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Polls close in eastern Ukraine amid allegations of fraud and double-voting
May 12th, 2014
Polls closed Sunday after voters streamed into polling stations in eastern Ukraine to vote in controversial referendums held by pro-Russian activists eager to declare independence from Kiev, an official said. Voters in the city of Donetsk faced this question ...
Oracle wins in copyright ruling against Google
May 12th, 2014
U.S. appeals court finds Oracle is entitled to copyright protection for parts of Java programming language. A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of Oracle (ORCL) in its ongoing legal battle against Google (GOOG) over Java programming language ...
What Beats by Apple would mean for music, and you
May 12th, 2014
It’s an odd pairing, really, the gadget-obsessed tech giant from Silicon Valley teaming up with hip-hop super producer Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine. But late Thursday, reports surfaced that a $3.2 billion deal was in the works ...
Oil prices rose amid Ukraine tensions
May 12th, 2014
Oil rose above $100 per barrel on Monday amid renewed tensions over Ukraine. Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery was up 13 cents to $100.12 a barrel at 0650 GMT in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ...
EUR/USD tests major support at 1.3751/25
May 12th, 2014
Pair’s Outlook Last week the currency pair plunged through a series of significant supports, such as the monthly PP and 55-day SMA. Now the bearish momentum faces an even greater obstacle, represented by the 100-day SMA, monthly S1 and, ...
Federal Reserve invites comment on proposed rule
May 9th, 2014
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board on Thursday invited comment on a proposed rulemaking that would implement section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which prohibits a financial company from combining with another company if the ratio of the resulting financial ...
Australian GMO ‘Contamination’ Case Could Have International Repercussions
May 9th, 2014
Australian farmers Steve Marsh and Mick Baxter grew up together, were once schoolmates, and have grown crops on their neighboring farms for years. But the emergence of GMO technology has driven a wedge between the long-time friends, leaving them ...
Two men arrested for insider trading and abuse of public office, $7 million restrained
May 9th, 2014
The Australian Federal Police and Australian Securities and Investments Commission have issued a joint press release as follows: Two men have been arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) today for offences relating to insider trading, money laundering, corruption ...
FSA signs cooperation with the Bank of Thailand
May 9th, 2014
The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Thailand signed the Exchange of Letters for Cooperation (EOL) on May 9, 2014. The EOL provides a formal basis for ongoing cooperation between the two authorities in sound financial ...
No Company Too Small to Pursue Finance Operations Excellence
May 9th, 2014
The biggest barriers to optimized performance tend to be self-imposed, such as permitting unnecessary complexity in finance processes and systems. Size equals scale equals efficiency, right? Yes, but there are very few structural reasons why companies with less than ...
