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BHP to test U.S. oil export ban by selling without formal ruling
November 5th, 2014
BHP Billiton Ltd is set to be the first company to export lightly processed ultra-light U.S. oil without explicit permission from the government, further testing the limits of an increasingly contentious ban on foreign sales. Eight months after two ...
Commercial Bank of Kuwait cancels KWD 120 million bond
November 5th, 2014
In a statement to the Kuwait Stock Exchange on Tuesday, 4 November, Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced that it was cancelling the sale of its proposed KWD 120 million bond. The bank said the decision was taken as ...
Australia’s central bank keeps rates low, consumers encouraged
November 4th, 2014
Australia’s central bank kept interest rates at record lows for a 14th straight policy meeting on Tuesday, saying the stimulus was justified given the outlook for sub par growth even as consumers showed signs of opening their wallets. The ...
Is Better Communication Longer and More Complex?
November 4th, 2014
Twenty years ago, when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee wanted to change interest rates, it didn’t make any announcement. It just took action, and market participants observe those actions. Mark Wynne of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas ...
GAIN Capital to acquire City Index
November 4th, 2014
New York-based forex trading firm GAIN Capital Holding has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire City Index (Holdings) Limited, a leading online trading firm specializing in contracts-for-difference (CFDs), forex and UK spread betting, for approximately $118 million, or ...
Merkel Toughens Position on Britain’s E.U. Demands
November 4th, 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, under mounting pressure from anti-European populists, continued to insist on new measures limiting the right of Europeans to live and work there. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has indicated that she is prepared ...
ACCA: Tax offence penalises ‘simple ignorance’
November 3rd, 2014
The creation of a new, strict liability offence to tackle offshore tax evasion may have serious unintended consequences, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has warned. In its formal response to HMRC’s consultation on the proposed new offence, ...
Accounting For Startups
November 3rd, 2014
When you first bring a newborn home from the hospital and want reassurance the baby is doing ok, you’ll probably listen periodically for breathing sounds. It’s unlikely that you’ll track the number of breaths per minute and compare it ...
German manufacturing sector rebounds in Oct after Sept dip – PMI
November 3rd, 2014
German factory activity rebounded in October after shrinking slightly in September for the first time in over a year, although there are signs of weak domestic demand in Europe’s largest economy, a survey showed on Monday. Markit’s Purchasing Manager’s ...
Hedge funds pursue alternative lending
November 3rd, 2014
Sharp-suited hedge fund managers used to look down with disdain at the humdrum world of commercial banking. Now, this low-octane finance is being viewed by some as the biggest opportunity in a generation. In the past year some of ...
