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T-Mobile deal collapse could spark telecom price war
August 7th, 2014
Sprint Corp’s (S.N) newly appointed Chief Executive Marcelo Claure has so far had a Midas touch in the telecoms industry, turning Brightstar, a reseller of U.S. handsets to Latin America, into a distributor valued at $2.2 billion when it ...
ECB set to hold fire on rates, eyes risks from Ukraine conflict
August 7th, 2014
The European Central Bank is set to hold fire on rates on Thursday as it waits for earlier stimulus measures to gain traction, while keeping an eye on emerging risks from the conflict in Ukraine. The ECB cut interest ...
Bank of America, U.S. near record $17B settlement
August 7th, 2014
The Department of Justice and Bank of America have reached a record settlement in principle in which the bank will pay just under $17 billion to resolve allegations related to fraudulent marketing of mortgage-backed securities that helped cause the ...
Gold – Enjoys Support at $1290 and Moves Back Above $1300
August 7th, 2014
Gold for Thursday, August 7, 2014 In the last 24 hours gold has surged higher away from the support level at $1290 and back up well above $1300 to a one week high. Over the last week or so ...
BofA raises dividend to 5 cents per share
August 6th, 2014
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) said it would increase its quarterly dividend to 5 cents per shares from 1 cent per share, its first dividend increase in seven years. The bank withdrew its previously planned increase in April after ...
U.S. Stocks Drop on Ukraine as Sprint, Time Warner Slump
August 6th, 2014
U.S. stocks fell, after equities slipped to a two-month low yesterday, on concern the Ukraine crisis will escalate and as Sprint Corp. and Time Warner Inc. (TWX) tumbled on merger news. Sprint slid 18 percent after a person with ...
FCA sets out its approach to financial promotions in social media
August 6th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation which is intended to clarify its approach to the supervision of financial promotions in social media. The FCA’s overall approach is that the financial promotion rules are intended to ...
Seychelles Able To Avoid More Tax Measures
August 6th, 2014
The Seychelles Government has announced temporary financial measures, which will lead to higher interest rates and reduced lending, but which, it was said, will not be joined by any changes to taxation. Finance, Trade, and Investment Minister Pierre Laporte ...
Thai PTTEP starts gas exports from Myanmar’s Zawtika project
August 6th, 2014
Thailand’s state-owned upstream firm PTTEP has started exports of natural gas from the offshore Zawtika project in Myanmar to Thailand on August 5, PTTEP said in a statement Wednesday. The project is currently ramping up production to a rate ...
Free, Unlimited, Forever – BitPay’s New Pricing Plan
August 6th, 2014
BitPay continues to break down barriers for merchants looking to accept Bitcoin. The payment processor launched an exciting new pricing plan for businesses that will ultimately eliminate every hesitation for whether a company should accept Bitcoin as payment for ...
