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U.S. and China Reach Deal on Climate Change after Months of Talk
November 12th, 2014
China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in ...
Exponential and XE.com announce two-year exclusive partnership for mobile web, in-app monetisation
November 12th, 2014
Exponential Interactive, the global provider of advertising intelligence and digital media solutions, today announced an expansion of their exclusive partnership with online foreign currency and rate exchange resource XE.com, enabling XE to monetise their in-app and mobile web inventory ...
US-China press forward on expanding high-tech trade agreement
November 11th, 2014
President Obama said Monday night that the U.S. and China are nearing a final agreement on expanding a major technology pact. Obama said that the world’s two largest economies would work toward including a broader scope of goods covered ...
Switzerland Extends Olive Branch To India On Tax
October 20th, 2014
Swiss authorities have confirmed that, if asked, they will assist India in efforts to confirm the genuineness of bank documents and will swiftly provide information on requests relating to non-banking dossiers. The commitment was made in a joint statement ...
Eurozone fails to benefit from weak currency as oil price slides
October 20th, 2014
Pity the policy makers given the job of rescuing the eurozone from deflation. The unorthodox steps the European Central Bank has taken since June – including a programme of private-sector asset purchases – have caused a steep fall in ...
SEC Announces Insider Trading Charges Against Former Financial Analyst at Pharmaceutical Company
October 15th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced insider trading charges against a Massachusetts man who allegedly tipped his friend with nonpublic information about potential acquisition targets of the pharmaceutical company where he worked. The SEC alleges that Zachary Zwerko was ...
Traders went from confusion to opportunity as Gross exit sank in
October 3rd, 2014
As bond traders began what they thought would be a quiet day last Friday, a simple headline crossed their screens: “William H. Gross joins Janus Capital.” “The question was, ‘Is it THAT William H. Gross?'” said Lou Brien, a ...
More sanctions against Russia from the EU
September 12th, 2014
The European Union tightened economic sanctions against Russia on Friday, in response to the country’s role in the Ukraine crisis, imposing additional restrictions on oil companies and extending asset freezes and travel bans to 24 more individuals. The measures, ...
French economy minister urges alternative to German austerity
August 25th, 2014
The time has come for France to resist Germany’s “obsession” with austerity and promote alternative policies across the euro zone that support household consumption, firebrand French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Sunday. Deficit-reduction measures carried out since the ...
Economic sanctions on Russia from EU and U.S.
July 30th, 2014
EU governments have agreed to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia, targeting state-owned banks, imposing an arms embargo and restricting sales of sensitive technology and the export of equipment for the country’s oil industry, in response to Moscow’s continued backing ...
