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U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls
November 13th, 2014
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...
Dow, S&P 500 set record highs in light volume
November 12th, 2014
The Dow and S&P 500 eked out a fifth session of record closing highs on Tuesday, barely extending the market’s recent rally in light volume as consumer discretionary shares gained. The S&P 500’s top percentage gainer was Zoetis, which jumped 8.9 ...
Singapore Returns Up to $9 Billion to Banks in Rate Probe
November 7th, 2014
Singapore’s central bank gave back as much as S$12 billion ($9.3 billion) that it took from 19 lenders last year as a penalty for trying to manipulate benchmark interest rates. The banks have taken steps to prevent a recurrence ...
Dow, S&P 500 close slightly lower; semis boost Nasdaq
November 4th, 2014
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed with slight losses on Monday after briefly touching intraday records, but strength in semiconductors boosted the Nasdaq. Monday’s subdued trading followed the Dow’s biggest weekly gain since January 2013 and the S&P’s ...
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
October 16th, 2014
Dizzied by the turmoil, Wall Street experts agreed on one thing: The jarring day showed that fear had finally returned to markets that had become disconcertingly complacent. Waves of nervous selling buffeted the stock market in the United States ...
SEC Members Urge Including Brokers in Trading Safeguards
October 6th, 2014
U.S. rules meant to guard against breakdowns in automated trading systems should be expanded to include brokerages that match orders away from regulated stock exchanges, according to two Securities and Exchange Commission members. Luis A. Aguilar and Kara M. ...
Why The Bitcoin Price Dropped Today
September 19th, 2014
Normally in the Bitcoin world sudden price fluctuations ranging from $10-$30 can be attributed to market manipulation by large holders of the virtual currency. However, when the price changes greater than $30 in a short period of time there ...
HSBC settles a $550 Million lawsuit
September 15th, 2014
HSBC has agreed to pay $550 million for a lawsuit filed in 2011 by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the federal regulator that oversees the government’s two mortgage finance companies, over troubled mortgage-backed securities sold in the lead-up to ...
10 ‘poorest’ companies make investors rich
September 10th, 2014
Investors love to think companies with piles of cash must surely make them rich, too. But this year, it’s the companies with the least moolah that are making the most cash for investors. The 10 companies in the Standard ...
Mark McIvor fined and convicted for failing to assist liquidator
September 3rd, 2014
The founder and former director of Equititrust Limited, Mr Mark McIvor, has been convicted and fined $10,000 after failing to assist the liquidator appointed to his three companies. Mr McIvor, of the Gold Coast, was found guilty in the ...
