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Oil prices rebound in post-Brexit bargain hunting
June 28th, 2016
Oil prices rose above $48 a barrel on Tuesday as investors took advantage of a two-day slide in crude following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union to lock in lower prices. The vote result sent global stocks and ...
U.S.-UK alliance seen outweighing Brexit trade concerns
June 28th, 2016
The United States looks unlikely to follow through on a threat to relegate Britain to second-class trade status once its ally leaves the European Union, as it weighs the potential costs of undermining the countries’ close diplomatic and military ...
Lawsuit against Starbucks latte to go ahead
June 22nd, 2016
Starbucks has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly cheating customers out of their full caffeine fix by under-filling lattes. A judge in San Fransisco has given the green light for two angry customers to pursue a national class ...
HSBC to pay $1.575 billion, ending Household International class action
June 17th, 2016
A unit of HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Thursday it will pay $1.575 billion to end a 14-year-old shareholder class action lawsuit stemming from the Household International consumer finance business that the British bank bought in 2003. HSBC ...
CySec has issued a circular for CIFs regardig their remuneration obligations
June 16th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a circular wishes to remind the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) about their obligations concerning remuneration policies and practices. In particular: 1. The CIFs must establish, implement and maintain remuneration policies ...
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi will develop its own digital currency
June 16th, 2016
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ confirmed on Tuesday it is conducting experiments on a digital currency utilizing the technology behind the virtual currency bitcoin. The statement came following a report from the Asahi Shimbun newspaper last week that the bank ...
KPMG has resigned as auditor of Fifa
June 15th, 2016
KPMG Switzerland has resigned as auditor of Fifa, the world football governing body which has become mired in a corruption scandal following claims that millions of pounds have been paid to its top executives as part of corrupt deals ...
China opens its huge 8.4 trillion payment cards market to foreign firms
June 10th, 2016
China will allow foreign payment card companies to operate in the country under rules issued on Tuesday, potentially giving groups like Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard (MA.N) access to its 55-trillion-yuan ($8.4 trillion) card payment market. Visa and MasterCard, ...
Trial Set to Open in Legal Battle Between H-P and Oracle
May 31st, 2016
Jurors are set to convene on Tuesday to hear opening arguments in a five-year legal battle that centers on Oracle Corp.’s alleged role in the decline of one of the former Hewlett-Packard Co.’s most lucrative products. The lawsuit seeks $3 billion ...
Buy-siders left exposed by MiFID II bond changes
May 30th, 2016
Fixed income traders are warning pre-trade transparency rules under MiFID II will undermine already diminishing liquidity, as no realistic solution to the problem currently exists. An investigation by The Trade found traders are regularly being forced to ‘show their hand’when ...
