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Which country is the World’s Favorite New Tax Haven?
January 28th, 2016
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business. Last September, at a law firm overlooking San Francisco Bay, Andrew ...
China shares lower, but ‘real economy’ sound says state media
January 28th, 2016
China’s volatile shares were lower again on Thursday, taking losses this month to about 23 percent or 12 trillion yuan ($1.8 trillion), while state media insisted that the market ructions did not reflect the real economy. The benchmark Shanghai ...
FXCM Amends Stockholder Rights Plan
January 27th, 2016
FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), announced that its board of directors has voted to extend and amend the terms of the company’s stockholder rights plan. The rights have been amended in order to protect the interests of the company and its ...
NFA permanently barred an introducing broker firm
January 26th, 2016
National Futures Association (NFA) has permanently barred CC Trading Company LLC (CC Trading), an NFA Member introducing broker located in New York, N.Y., from membership and from acting as a principal of an NFA Member. The Decision, issued by an NFA Hearing ...
How domestic economic strength can prevail over global weakness
January 26th, 2016
Find below the Keynote speech by Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, at the Deutsche Börse Group New Year’s reception 2016, Eschborn, 25 January 2016 Thank you, Mr Faber, for your very kind introduction. And let me start by ...
CBOE Makes Majority Investment In Vest Financial
January 26th, 2016
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) and The Vest Financial Group Inc. (Vest) announced today at the Inside ETFs Conference that CBOE has made a majority equity investment in Vest, an investment advisor that provides options-centric products. Previous investors in ...
Oil Drops as Saudis to Maintain Spending, China Diesel Use Falls
January 26th, 2016
Saudi Aramco hasn’t cut investment in oil projects: chairman China’s diesel consumption in December dropped for 4th month Oil dropped after Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, said low prices won’t reduce its spending on energy projects and China’s ...
Russian economy hit by oil price slide
January 25th, 2016
Russia’s economy contracted by 3.7% in 2015, according to preliminary figures published by the country’s statistics service. Retail sales plunged by 10% and capital investment fell by 8.4% in the economy’s worst performance since 2009. In contrast, Russian GDP ...
Europe’s big banks remain wary of doing business with Iran
January 25th, 2016
Sanctions have been lifted but uncertainty over US authorities’ stance means banks are reluctant to handle payments A week after the lifting of sanctions against Iran, major European banks are still reluctant to handle Iranian payments as they remain wary of ...
PwC launches new global technology team to harness Bitcoin technology
January 22nd, 2016
PwC has recruited 15 leading technology specialists to exploit and commercialise blockchain, the technology that powers the crypto-currency, Bitcoin. The new Blockchain team will be based in PwC’s Belfast office and is expected to grow to over 40 digital ...