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NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million
October 30th, 2015
NYDFS Announces Goldman Sachs to Pay $50 Million; Accept Three-Year Regulatory Consulting Abstention; Admit Failure to Supervise For Banking Law Violations Goldman Sachs Employee Schemed to Steal Confidential Regulatory Information, and Improperly Shared that Information with Other Goldman Employees ...
Fiat money quantity update
October 30th, 2015
After a few months of slower growth, FMQ has picked up again. FMQ is the sum of True Money Supply (as defined by the Austrian School of Economics), plus the banking system’s reserves and other banking-related liabilities on the ...
The accounting trick that helps multinationals avoid paying tax
October 30th, 2015
Chevron Australia’s aggressive tax strategies have resulted in an additional $322 million tax bill, but this may only be the beginning of the energy giant’s woes with the Australian Taxation Office. And others could face the same headache. The ...
All Hail Our New Lord and Master, the Stock Market
October 29th, 2015
We’re all minions now of the stock market. The all-powerful Federal Reserve is a mere minion of the stock market, a kitten absurdly claiming in public to be a tiger. If the market threatens to drop, the Fed quickly ...
Rabobank trader tells jury he ignored traders’ requests to rig Libor
October 29th, 2015
A former Rabobank trader accused of engaging in a scheme to manipulate Libor told a jury on Wednesday that he sometimes learned of improper requests from traders to rig the benchmark rate, but never acted on them. The testimony ...
Shanghai, Tokyo stocks buck downtrend in choppy trade
October 29th, 2015
Asian stocks outside China and Japan slipped on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged but signaled that a December rate hike was still on the table. “The market, economists, commentators and the man on the street has combed ...
Number of accountants increased after financial crisis
October 27th, 2015
In the four years following the financial crisis, membership growth of global professional accounting organizations far outpaced all employment growth in most regions worldwide. According to a new report by the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), Nexus 1: The ...
US Stock Market Regained The Lead In Last Week’s Rally
October 26th, 2015
US stocks reclaimed the top spot in last week’s performance race for the major assets classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) gained 1.7% for the five trading days through Oct. ...
Asian stocks advance on China rate cut, U.S. tech earnings
October 26th, 2015
Asian stocks on Monday were close to wiping out all their losses since China’s shock currency devaluation in August, as global equities rallied after the Chinese central bank cut rates and U.S. tech giants provided upbeat earning guidance. MSCI’s ...
Barclays, HSBC and RBS agree to £600m fine for foreign exchange rigging
October 23rd, 2015
Three of Britain’s biggest banks were slapped with a $924m (£600m) bill for rigging foreign-exchange markets yesterday. Barclays, HSBC and RBS agreed the bill during a US federal court hearing, according to reports from Sky News. Barclays agreed to ...