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Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
Visa Puts Consumers in Charge of Security
February 9th, 2016
Visa Consumer Transaction Controls to Allow Consumers to Direct How, Where, and When Their Credit and Debit Accounts Can Be Used Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), a global leader in payments, is introducing a new service to help Visa issuers empower consumers ...
Australia, Japan sell-off amid global rout; Nikkei drops 5.4%
February 9th, 2016
Australian and Japanese markets closed sharply lower on Tuesday, after another sell-off in U.S. and European stocks overnight as many Asian markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year. China and Taiwan are closed for the week, while markets ...
India blocks Facebook’s plan for free Internet
February 8th, 2016
Facebook’s campaign to offer free Internet access to hundreds of millions of people in India has been blocked. India’s telecoms regulator ruled Monday that service providers must charge the same price for all content, dealing a crushing blow to ...
Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
February 8th, 2016
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters. It has been ...
CMC Markets lists on the London Stock Exchange
February 8th, 2016
Following the announcement by CMC Markets plc (the “Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, “CMC” or the “Group”) on 26 January 2016 of the price range for the initial public offering of its ordinary shares (the “Offer” or “IPO”), ...
Federal Court fined individual for Forex Fraud
February 5th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an announcement to inform that Federal Court in Florida Orders Restitution, a Civil Monetary Penalty, and Permanent Injunction against Robert Tripode for Engaging in Fraud in Connection with Forex. The ...
Swiss bank cooperates with US as 2 ex-bankers plead guilty
February 5th, 2016
Swiss bank Julius Baer, facing a criminal charge, has agreed to pay $547 million and cooperate for three years with American authorities to shut down accounts that enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, authorities announced Thursday. Before lawyers for ...
SEC Charges Lending Company and Brokerage Firm With Fraud
February 4th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against a Manhattan-based lending company and its owner accused of repeatedly lying to investors purchasing high-yield securities. The SEC also charged the brokerage firm that acted as the placement agent and two ...
Playtech eyes $427m OpenBet acquisition
February 3rd, 2016
Teddy Sagi’s gambling platform technology company is among the suitors for gambling software company OpenBet. Online gambling platform technology company Playtech plc (LSE:PTEC), controlled by Teddy Sagi, is vying with bookmakers William Hill and Paddy Power for the purchase ...
