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Poroshenko Flummoxes Investors With About-Face on Truce
September 4th, 2014
Ukraine’s leader sent financial markets into turbulence as he backtracked on talk of an end to five months of violence in his nation’s east. President Petro Poroshenko announced yesterday that he’d hammered out a deal with Vladimir Putin to ...
Joe Hockey announces new move against multinational tax evaders
September 4th, 2014
Multinational companies who seek to avoid Australian tax but also charge disproportionately higher prices here are in the sights of a new crackdown. Joe Hockey has told parliament the Commissioner of Taxation has been asked to “double his efforts” ...
Gold Remains Below $1290 on Stronger U.S. Dollar; Palladium rise
September 2nd, 2014
Palladium rose for a fourth straight session on Monday to a 13-1/2-year high on fears that supply from top producer Russia could be hit due to the Ukraine crisis, while gold was little changed as the dollar nudged higher. ...
Shell Submits a Plan for New Exploration of Alaskan Arctic Oil
August 29th, 2014
Royal Dutch Shell submitted a plan to the federal government on Thursday to try once again to explore for oil in the Alaskan Arctic, following years of legal and logistical setbacks as well as dogged opposition from environmentalists. Over ...
HSBC, Nomura Lose Bid to Block U.S. Regulator Lawsuits
August 29th, 2014
HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604) lost a bid to block claims by a U.S. regulator the banks say were brought too late, clearing the way for a trial of HSBC over questionable mortgage practices. U.S. ...
JPMorgan and Other U.S. Banks Struck by Cyberattack
August 28th, 2014
JPMorgan Chase and a number of other United States banks, including at least four others, were struck by hackers in a series of coordinated attacks this month, according to four people briefed on a continuing investigation into the crimes. The hackers ...
AT&T merges wireless and business units led by de la Vega
August 27th, 2014
AT&T Inc is merging its wireless and business divisions into a single unit led by Ralph de la Vega, former chief executive of the company’s wireless segment, a spokesman for AT&T said on Tuesday. The announcement comes as cable ...
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the SSM
August 26th, 2014
Interview with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), conducted by Theano Theiopoulou from Phileleftheros newspaper: 1. How is preparatory work for the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) progressing? Will everything be ready by 4 November? As ...
China antitrust regulator claims Microsoft sales information not transparent
August 26th, 2014
Microsoft Corp’s internet browser and media player are being targeted in a Chinese antitrust probe, raising the prospect of China revisiting the software bundling issue at the heart of past antitrust complaints against the firm in the West. Microsoft ...
California Wine Country Quake Losses reach Billions
August 26th, 2014
A strong earthquake that jolted residents of California’s Napa Valley wine country from their beds on Sunday caused insured property damage likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the region’s total economic losses will be several times ...
