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SRA hints at rethink on compliance roles
September 4th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has hinted that it will reform its compliance officer scheme – just 20 months after the roles were introduced. In a speech this morning, the regulator’s chief executive Paul Philip said the review of the ...
Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO
September 4th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source. Other banks working on the e-commerce company’s IPO were ...
Halliburton Agrees To Pay $1.1 Billion To Avoid Future Claims
September 4th, 2014
Halliburton Co. has reached a settlement in U.S. District Court in New Orleans to pay $1.1 billion to resolve most of the claims against it arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in a ...
Caution dominates Asia bourses ahead of ECB meeting
September 4th, 2014
Asian bourses retreated from multi-month highs in a mixed session as investors took a cautious stance ahead of a keenly anticipated monetary policy update from the European Central Bank. Coming off a seven-month high, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Average fell ...
Asian shares hit seven-year high on Ukraine, ECB hopes
September 4th, 2014
Asian shares steadied near seven-year highs on Thursday, underpinned by hopes of a ceasefire in Ukraine, although a cautious mood prevailed for now ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later in the session. Global shares had rallied on ...
West TX Oil Surges Back to $96 on Data
September 4th, 2014
Crude oil prices climbed by more than $2 a barrel on both sides of the Atlantic on Wednesday, as oil markets bounced off multi month lows hit in the previous session. Prospects for peace between Ukraine and Russia, as ...
Australia 200 – Consolidates Around 5650 After New Multi Year High
September 4th, 2014
Australia 200 for Thursday, September 4, 2014 After spending the last week consolidating and trading in a very narrow range right around 5620, the Australian 200 Index has surged higher again to achieve a new multi-year high around 5660, ...
Standard Life investors in line for £1.75bn windfall after surprise sale
September 4th, 2014
Standard Life plans to return £1.75bn of capital to shareholders – almost a fifth of its current market value – after agreeing a surprise sale of its 180-year-old Canadian business for £2.2bn in cash. The buyer is the Canadian ...
Gold Climbs Above $1270 as Lows Encourage Buying
September 4th, 2014
Gold advanced for a second day on speculation that prices near the lowest level since June may encourage purchases as investors assessed tensions in Ukraine and the outlook for higher U.S. borrowing costs. Gold has rallied 5.9% this year ...
Scammers posing as IRS agents extort $5 million
September 4th, 2014
Callers posing as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents have stolen $80,000 from Arizona residents since January in a nationwide scam that continues to grow both in volume and in threat. Federal authorities said Wednesday that as many as 1,100 ...
