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Whistleblower award of more than half-million dollars for company insider
May 3rd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a company insider has earned a whistleblower award of more than $500,000 for reporting information that prompted an SEC investigation into well-hidden misconduct that resulted in an SEC enforcement action. “This ...
Aussie Stocks Drop, Taiwan Bucks Poor Apple Result: Markets Wrap
May 3rd, 2017
Japan and Hong Kong among Asian markets shut on Wednesday Kiwi dollar climbs as jobless rate in New Zealand declines Australian stocks dropped, while a poor Apple Inc. earnings report proved no bar to gains in Taiwan’s electronics-rich stock ...
Dollar hits one-month high vs yen
May 2nd, 2017
The dollar hit a one-month high against the yen on Tuesday, lifted by Treasury yields which surged after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin commented on the possibility of ultra long-term bond issuance. The greenback last traded at 111.900 yen ...
The Housing Bubble Is Back
April 27th, 2017
Last week I ran into a friend whom I’d been worrying about. He’s a real estate appraiser and his work had been drying up as interest rates rose and homeowners stopped refinancing their mortgages. But now he’s back to ...
PM markets: traders weigh European drought, US rains
April 20th, 2017
Wheat prices in the Chicago and Paris saw early gains, helped by fears that time is running out for much needed rains in Europe and North Africa, but the rallies failed later in the day, as a strong forecast ...
The US$200 million investment scam; hunt is on
April 13th, 2017
Investigators looking into a financial scam that took Dubai residents for tens of thousands of dollars have shifted their focus to recovering about US$200 million (Dh734.5m). The sum is believed to have been siphoned from a Dubai branch of ...
Asian Stocks Fall as Dollar Slumps on Trump Talk: Markets Wrap
April 13th, 2017
Japanese shares lead decline as yen strengthens for fourth day Hong Kong equities pare losses amid Chinese export data Most Asian stocks fell after the dollar slumped and Treasury bond yields dropped to the lowest level this year in ...
FXCM reports customer trading volume of $225 billion in March 2017
April 12th, 2017
FXCM Group, LLC (“FXCM Group” or “FXCM”), a leading international provider of online foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, spread betting and related services, today announced certain key customer trading metrics for March 2017 for its retail and institutional foreign ...
Oil prices jump 2% after US launches missile strike in Syria
April 7th, 2017
Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which ...
Dollar slips vs yen after U.S. launches missile strikes on Syria
April 7th, 2017
The dollar skidded against the safe-haven Japanese yen on Friday after the United States launched cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria, raising concerns of a sharp escalation in the Syrian civil war. U.S President Donald Trump said on ...
