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Why Traders Prefer Options
November 23rd, 2015
Recent research from an academic team indicates that experienced investors generally find profitable trading opportunities before and after the release of information to the public. By their ability to predict the effect on stock values of announcements, they ...
Piraeus Bank fails to get needed private funding
November 23rd, 2015
Greece’s second largest lender by assets Piraeus Bank SA announced on Saturday that it didn’t manage to raise all the funds needed from private investors, after capital shortfalls outlined by the European Central Bank in October. This means that ...
Deutsche Bank tests password-free mobile security
November 23rd, 2015
Deutsche Bank is experimenting with new antifraud technology that uses the way you handle and hold your phone to work out if you are really you. The bank hopes the system will free customers from passwords and allow it ...
American Express sued for Billions in penalties
November 23rd, 2015
San Francisco sues American Express for billions in penalties, restitution for merchants San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is suing American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) in a statewide consumer protection action over anti-competitive and illegal merchant restraints alleged to ...
Is Anybody Okay Out There?
November 20th, 2015
In normal times, the world’s major economies are a mixed bag. Some are up, some are down, some are placid, some are in crisis. It’s only at the boom/bust extremes that everyone finds themselves in more-or-less the same boat. ...
Dentons, Gadens and Rodyk to create the Pacific Rim’s leading global law firm
November 20th, 2015
Global law firm Dentons, Singapore’s Rodyk and Australian firm Gadens have agreed to come together to create the dominant global law firm in the Pacific Rim. Expected to launch in 2016, the combination brings Gadens and Rodyk the ability ...
SEC Proposes Rules to Enhance Transparency and Oversight of Alternative Trading Systems
November 20th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has voted to propose rules to enhance operational transparency and regulatory oversight of alternative trading systems (ATSs) that trade stocks listed on a national securities exchange (NMS stocks), including “dark pools.” ...
U.S. probes Bosch in VW cheating scandal
November 20th, 2015
U.S. authorities are investigating German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH over its role in Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE) massive scheme to cheat U.S. emission standards, according to people familiar with the matter. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Department of ...
Publication of the PRA and FCA review into the failure of HBOS
November 19th, 2015
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are today publishing the review into the failure of HBOS Group. This review was originally started by the former regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Its purpose is ...
After Grexit and Brexit, now is Fixit? a Finnish exit of the single currency
November 19th, 2015
A ‘Fixit’? Finland to debate leaving the euro zone We’ve heard of a “Grexit” and “Brexit” to refer respectively to the threat of Greece and Britain leaving the euro zone and European Union. But now there’s a “Fixit” – ...
