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Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high; Cracks $9,600
November 27th, 2017
Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high on Monday, breaking a record set during the Thanksgiving weekend stateside. The cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $9,682.10 hours after cracking the $9,400 level on Sunday, according to industry ...
Uber Paid Hackers $100,000 to Keep Secret a Massive Data Breach In 2016
November 22nd, 2017
Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the ...
Yen slipped, Korean Won and Aussie Dollar rose; Asian stocks climbed
November 7th, 2017
Asian stocks climbed, with a regional index trading at its highest in a decade, as energy and materials companies benefited from a surge in oil and metals prices. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average finished at its strongest level since ...
Oil for gold – the real story
October 27th, 2017
Following an article in the Nikkei Asia Review, which reported China will shortly introduce an oil futures contract priced in yuan, there has been some confusion about what it means. The article pointed out that in combination with existing ...
SEC Announces Measures to Facilitate European Union’s MiFID II’s Research Provisions
October 27th, 2017
Following consultation with European authorities, and in response to concerns that investors could lose access to valuable research, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued three related no-action letters. These letters are designed to provide market ...
The European Banking Authority issued Opinion on the design of a new prudential framework for investment firms
October 19th, 2017
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published its Opinion on the design and calibration of a new prudential framework for investment firms, which is specifically tailored to the needs of investment firms’ different business models and inherent risks. The Opinion ...
FCA UK bans and fines financial advisors
October 13th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Mrs Colette Chiesa and Mr John Chiesa from working in financial services for integrity failings. Additionally, Mrs Chiesa has been fined £50,000 for attempting to mislead the FCA during an FCA interview. ...
Sanctions against Russia have cost European Union €30bn
October 9th, 2017
New research by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) suggests the EU’s economic sanctions against Russia introduced three years ago have cost European countries billions of euro. The survey, which was conducted at the request of the European Parliament ...
The upcoming increase in interest rates
October 6th, 2017
Last week, both Janet Yellen of the Fed and Mark Carney of the Bank of England prepared financial markets for interest rate increases. The working assumption should be that this was coordinated, and that both the ECB and ...
EU ordered Luxembourg to collect around €250 million from Amazon
October 5th, 2017
The European Commission has issued a press release to inform on its conclusion that Luxembourg granted undue tax benefits to Amazon of around €250 million. According the press release, Commission finds Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon worth ...
