Search Results for: SAFE
MPs urged to back readoption of European arrest warrant
November 6th, 2014
Britain risks becoming a haven for fugitives if MPs fail to endorse the country’s participation in the European arrest warrant (EAW) in a forthcoming parliamentary vote, leading legal, law enforcement and academic figures have warned. The EAW is one ...
A Recent Surge of Leveraged Loans Rattles Regulators
November 5th, 2014
As regulators hunt for the next financial bubble, they are homing in on an obscure corner of Wall Street: the debt market where Tom Shannon’s company, a chain of flashy bowling alleys, recently borrowed nearly half a billion dollars. ...
U.S. Sues Southwest to Recover Civil Penalty Tied to Aircraft Maintenance
November 5th, 2014
Typically Airlines, FAA Negotiate to Reduce Penalties, But Sides Couldn’t Agree in This Case The Justice Department sued Southwest Airlines Co. in an effort to recover a $12 million civil penalty proposed by aviation regulators in July related to allegations of ...
Islamic State Looks To Mediterranean To Continue Oil Operations
November 5th, 2014
There is serious concern that the battle for control of Syria by the group calling itself the Islamic State may soon shift from the mountainous region where the fight for the border town of Kobani continues, as fresh troops ...
$15 Billion in Pipeline Projects Coming to Appalachia in 2015
November 4th, 2014
The natural gas boom in the Marcellus Shale region of West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania has resulted in $15 billion in proposed pipeline construction projects. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Rover Pipeline, Mountain Valley Pipeline and Leach XPress will distribute ...
Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming
November 3rd, 2014
The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues ...
SEC charges investment advisory firm and top officials for custody rule violations
October 30th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against an investment advisory firm and three top officials for violating the “custody rule” that requires firms to follow certain procedures when they control or have access to client money or ...
Former head of US regulator advising top Bitcoin companies
October 29th, 2014
A former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been appointed to the advisory board of the two major Bitcoin companies. Arthur Levitt, who served as chair of the SEC between 1993 and 2001, will advise Bitpay ...
The equity cult alive and kicking, despite deflation threat
October 29th, 2014
Anyone betting on another “Great Rotation” of investment flows out of bonds and into stocks is in for disappointment: it’s not happening, and isn’t going to. In a world where deflation, never the most fertile ground for equities, is ...
BitQuick’s New Campaign
October 29th, 2014
BitQuick is challenging USA and Europe to sell their bitcoins by using Bitquick.co. “We’re calling it the BitQuick challenge,” says Founder Jad Mubaslat. “We’re so confident users will come back, that we’re giving away $10 or 0.03 BTC, whichever ...
