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Google and Right-to-Be-Forgotten Critics Distort Ruling
August 18th, 2014
Google Inc. (GOOG) and other critics of a European Union court ruling that created a right to be forgotten on the Internet are exaggerating it to undermine a reform of data-protection rules, the EU’s justice chief said. Search engines ...
China relies on WTO to ‘resolve differences’ and sign deal
August 18th, 2014
China said on Monday it regretted World Trade Organisation members had failed to reach an agreement on simplifying global customs rules, a breakdown it said could damage multilateral trade. India last month torpedoed a global deal to standardize and ...
The Fragmentation of Bretton Woods
August 18th, 2014
The world has changed considerably since political leaders from the 44 Allied countries met in 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to create the institutional framework for the post-World War II economic and monetary order. What has not changed ...
Gold Under Pressure, Testing Support at $1300
August 18th, 2014
Gold is flat on Monday, continuing to show little activity as we start the new week. The spot price stands at $1302.67 per ounce in the European session. There is only one US release on Monday, NAHB Housing Market ...
HKEx Launches the Application Service Provider Programme
August 18th, 2014
HKEx launches the Application Service Provider Programme and offers the possibility to Exchange Participants (EPs) and investors to connect to HKEx’s markets. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced last week the establishment of a framework to support Application ...
PwC takes on Aussie legal market
August 18th, 2014
Former King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue, who set up a Sydney boutique earlier this year, have joined accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to launch an Australian legal services arm. PwC Australia chief executive Luke ...
Albertsons and SuperValu are hacked
August 18th, 2014
The US retail chain Albertsons, which has 1,060 department stores in the United States, and its former owner SuperValu say their computer systems have been raided by hackers seeking credit card data. Both companies acknowledged the intrusion in statements ...
Apache discovers oil in Northwestern Australia
August 18th, 2014
US energy firm Apache on Monday announced an oil discovery off northwestern Australia which it said could potentially represent a new oil province for the country. The find at the Phoenix South-1 well is the first for Apache Energy ...
Nickel futures up 0.37 per cent on global cues
August 18th, 2014
Taking positive cues from the overseas market, nickel futures moved up by 0.37 per cent to Rs 1,133.60 per kg today as speculators enlarged positions. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, nickel for delivery in August gained Rs 4.20, or ...
Copper futures rise on global cues
August 18th, 2014
Copper prices rose Rs 2.25, to Rs 427 per kg in futures trade today. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in far-month November traded higher by Rs 2.25, or 0.53 per cent, to Rs 427 per kg ...
