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IBM to bet $3 billion over five years hoping for breakthrough in chips
July 10th, 2014
IBM announced on Wednesday it will invest $3 billion over the next five years in chip research and development in hopes of finding a game-changing breakthrough that can help revive its slumping hardware unit. IBM announced the plan a ...
Profits Vanish in Venezuela After Currency Devaluation
July 9th, 2014
Brink’s, the armored car company, could see about $400 million in revenue disappear this year from its operations in this country. Procter & Gamble announced a write-down of $275 million on its Venezuela business. American Airlines and Delta Air ...
Macquarie drawn into Commonwealth Bank financial planning row; ASIC undertaking
July 8th, 2014
Macquarie Group’s private wealth unit has been accused of not co-operating with the Senate committee that delved into unethical financial planning practices at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Inquiry chairman Labor senator Mark Bishop said Macquarie had similar “systematic ...
U.K. Stocks, Power-Tax Rebates, Bonus Remarks: Compliance
July 7th, 2014
Britain’s markets regulator should investigate whether the closing prices of stocks are being manipulated, according to lawmakers. Conservative Mark Garnier pressed for the investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority at a July 3 hearing of the Treasury Committee in ...
Bond Anxiety in $1.6 Trillion Repo Market as Failures Soar
July 7th, 2014
In the relative calm that is the market for U.S. Treasuries, a sense of unease over a vital cog in the financial system’s plumbing is beginning to rise. The Federal Reserve’s bond purchases combined with demand from banks to ...
WiFi provider Gowex goes bankrupt and admits falsifying accounts
July 7th, 2014
One of the brightest stars of the Madrid stock market came crashing down to earth on Sunday, after WiFi provider Gowex was forced to declare bankruptcy and admit that its chief executive and founder had falsified the company’s accounts ...
Companies attacked for ‘potentially misleading’ debt collection letters
July 4th, 2014
A string of banks and utilities have today given details of how they sent letters to customers under other names. This is a practice that is being criticised by some consumer campaigners and MPs as potentially misleading. The letters ...
Regulator says EU Banks Must Shun Bitcoin Until Rules in Place
July 4th, 2014
European Union banks should shun virtual currencies such as Bitcoin until a system of rules to prevent abuses are put in place, according to the bloc’s top banking regulator. The European Banking Authority called on the EU to develop ...
EU approves conditional Telefonica deal
July 2nd, 2014
Telefonica SA (TEF) won European Union approval to merge its German unit with Royal KPN (KPN) NV’s E-Plus after it pledged to bolster smaller rivals and divest spectrum, the European Commission said. Telefonica must sell as much as 30 ...
Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
June 30th, 2014
Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014, raising year-to-date global deal volumes to their highest level in seven years. Corporate ...
