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Gibraltar lawyers jailed over £40m client money scam
July 9th, 2014
Three brothers who ran one of Gibraltar’s largest law firms were jailed last week for fraud, four years after their firm, Marrache & Co, was put into liquidation. Benjamin, Isaac and Solomon Marrache were found guilty of fraud last ...
Twitter hires former Goldman Sachs banker as CFO
July 2nd, 2014
The Goldman Sachs banker who took social media platform Twitter public has been hired to be in charge of its finances. Anthony Noto, the former US bank’s co-head of telecoms, media and technology, has been recruited as part of Twitter’s ...
Flaw found in PayPal two-step security
June 26th, 2014
Researchers have discovered a hole in an extra security measure used by PayPal, the eBay-owned payments company, to protect customers’ online accounts. Duo Security, a Michigan-based cyber security company, says its researchers have found a way to bypass so-called ...
IMF in warning over Argentina ruling at US Supreme Court
June 18th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Argentina’s legal defeat in its fight against hedge fund investors may have wider implications. On Monday, a US Supreme Court ruling sided with bondholders demanding Argentina pay them $1.3bn (£766m). The ...
Fed’s Bullard: ‘The Bubble Was Developing Under Our Noses’
June 10th, 2014
Perhaps accidently wiping out in one fell swoop six years of carefully orchestrated and minutely maintained Fed propaganda, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard admitted to reporters on Monday after a speech in Palm Beach, Florida, that the Fed ...
Xiaomi’s Phones Have Conquered China. Now It’s Aiming for the Rest of the World
June 6th, 2014
On May 15, behind the curving, imperial facade of the China National Convention Center in Beijing, a veteran technology executive named Lei Jun walks onstage before a thousand raucous fans and members of the media. It’s a familiar scene ...
General Motors (GM) accepts ‘troubling’ report on Chevrolet Cobalt recall
June 6th, 2014
General Motors (GM) has accepted the findings of a “brutally tough, deeply troubling” report into recalls of its Chevrolet Cobalt over ignition problems which have been linked to 13 deaths. GM also said it would launch a compensation fund ...
Gox bankruptcy judge rejects CoinLab complaints over Sunlot Bid
May 29th, 2014
The U.S. judge presiding over the MtGox bankruptcy proceedings has rejected complaints by CoinLab that proposals to save the exchange are being unfairly executed. Last year, Seattle-based Coinlab had sued MtGox for $75 million over a botched deal. It ...
Stocks break more records
May 28th, 2014
Wall Street celebrated the unofficial start of summer with a sizzling performance. Stocks raced to all-time highs on Tuesday as investors cheered positive economic reports in the U.S. and a wave of buying in Europe over the long weekend. ...
Euro hits three-month low after German data surprise
May 23rd, 2014
Asian shares hit one-year highs on Friday and bond yields were on track to notch up a broad-based rise on the week, but European markets softened after a closely watched measure of German business confidence came in weaker than ...
