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Bitcoin Is Suddenly Surging Again
November 3rd, 2015
And there are various theories behind the rise. Bitcoin is back in the news, but this time it seems to be for all the right reasons. After a blockbuster 2013, the digital currency tumbled throughout 2014 on negative headlines, such as the February ...
Rabobank trader tells jury he ignored traders’ requests to rig Libor
October 29th, 2015
A former Rabobank trader accused of engaging in a scheme to manipulate Libor told a jury on Wednesday that he sometimes learned of improper requests from traders to rig the benchmark rate, but never acted on them. The testimony ...
Cyprus Bar Association face price-fixing challenge following a formal legal complaint
October 27th, 2015
A formal legal complaint against the Cyprus Bar Association at the European Competition Commission is planned by an organisation that is challenging the price-fixing of lawyers’ fees in Cyprus for out-of-court cases. A NEW organisation calling itself ‘Fairness in ...
Barclays, HSBC and RBS agree to £600m fine for foreign exchange rigging
October 23rd, 2015
Three of Britain’s biggest banks were slapped with a $924m (£600m) bill for rigging foreign-exchange markets yesterday. Barclays, HSBC and RBS agreed the bill during a US federal court hearing, according to reports from Sky News. Barclays agreed to ...
Over $31 Million in penalties for Fraud and Ponzi Scheme Operator
October 21st, 2015
In a Related Criminal Action, John R. Bullar was sentenced to 8 Years 4 Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay over $6 Million in Criminal Restitution The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Michael ...
India Targets Century-Old Bankruptcy Law to Revive Momentum
October 19th, 2015
Finance Ministry to receive recommendations on law this week To deepen corporate bond market and finance long-term infra Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to overhaul Indian bankruptcy laws that date back a century in a bid to get his ...
UAE and India to enhance investments, bilateral ties
October 15th, 2015
Two nations pledge to remove hurdles to boost trade by 60%. The UAE and India have agreed to collaborate closely to identify bottlenecks to trade and new areas of trade with the aim of increasing two way trade by ...
Apple faces $400 million in damages in patent fight
October 15th, 2015
Apple’s potential damages in a patent fight with the University of Wisconsin’s licensing body could reach $400 million as a trial on the amount Apple owes for infringing a processor patent got under way on Wednesday, two people familiar ...
Latest moves to open South Korea to international law firms
October 13th, 2015
Eforts to open up South Korea to international law firms are still facing obstruction, an IBA session on free trade agreements and crossborder legal services heard. The Republic of Korea undertook to open its legal services market under free ...
Citi dials down risky block trading amid market turmoil
October 13th, 2015
Over the summer, as the U.S. stock market wobbled and then plunged 4 percent in a day, Citigroup made a tough choice: to dial down risk-taking in the bank’s capital markets group. Phil Drury and Doug Adams, then co-heads ...
