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The honeymoon is over: Wall Street is finally taking Trump literally
February 2nd, 2017
By itself, the 230-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.16% this week wasn’t earth shattering: 1% gains and losses happen all the time. But the clattering sound accompanying it wasn’t hard to diagnose: It was the ...
European Central Banks reports on Euro banknote counterfeiting
February 2nd, 2017
353,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2016 Around 80% of the counterfeits were €20 and €50 banknotes All euro banknotes can be verified using the “feel, look and tilt” method Euro banknotes ...
Leading law firms announced tie-up and launched globally
February 2nd, 2017
Eversheds Sutherland, created by the combination of leading law firms, Eversheds, headquartered in the UK, and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, based in the US, launches globally today under the name Eversheds Sutherland. With more than 2,300 lawyers in ...
CySec has issued a Circular for market particpants
February 1st, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a Circular to inform regarding MAR Guidelines on Information relating to commodity derivatives markets or related spot markets for the purpose of the definition of inside information on commodity derivatives ...
PKF International Network signed a new firm
February 1st, 2017
It has been a successful start to the year for PKF International, with the signing of Frazier & Deeter LLC, one of the top 100 firms of Certified Public Accountants (CPA) in the US, to re-join its global network ...
Europol and Global Cyber Alliance team up to fight cybercrime
February 1st, 2017
Europol and the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA)signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on decreasing systemic cyber risk and improving internet security throughout Europe and beyond. The signing ceremony took place at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. As ...
Ford posts Q4 net loss on accounting shift
January 31st, 2017
After posting a fourth-quarter net loss mainly because of accounting changes, Ford Motor Co. finished 2016 with a $10.4 billion pre-tax profit, down slightly from record results in 2015. Fourth-quarter pre-tax profit was $2.1 billion, down $500 million due ...
Trump fired top federal government lawyer
January 31st, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations. It was another ...
Apple joins Google, Facebook and Microsoft in AI research group
January 30th, 2017
Apple is joining fellow tech giants Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and IBM as the sixth founding member of the recently-formed artificial intelligence research group – the Partnership on AI. The non-profit said Apple has been “involved and collaborating with ...
Lawyers are being replaced by machines that read
January 27th, 2017
Lawyers are the professionals everyone loves to loathe. Jokes about attorneys abound, and Shakespeare’s line from Henry VI remains a cultural favorite: ”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Soon, that dream may come true, and ...
