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Southeast Asia Launches Huge Trade Bloc
December 30th, 2015
Ten countries formalize their integration efforts in a bid to rebalance regional power and riches Ten Southeast Asian nations start an ambitious, U.S.-backed experiment on Thursday: integrating their economies in a bid to bring more global sway and prosperity ...
Not Even OPEC Can Fix Oil Glut
December 30th, 2015
Surprisingly strong crude output in the U.S. and Mideast over the past year pushed oil prices to their lowest levels in more than a decade. But for investors trying to determine whether the oil market is close to a ...
CCI approves acquisition of RBS India wealth management biz by Sanctum Wealth
December 30th, 2015
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), in September, signed an agreement to transfer the India private banking operations to Sanctum Wealth Management. Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s ...
The 25 financial events that shaped the year 2015
December 30th, 2015
As we are close to move from year 2015 to year 2016, OneStopBrokers has collected and presents the major Financial events happened in 2015. 2015 was a year that the Eurozone was almost collapsed. We all witnessed a possible ...
World Economic League Table 2016 Highlights
December 29th, 2015
Slower Chinese GDP growth and a weaker currency mean that China is now forecast to overtake the US in 2029 compared with 2025 in last year’s forecasts. Japan has the weakest forecast growth of all major economies and is ...
Seven big investment banks in UK paid just $30 million tax in 2014
December 29th, 2015
Seven of the biggest investment banks operating in London paid little or no tax in Britain last year, despite reporting billions of dollars in profits, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows. In recent months, the seven investment and ...
Cisco wins U.S. patent dispute over wifi technology
December 29th, 2015
Cisco Systems Inc did not infringe a patent holding company’s wifi technology, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday, reversing a near $64-million judgment against the networking equipment maker in the long-running patent dispute. After eight years of litigation ...
Saudi Arabia reveals cuts plan to shrink $98bn budget deficit
December 29th, 2015
Sparked by plunging oil prices, the 2016 budget marks biggest shakeup in years and includes politically sensitive reforms Saudi Arabia has announced plans to cut government spending and reform its finances after plunging oil prices resulted in a record annual ...
Barclays has two blockchain ‘labs’ in London and is planning 45 experiments with the technology
December 28th, 2015
Like pretty much every other major bank at the moment, Barclays is very interested in the potential of the blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin. The Sunday Times reported this week that Barclays is planning to let charities accept bitcoin later ...
Credit Suisse, Barclays and Deutsche Bank under new management
December 28th, 2015
In 2015, new bank chief executives have been rather like buses. You wait ages while anger mounts over regulation of the service, then three turn up at once. In the space of seven months in 2015, a trio of ...
