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Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked
December 4th, 2014
Bill Gross, the 70-year-old king of bonds, rushed through the offices of his $2 trillion empire on a Friday morning distributing hand-written notes. He knew his reign was over. The billionaire co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. and its ...
Sony Pictures struggles to recover eight days after cyber attack
December 3rd, 2014
Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems on Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit. Some employees at the Sony Corp ...
Oil falls below $72 after sharp rally in volatile market
December 2nd, 2014
Brent oil fell below $72 a barrel on Tuesday, giving up some of its gains in the previous day’s rally from five-year lows, as traders voiced uncertainty over whether the market had reached a floor or would keep falling. ...
Apple in the Dock: $1 Billion Antitrust Claim Casts Steve Jobs as Conspirator
December 2nd, 2014
In 2005, Mariah Carey had the number one single, “Grey’s Anatomy” was among the hottest shows on television, and Steve Jobs, and Apple Inc.’s iPod, were king. Customers of rival music players marred this shiny prospect for Apple and ...
IASB publishes consultation on controlled pricing and accounting for investments
December 2nd, 2014
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published consultation papers on rate regulation and accounting for investments, and updated standards on consolidated financial statements. Rate regulation The IASB discussion paper, Reporting the Financial Effects of Rate Regulation, considers how ...
Crude, Copper and the S&P 500
December 2nd, 2014
Why the Fed Bubble Is Likely to Burst After more than five years of aggressive accommodation from the world’s central banks, there are many charts that suggest the tremendous run-up in the risk assets during this time period is likely to ...
Bitcoin Fund Manager Faces HSBC Account Closure
December 2nd, 2014
Global Advisors, a firm based in Jersey that manages the first regulated bitcoin fund, has been served notice by its bank, HSBC. The firm said it received a notice from HSBC indicating that the company’s bank account would be ...
Supervisory Authorities issued warnings on unauthorised companies
December 2nd, 2014
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Belgium (Financial Services and Markets Authority – FSMA), Ireland (Central Bank of Ireland), Spain (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores – CNMV) and Holland (Netherlands Authority for ...
Moody’s downgrades Japan on debt worries
December 1st, 2014
Moody’s Investors Service today downgraded the Government of Japan’s debt rating by one notch to A1 from Aa3. The outlook is stable. The key drivers for the downgrade are the following: Heightened uncertainty over the achievability of fiscal deficit ...
Banque de France signs MoU with Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Renminbi business cooperation
December 1st, 2014
Mr. Christian Noyer, Governor of Banque de France, and Mr. Norman Chan, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today (28 October 2014) with respect to strengthening cooperation on renminbi business development in ...
