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Danmarks Nationalbank’s interest rates unchanged
June 6th, 2014
Denmark’s Nationalbank has issued a press release informing the investors on the interest rates following the announcement from the ECB on this issue. As a result, the lending rate, the interest rate on certificates of deposit, the current account ...
CySec on ESMA’s regulation
June 6th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) draws the attention of the supervised entities, the stakeholders and the investing public to the announcement of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA). This announcement refers to the publication of the following ...
Will Russia’s friendship with China work?
June 6th, 2014
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping signed a huge gas deal last month, the timing couldn’t have been better. It was on the eve of the Putin’s St Petersburg Forum, and just weeks after ...
EU to Decide Next Week on Irish, Dutch Tax-Breaks Probe
June 6th, 2014
The European Union may open a formal probe as soon as next week into tax breaks that Ireland and the Netherlands use to attract international companies, according to people familiar with the case. The European Commission is scheduled to ...
ECB’s Big Bang Is Impressive, but More Is Needed
June 6th, 2014
After dropping hints for several weeks, the European Central Bank made history today by doing what no major central bank has done outside a major financial crisis: It pushed the rate on bank deposits to minus 0.1 percent. The ...
High-Speed Trading Rules Coming From SEC
June 6th, 2014
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White unveiled the regulator’s most sweeping plan yet for reining in high-frequency trading and monitoring dark pools and other secretive trading practices in the world’s largest equity market. Proprietary traders who ...
Russia-China Gas Pact Stirs Dream of Bridge Across Amur
June 6th, 2014
In winter, Russian shoppers drive cars across the frozen Amur River to buy knock-off Nike sneakers from Wu Haiou’s stall in the Chinese city of Heihe. In warmer months, they come by hovercraft and ferry. Russia’s $400 billion deal ...
China Seeks to Cap Fossil Fuel Emissions for First Time
June 6th, 2014
China is working on how to cap its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time, an effort that would spur the worldwide effort to hold back climate change. The world’s biggest producer of fossil fuel emissions has been studying ...
ECB announces monetary policy decisions
June 5th, 2014
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), after its monetary policy meeting that took place today, has taken the following decisions: The interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be decreased by 10 basis ...
Sprint and T-Mobile near a deal
June 5th, 2014
Sprint Corp. (S) is nearing an agreement on the price, capital structure and termination fee of an acquisition for T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) that could value the wireless carrier at almost $40 a share, people with knowledge of the ...
