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Tom Hayes Denied Latest Bid to Appeal Libor Conviction
March 9th, 2016
An appeals court on Tuesday denied a request by Tom Hayes, a former trader at Citigroup and UBS, to ask Britain’s highest court to review his conviction in August for conspiring to manipulate a global benchmark interest rate known as Libor. Mr. Hayes, ...
VW: Prosecutors in Germany and France widen probes
March 9th, 2016
Prosecutors in Germany and France have broadened their investigations into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen. Authorities in Paris have opened a formal probe into “aggravated fraud” over the use of diesel engine devices that gave misleading emissions results. And ...
Oil prices stable as falling U.S. output offset by demand worries
March 9th, 2016
Oil prices were only slightly higher on Wednesday as support from falling U.S. production was countered by a strengthening U.S.-dollar and concerns over slowing demand. U.S. crude futures CLc1 were at $36.60 per barrel at 0449 GMT, up 10 ...
Standard Chartered goes global with ‘bank on an iPad’
March 8th, 2016
Standard Chartered is to equip staff worldwide with an iPad-based sales and service tool that “brings the bank” to the client. Retail Workbench, initially launched in Korea in 2014, enables sales staff to open an account for a client ...
Oil at 2016 high above $40 per barrel after producer price support talk
March 8th, 2016
Global oil markets jumped more than 5 percent on Monday, with Brent hitting a 2016 peak above $40 a barrel, after Ecuador said it was holding a meeting of Latin American crude producers as OPEC sought a higher anchor ...
Brokers and Big Oil Fight Obama Rush to Make Rules by May Cutoff
March 8th, 2016
Rules imposed on or after May 17 have higher risk of repeal Mandates touch on investment advice and workplace safety The Obama administration is in a mad rush to draft regulations before the clock runs out and an obscure ...
Innovations in Malaysia’s legal scene
March 7th, 2016
With most everyone plugged into the Internet these days, it was only a matter of time before the legal profession climbed aboard the technological train to promote their services with the ease of a click or swipe of a ...
Asian shares hit two-month high after solid U.S. job growth
March 7th, 2016
Asian shares hit two-month highs on Monday, extending sharp gains from last week, following upbeat U.S. jobs data, a rebound in oil and commodity prices and a flurry of reassurances from Chinese leaders that the economy would remain on ...
Microsoft, Google Join Rivals to Back Apple in FBI Fight
March 4th, 2016
Tech competitors argue privacy, security threatened in case San Bernardino shooting victim among those supporting Apple Tech giants including Microsoft Corp. and Google set aside often fierce rivalries to back Apple Inc. in its fight against a judge’s order ...
Moscow Exchange announces results for the full year 2015
March 3rd, 2016
Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announces its financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the year ended 31 December 2015. Higher trading volumes on the FX, Bonds and Money Markets, as well as increased interest income coupled with ...
