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Officials will interview Traders about currency market manipulation
November 25th, 2014
U.S. prosecutors will travel to London in the coming weeks to interview traders about currency market manipulation, the latest sign that authorities are closer to filing criminal charges stemming from the long-running probe, sources told Reuters. Officials from the ...
EU will give France and Italy more time to implement tough reforms
November 25th, 2014
The EU will give France and Italy until next spring to implement tough reforms, delaying a verdict on national overspending originally set for this week, a European source told AFP. The decision, to be approved by the European Commission ...
Sony to end $277m Fifa sponsorship
November 25th, 2014
Fifa’s $35m annual income from Sony’s sponsorship could be about to come to an end, as the Japanese tech giant opts not to renew its contract with football’s governing body. According to leading Japanese business paper Nikkei Asian Review, ...
Bitcoin Needs an Aggressive Legal Defense
November 25th, 2014
Across the board, bitcoin requires forceful and aggressive legal defense, not complicity with governments in crafting policy and regulations. It’s going to get a lot rougher for bitcoin in the months and years ahead. We have to be prepared. ...
India Rebounding?
November 25th, 2014
India has a population of more than 1.2 billion, more than one-sixth of world population. A coupole of decades ago, economic growth started surging in India. For example, the share of the population that was essentially destitute, below the ...
Starr Gets Boost From U.S. Documents in AIG Bailout Case
November 25th, 2014
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s argument that the U.S. sought to evade a shareholder vote on its 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc. (AIG) may get a boost from a Fed legal adviser’s own words. “We succeeded in finding a ...
CySec: acquisition of CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms) licence
November 24th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that “MAXIFLEX GLOBAL INVESTMENTS CORP LTD.” has successfully obtained the CySec licence for CIF (Cyprus Investment Firms). The firm is now authorised to operate legally ...
1.8 billion financing deal for one of the largest redevelopment projects in prime Central London
November 24th, 2014
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), an alternative investment firm primarily focused on financial services and real estate and based in Abu Dhabi, have announced the completion of an AED 1.8 billion (GBP ...
Supervisory Authorities issued warnings on unauthorised companies
November 24th, 2014
The Central Bank of Ireland, the Italian financial market regulator CONSOB and the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission reported that: 1) Phoenix Financial Services (USA) and Miyako Mergers & Acquisitions (Japan) are not authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as ...
OPEC’s Easy Days Setting Oil Production Are Over, Veteran Says; You Need Russia, Norway, Mexico
November 24th, 2014
The days when OPEC members could all but guarantee consensus when deciding production levels for oil are long gone, according to a veteran of almost two decades of the group’s meetings. The global glut of crude, which has contributed ...