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Euro zone starts year with solid economic growth, but risks ahead
January 26th, 2017
The euro zone started 2017 by maintaining solid economic growth as a weaker currency boosted orders for goods and services, a survey showed, but rising political risks could soon take their toll. Growth in Germany’s private sector slowed slightly ...
Harvard Business Review: Blockchain Is Foundational, Not Disruptive
January 25th, 2017
True blockchain-led transformation is still many years away, according to an article, “The Truth About Blockchain” in the Harvard Business Review, because it does not deliver a truly “disruptive” business model which can attack an existing model with a lower ...
UK Government loses Brexit court case – so what happens now?
January 25th, 2017
The British Supreme Court has ruled that the government does not have the right to trigger Article 50, formally beginning the Brexit process, without an act of parliament. The court voted eight to three against the government, following an ...
Cisco to acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 billion
January 25th, 2017
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today its intent to acquire AppDynamics, Inc., a privately held application intelligence software company based in San Francisco. AppDynamics’s cloud application and business monitoring platform enables the world’s largest companies to improve application and business ...
The Supreme Court published the Brexit Judgment
January 24th, 2017
The Supreme Court of the United kingdom has issued an announcement to make publish its Judgment regarding the Article 50 and Brexit. Below is the Judgment as it was published: R (on the application of Miller and another) (Respondents) ...
CFPB Orders Citi Subsidiaries to Pay $28.8 Million
January 24th, 2017
CFPB Orders Citi Subsidiaries to Pay $28.8 Million for Giving the Runaround to Borrowers Trying to Save Their Homes Mortgage Servicers Kept Borrowers in the Dark About Options, Demanded Excessive Paperwork The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took ...
IG Group reports Profit before tax up 6.7%
January 24th, 2017
IG Group Holdings plc (“IG”, “the Group”, “the Company”), a global leader in online trading, today announces results for the six months ended 30 November 2016. Financial Summary Net trading revenue(1) up 14% at £244.9 million Operating expenses up ...
FCA warns pension scheme operators are at risk from smarter scams
January 24th, 2017
The Financial Conduct authority (FCA), the financial regulator of UK, has issued a warning to alert authorised firms for the risks arising from failing to carry out appropriate due diligence on investment offerings. While aimed primarily at pension scheme ...
What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
Visible Alpha Acquires ONEaccess
January 24th, 2017
Visible Alpha announced its acquisition of ONEaccess. ONEaccess is a leading corporate access, resource tracking and broker valuation platform with more than 185 contributing sell-side firms and 150 buy-side client firms. The purchase of ONEaccess will enable Visible Alpha ...
