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Oil is above $102 as Libya tensions continue
May 20th, 2014
The price of oil hovered above $102 a barrel Tuesday as the threat of further violence in Libya threw into question the country’s ability to ramp up its crude exports. Benchmark U.S. crude for July delivery was up 18 ...
GoPro plans to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange
May 20th, 2014
Wearable camera-maker GoPro has filed documents for a public share sale in the US. Money raised from the initial public offering (IPO) will go towards repaying debt and future acquisitions. The filing did not reveal how many shares the ...
SRA publishes guidance for criminal legal aid contract applicants
May 19th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published guidance to support applicants tendering for criminal legal aid services contracts. The guidance covers key considerations firms need to keep in mind when applying for Own client contracts and Duty Provider Crime ...
Central Bank Gold Agreement
May 19th, 2014
ECB and other central banks announce the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement as follows: The European Central Bank, the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, the Deutsche Bundesbank, Eesti Pank, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of ...
CySec: acquisition of Administrative Services Providers (ASP) licence
May 19th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec), the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has announced that the following firms have successfully obtained the CySec licence to operate as Administrative Services Providers (ASP): Cyproman Services Ltd V.M.L. Venture Management Ltd Feldmans ...
ASIC reports on dark liquidity rule
May 19th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released the results of a review of rule changes affecting ‘dark trading’ and their impact on market quality. The meaningful price improvement rule and changes to block tier thresholds were introduced ...
Gunmen Storm Libya Parliament as Violence Grips Oil-Producer
May 19th, 2014
A Libyan military police chief said he disbanded parliament after a militia group he backs stormed it yesterday, spreading violence in the energy-rich nation to its capital and sending world oil prices higher. In a televised speech late yesterday ...
Roberts Reunites High Court Majority After Obamacare Vote
May 19th, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority is back to being the conservative majority. Two years after the court upheld President Barack Obama’s health-care law and a year after it bolstered gay rights, the five Republican-appointed justices are voting together ...
Springtime for Bankers
May 19th, 2014
By any normal standard, economic policy since the onset of the financial crisis has been a dismal failure. It’s true that we avoided a full replay of the Great Depression. But employment has taken more than six years to ...
Bitcoin: guide for tax purposes
May 19th, 2014
Interest in Bitcoin has shot up since the virtual currency’s inception in 2009, and many a contractor is considering how it could play a part in their business, writes James Poyser, co-founder of online contractor accountancy firm inniAccounts. While ...
