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Down again! How low can Apple’s stock go?
September 5th, 2014
Apple (AAPL) shares got hit again Thursday following their colossal drubbing Wednesday. Shares of Apple closed down 81 cents, or 0.8%, to $98.12 in late-day trading Thursday as investors cool off from a remarkable bull run this year. Concerns ...
Wachtell to pursue Deloitte in HP Autonomy row
August 28th, 2014
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is to pursue Deloitte on behalf of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in an escalation of the company’s row with software firm Autonomy over its doomed 2011 acquisition. Wachtell partner Marc Wolinsky told a San Francisco court ...
Bank Overseer PwC Faces Penalty and Sidelining of Regulatory Consulting Unit
August 18th, 2014
The giant consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers occupies a position of trust on Wall Street, acting as a shadow regulator of sorts that promises the government an impartial look inside the world’s biggest banks. But the firm – hired and paid ...
Big Banks’ ‘Living Wills’ Get Failing Grade
August 6th, 2014
Wall Street banks spent two years asking U.S. regulators what they should put in hypothetical bankruptcy plans to prove they aren’t “too big to fail.” The agencies broke their silence yesterday with a grade: Fail. The Federal Reserve and ...
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 ...
CFPB rules U.S. banks on $30 Billion in excess fees
August 1st, 2014
The $30 billion banks collect in overdraft fees each year may shrink as the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau imposes rules aimed at shielding customers from harm. The agency, which issued a study on the fees yesterday, is also ...
Here’s Yet Another Problem in Platinum Supply
July 22nd, 2014
It’s no secret the platinum mining industry has been suffering of late. With mineworker strikes in South Africa having caused significant losses of production. And now there’s another problem. In the world’s third-largest platinum producing nation: Zimbabwe. The news ...
High & Low Finance: Citigroup’s Settlement, Pro and Con
July 18th, 2014
The punishment did not fit the crime, or at least it did not fit the crime that was charged. Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement of charges that it sold bad mortgage securitizations is a classic example of prosecutors striking a ...
$100: Apple stock’s new magic number
July 17th, 2014
Apple (AAPL) lovers and investors are eagerly eyeing their iWatches to see if the company’s stock can finally overtake the $100 barrier. Shares of the gadget maker were initially up Wednesday on news of a partnership with International Business ...
ESMA defines central clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps
July 11th, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a first round of consultations to prepare for central clearing of OTC derivatives within the European Union. The two consultation papers seek stakeholders’ views on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) ...
