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Fedex faces criminal charges over online pharmacies
July 18th, 2014
FedEx Corp was indicted on Thursday for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite repeated warnings from U.S. drug enforcement officials, according to a court filing. The 15-count indictment, handed down by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, ...
RBS winding down distressed debt unit
July 18th, 2014
State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc is shuttering a distressed-debt unit as it continues to shrink its investment bank, Bloomberg reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. “We are materially reducing our special situations group,” Bloomberg quoted ...
5 Russian stocks you should be watching
July 18th, 2014
Investors remain largely in the dark about what happened with the fallen Malaysia Airlines flight and the affect of recently announced U.S. sanctions against Russia. But three Russian stocks are suffering mightily over what the fallout for Russia could ...
Central Bank of Ireland Issues Warning on Unauthorised Investment Firm
July 17th, 2014
The Central Bank of Ireland has published the name of an unauthorised investment firm, Hopler Global Investment Group (Hong Kong). Hopler Global Investment Group (Hong Kong) is not authorised as an investment firm by the Central Bank. A list ...
Profit Surges at Morgan Stanley
July 17th, 2014
Morgan Stanley said on Thursday that its second-quarter earnings surged, driven largely by growth in the firm’s wealth management operations and by strong performances in investment banking and equity sales. Excluding certain charges relating to its debt and a ...
Microsoft to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
July 17th, 2014
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it would eliminate up to 18,000 jobs over the next year as part of a major restructuring. Previously, the largest layoffs at the company were in 2009, when about 5,800 people were affected amid ...
LVMH and eBay settle litigation over fake goods
July 17th, 2014
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and eBay Inc have settled a long-running court battle over the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on the U.S. company’s online auction website. The companies are implementing cooperative measures aimed at protecting intellectual property ...
Gold Steady Ahead of Key US Numbers
July 17th, 2014
Gold is trading just shy of the key $1300 level on Thursday. In the European session, the spot price stands at $1299.07 per ounce. On the release front, it’s a busy day with three key events, Building Permits, Unemployment ...
World Bank Report: Bitcoin is a ‘Naturally Occurring’ Ponzi
July 17th, 2014
A recently published World Bank policy research working paper on Ponzi schemes mentions bitcoin as a “naturally occurring Ponzi”, clarifying that it has nothing to do with deliberate Ponzi schemes, as some bitcoin critics have claimed. Kaushik Basu, World ...
MAS against money laundering and terrorist financing
July 17th, 2014
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking public feedback on proposed new measures to further protect Singapore’s financial system from being used to launder money or finance terrorism. A consultation paper has been released on Tuesday (July 15). ...
