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Ingenico Group expands its footprint in Japan with Lyudia acquisition
April 26th, 2016
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), global leader in seamless payment, announced today the acquisition of 70% of Lyudia, its distribution partner in Japan. The two companies have been in a partner agreement since February 2014 providing a full ...
Time for Debt Reduction in Greece
April 25th, 2016
Once again, Greece is at an inflection point. With its cash balances severely stressed, it seems unlikely to be able to pay the cascading debt payments that are falling due over the next few months. So yet another round ...
China’s biggest tax reform for 20 years set to buoy growth
April 22nd, 2016
China’s biggest tax overhaul in more than two decades starts on May 1, with changes set to reduce the burden on services companies and encourage factories to upgrade and innovate. Under the new system, taxes in the construction, property, finance and ...
Foreigners Buy US Debt, US Investors Buy Foreign Equity
April 22nd, 2016
When it comes to international flows of debt and equity, the US economy as a whole has developed an interesting pattern: those from other countries are net buyers of US debt, while US investors and firms are net buyers ...
KCG announces First Quarter 2016 Results
April 22nd, 2016
KCG ANNOUNCES CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS OF $0.41 PER DILUTED SHARE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016 KCG reports consolidated revenues of $345.4 million and pre-tax earnings of $60.0 million for the quarter KCG increases book value to $16.42 per share ...
E*TRADE Financial Corporation announces First Quarter 2016 Results
April 22nd, 2016
First Quarter Results Net income of $153 million, or $0.53 per diluted share Adjusted net income of $122 million(1), or $0.43 per diluted share(1), excluding a $31 million income tax benefit related to the release of a valuation allowance ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as BOJ Negative-Rate Proposal Weakens Yen
April 22nd, 2016
Microsoft, Alphabet, Sony profits fall short of estimates Topix rebounds as currency weakens; Shanghai Composite falls Asian stocks retreated from a four-month high as companies including Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. reported earnings that missed estimates. Japanese shares rose ...
Russian Official Calls for Criminal Liability for Bitcoin
April 21st, 2016
Russia’s Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has, once again, opined that virtual and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are money substitutes or surrogates that need to be outlawed. He also claimed that virtual currencies are “often used” for the financing of ...
New Treasury report claims lawyers will be worse off as result of Brexit
April 21st, 2016
A new report issued by the Treasury has claimed lawyers and other professional services will be worse off if Britain leaves the European Union (EU) because of a reduction in access to the single market. The 200-page document, titled ...
EBS BrokerTec expands its successful NDF offering
April 21st, 2016
One month against the fix complements existing successful one-month outright product EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, announces today that in response to customer demand it has added a new non-deliverable forward (NDF) ...
