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Alibaba Has a Computing Cloud, and It’s Growing, Too
August 5th, 2014
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has a growing cloud computing business and a hunger for American companies. And soon, it will most likely have a large amount of cash. Will it take on the American cloud giants? It would ...
JPMorgan’s Top Retail Banking Lawyer Biben Said to Depart
August 5th, 2014
Matthew Biben, general counsel for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM:US)’s retail-banking operations, has left after three years at the firm, a person with knowledge of the move said. Jill Centella, global litigation head for the New York-based lender, was ...
Walgreens CFO exits ahead of tax inversion news
August 5th, 2014
Walgreens announced Monday that the company is replacing Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon, a move that comes just as the Deerfield, Ill., drugstore chain plans to announce a decision on whether they will nominally move its headquarters overseas to ...
PayPal co-founder Levchin, Affirm want to disrupt credit biz
August 5th, 2014
If you’ve got your eye on a purchase that your credit score says you can’t quite afford, Max Levchin may be able to help. After a brief stint as a Google executive, the PayPal co-founder is back in the ...
HSBC bank’s half-year profits fall by 12%
August 4th, 2014
HSBC’s pre-tax profits fell by 12% in the first half of 2014 compared with the same period a year before. Profits were $12.34bn (£7.33bn), from $14.071bn twelve months earlier. During the half-year, the bank also put aside some $234m ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Aussie Stable as Retail Sales Improves
August 4th, 2014
AUD/USD remains calm as we start the new trading week. On Monday, the pair is trading in the low-0.93 range. On the release front, Australian Retail Sales rebounded last month and posted a 0.6% gain. However, ANZ Job Advertisements ...
SEC Obtains Nearly $70 Million Judgment Against Richmond, Va.
August 4th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it has obtained a final judgment in federal court in Tennessee requiring a Richmond, Va.-based financial services holding company, a subsidiary brokerage firm, and their CEO to pay nearly $70 million ...
China’s Fosun unveils $441 million cash bid for Australian ROC Oil
August 4th, 2014
The proposed “merger of equals” between Australian exploration and production companies ROC Oil and Horizon Oil has been scotched by China’s Fosun International, which has emerged with a A$474 million ($441 million) takeover offer for ROC. ROC said Monday ...
EU regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions
August 4th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) informs the Cyprus Investment Firms, Management Companies, Administrative Services Companies and Regulated Markets (‘the Regulated Entities) about the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, on July 31, 2014, of ...
Nikkei Previews: run against them to get your face ripped off!
August 4th, 2014
Japanese second quarter results season peaked last week with the Nikkei newspaper playing its role as broadcaster of results days in advance of the actual company announcements. Japanese regulators continue to turn a blind eye to the now common ...
