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The Russian “Laundromat” exposed; how the complex money laundering scheme worked
March 23rd, 2017
Three years after the “Laundromat” was exposed as a criminal financial vehicle to move vast sums of money out of Russia, journalists now know how the complex scheme worked – including who ended up with the $20.8 billion and ...
How powerful is your passport?
March 23rd, 2017
The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom that their citizens enjoy. For more than a decade, Henley & Partners has analyzed global visa regulations to present an index ...
US crowdsourced legal research platform closes $12m funding round
March 23rd, 2017
In one of the legal technology industry’s largest-ever funding rounds, US crowdsourced legal research platform Casetext has closed a $12m Series B funding round in order to expand the capabilities of its AI-backed automated research assistant CARA and build ...
Asia Stock Selloff Eases as Yen Weakens With Gold: Markets Wrap
March 23rd, 2017
Japan’s Topix fluctuates after biggest decline since November 10-year Treasury yields steady after four days of losses A global equities selloff that spurred the biggest drop in Japanese shares since Donald Trump’s election eased as demand for haven assets ...
Can state spending ever be cut?
March 22nd, 2017
President Trump was elected on several promises, including one that he would fund tax cuts by cutting public spending. Cynics might note that his first action was to increase spending on the military by $54bn, the equivalent of six ...
More than 64,000 drivers are now intending to sue Volkswagen on dieselgate
March 22nd, 2017
Lawyers are aiming to win back thousands of pounds in compensation for buyers VW fitted cheating software in 11million cars sold worldwide, which meant they produced fewer toxic gases in tests, but were actually much more polluting VW ...
Company and its owner ordered to pay $6.5 Million penalty in Binary Options fraud case
March 22nd, 2017
Federal Court in Florida Orders Neil Pecker and His Company, Vision Financial Partners, LLC, to Pay More than $6.5 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty in CFTC Binary Options Fraud Action Relief Defendants Prometheus Enterprises, Inc. and ...
Yen stretches rally to seventh day; Asia Stocks Tumble
March 22nd, 2017
S&P 500 drops most since elections as reflation trades falter Yen stretches rally to seventh day while gold maintains gains Equities tumbled across Asia after the S&P 500 Index fell the most since Donald Trump’s election, as stocks joined ...
The Netherlands and some Nordic countries jail less in Europe
March 21st, 2017
Europe’s prison population falls, but there is no progress in tackling overcrowding, says annual Council of Europe survey The number of people held in European prisons decreased by 6.8% from 2014 to 2015, although prison overcrowding remained a problem ...
Dollar slips, euro edges up
March 21st, 2017
The dollar was on the defensive in Asian trading on Tuesday, after Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans reinforced the perception that the U.S. central bank won’t accelerate the pace of its interest rate hikes. The dollar index, which ...
