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region reached a three-year ...
Malaysian state fund sacked Ernst & Young and KPMG when auditors asked for documents
April 11th, 2016
The scandal surrounding Malaysian state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad has thrown up some very interesting facts about how the state fund was managed. According to a probe by a parliamentary committee, the fund had sacked two audit firms over ...
Deloitte, MIT Macro Connections Group, and Datawheel release Data USA
April 8th, 2016
Deloitte, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Macro Connections Group and Datawheel today launched Data USA, a free and open platform that collects, analyzes, and visualizes shared US government data to help executives, policymakers, and citizens better understand critical issues ...
