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U.S. authorities reportedly investigating Bitcoin businesses for connections to Silk Road
May 21st, 2014
Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. authorities are apparently renewing investigations into Bitcoin businesses and any potential connections to criminal activity. Specifically, renewed interest has surfaced in who else may have been connected to Silk Road, the shuttered online ...
Credit Suisse Said Close to Guilty Plea, $2.5 Billion Accord With U.S.
May 16th, 2014
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) is close to reaching an agreement to plead guilty and pay about $2.5 billion to the U.S. Justice Department and regulators to resolve investigations into whether it helped Americans evade taxes, three people familiar ...
Russia’s economy fall sharply in growth
May 16th, 2014
Russia’s economy slowed sharply in the first three months of 2014 as the Ukraine crisis slammed business confidence and investment. Official Russian statistics showed gross domestic product grew by an annual rate of 0.9% in the first quarter. That ...
Europe grew faster than U.S.
May 15th, 2014
European economic growth was weaker than expected in the first three months of 2014, but still managed to outpace the U.S. for the first time in three years. Gross domestic product across the 18 countries in the eurozone grew ...
Asian Stocks Advance After U.S. Gauges Rally to Records
May 13th, 2014
Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark gauge on course for its biggest increase in seven weeks, as investors weighed earnings and after U.S. equity indexes climbed to records. Nissan Motor Co., Japan’s second-biggest carmaker, jumped 5.1 percent after ...
U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Tech Shares Slide, Tesla Drops
May 8th, 2014
U.S. stocks fluctuated, following the biggest advance in three weeks for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as technology stocks declined for a third day and Tesla Motors Inc. and Priceline Group Inc. slumped. The S&P 500 (SPX) fell ...
Obama Says U.S. Ready to Move on Russia Sanctions
April 24th, 2014
President Barack Obama said the U.S. and its allies have additional sanctions against Russia ready to go as the crisis in Ukraine escalated with Ukrainian security forces moving against pro-Russian separatists. Russia has yet to act in the spirit ...
European Stocks Rise Before U.S. Data as Tesco Rallies
April 16th, 2014
European stocks rose the most in three weeks as investors weighed earnings reports and awaited data that may show American housing and industrial activity increased. U.S. index futures and Asian shares climbed. Tesco Plc advanced the most since 2012 ...
Age of Gas Seen as Sideshow to U.S. Producers Prizing Oil
April 8th, 2014
The “golden age of gas” that the International Energy Agency foresees as a result of the U.S. energy boom is hardly the future being embraced by industry executives. At least based on comments from company officials presenting at the ...
European Stocks Advance as Investors Await U.S. Jobs Data
April 4th, 2014
European stocks advanced, posting their longest winning streak since October, before a report that may show the U.S. economy created jobs at a faster pace last month. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were little changed. Mediaset SpA advanced ...
