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EU Court Overturns Decision to Fine Airlines in Cartel Case
December 17th, 2015
The European Union’s second-highest court has overturned a decision to impose €790 million ($864 million) of fines on more than a dozen airlines including Air France KLM and British Airways for operating an airfreight cartel. In a statement published ...
European Parliament set to hold inquiry into VW emissions scandal
December 17th, 2015
The European Parliament plans to set up a committee to investigate Volkswagen‘s (VOWG_p.DE) emissions scandal and whether regulatory oversight of the car industry was too lax. Members of the European Parliament will vote on the issue around midday on ...
Saudi Arabia Spends Billions to Get Asia Hooked on Its Crude Oil
December 17th, 2015
At the heart of Korea’s Onsan Refinery lies a street called “A.I. Naimi Road,” an homage to Saudi Arabia’s oil minister. The reason: state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. holds a 65 percent stake in the complex. Taking a controlling ...
Brokers Warned Not to Steer Clients’ Stock Trades Into Slow Lane
December 15th, 2015
Brokers have been put on notice: treat your customers’ orders as well as you treat your own. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street’s self-regulator, recently said firms using the fastest, most expansive price databases for their own stock trading must ...
ELITE boosted by 20 New European Companies
December 14th, 2015
20 new companies join ELITE today from across Europe Companies from France, Greece, Romania, Russia among those to join ELITE is London Stock Exchange Group’s international programme for ambitious high growth businesses More than 320 companies, 150 advisors, and ...
The Commission acts for full, proper and timely implementation of EU law
December 14th, 2015
The Commission ensures proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses: This month’s infringement package includes 34 reasoned opinions, 9 referrals to the Court of Justice of the EU, and 83 closures. To help citizens ...
Russia to launch own crude benchmark in 2016
December 14th, 2015
Russia wants to see its domestic oil blends compete with Brent and WTI as primary global crude benchmarks, according to an official from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX). “Our goal is to take a place among the ...
JPMorgan Said to Win Relief in SEC Case on Sale of Its Own Funds
December 10th, 2015
Bank to get consent to continue raising money for hedge funds SEC, CFTC may announce settlements with bank as soon as Friday JPMorgan Chase & Co. is close to settling cases that threatened to bar the bank from raising ...
Vatican appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers to audit accounts
December 7th, 2015
The Vatican has ordered the first ever external audit of its accounts as part of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The auditor, accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers, will start work immediately, a papal spokesman said. Pope Francis ...
Brokers Working for Hayes Would Say One Thing, Do Another
December 4th, 2015
Danny Wilkinson testifies for first time on Libor charges Hayes was `the best trader I’ve ever seen,’ Wilkinson Says A former ICAP Plc broker who once described Tom Hayes’s requests to manipulate Libor as “so illegal, it’s ridiculous,” told ...
