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Lawmakers threaten Ex-Im Bank subpoena in oversight rebuff
August 20th, 2014
Top members of the House of Representatives Financial Services panel are threatening to subpoena the U.S. Export-Bank over the bank’s refusal to make three employees available for questioning as Congress considers whether to renew the bank’s charter. Chairman Jeb ...
SEC charges Former Bank Executive and Friend With Insider Trading
August 19th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a former bank executive in Massachusetts and his friend with insider trading in advance of the bank’s acquisition of another financial institution. The SEC alleges that Patrick O’Neill, then a senior ...
PWC fined $25m regarding Bank of Tokyo consult issues
August 19th, 2014
PWC has been fined $25m (£15m) and banned from some consulting work for two years by New York State’s financial regulator because of misconduct during work at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. The deal, agreed yesterday with New York’s Department of ...
Billionaire Named in Suit Against Anti-Iran Group
August 19th, 2014
A billionaire Wall Street commodities investor has been drawn into a court fight against one of the nation’s most influential anti-Iran advocacy groups. The fight stems from a defamation lawsuit by Victor Restis, a Greek businessman whom the group, ...
More gloom ahead for FX dealers in next two years
August 19th, 2014
Consultancy paints a far from rosy picture for the FX market in the years ahead as technology investment takes centre stage. Foreign exchange revenue and front-office headcount at banks will continue to decrease over the remainder of this year ...
Sprint cuts rates, CEO says more new plans to come
August 19th, 2014
Sprint Corp (S.N) on Monday unveiled a new pricing plan that offers customers 20 gigabytes of data and up to 10 lines for $100, doubling its data offerings, the latest in a string of price cuts and promotions sweeping ...
StanChart faces fresh $300m US settlement
August 19th, 2014
Standard Chartered is in talks to pay up to $300m to New York’s top banking regulator to settle allegations it failed to identify suspicious transactions. New York’s Department of Financial Services could announce the settlement as soon as this ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis
August 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for August 19, 2014 EUR/USD – consolidating at these levels, remains bearish. The EUR remains weak while it retests support levels at the 1.33 area. No signs of strength with strong possibility to continue downward ...
Gold – Eases Below $1300
August 19th, 2014
Gold for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Over the last couple of days Gold has been easing lower back towards the $1300 level and has just slipped just below that level of the last day or so. In the last ...
Abe finding it hard to get his way on defence
August 19th, 2014
On 1 July, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a decision to broaden the interpretation of the Japanese Constitution to enable Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defence. But to what extent will the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) ...
