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Regulators to deal with Japanese hedge fund in insider trade case
July 29th, 2014
A small Japanese hedge fund has made a rare challenge against financial regulators over a 2010 insider trading case, disputing a finding that one of its fund managers acted on an insider tip of a share offering by energy ...
Ukraine plans to introduce “war tax”
July 29th, 2014
According to Ukraine’s Deputy Finance Minister, Volodymyr Matviychuk, the Ministry is considering the introduction of a special “war tax” of 1.5 percent on salaries, coming into effect before the end of the year. Following a media briefing, Matviychuk cited ...
Existing law is enough for dealing with social media crime
July 29th, 2014
There is no need for any new laws in order to cope with crimes committed through social media, as peers explain. The ‘tentative’ conclusion of the House of Lords communications committee, set up in June, is that the criminal ...
Zillow acquires Trulia
July 29th, 2014
With a $3.5 billion, online real estate giant Zillow will acquire rival Trulia in a, all-stock deal, Zillow announced Monday. The transaction is expected to close next year. Under the terms of the deal, Zillow will pay 0.444 shares ...
BP second-quarter profit increases 34 percent
July 29th, 2014
BP Plc reported a 34 percent rise in quarterly profit and said it would pay a dividend of 9.75 cents a share for the quarter ended June 30. Underlying replacement cost profit increased to $3.6 billion for the second ...
Shares, dollar steady ahead of key U.S. data, Fed meeting
July 29th, 2014
World stock markets remained almost unchanged on Monday while the U.S. dollar traded mostly flat against a basket of major currencies ahead of key U.S. economic reports and events this week. Wall Street ended flat as the latest deal ...
Banks Cash In on Mergers Intended to avoid Taxes
July 29th, 2014
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, recently said, “I love America.” Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, wrote an opinion article saying, “Investing in America still produces the best return.” Yet guess who’s behind the ...
Asian stocks reach three-year peak, China holds gains
July 29th, 2014
Asian shares touched fresh three-year highs on Tuesday as investors in the region drew encouragement from a rally in Chinese markets, though caution was warranted given the torrent of U.S. economic news still to come this week. Hong Kong’s ...
Venezuelan Officers involved in Colombian Cocaine Traffic
July 29th, 2014
The head of Venezuelan military intelligence was involved on the payroll of a Colombian drug lord, invested his own money in drug shipments and personally coordinated the shipment of thousands of kilograms of cocaine, according to prosecutors in Miami ...
IronFX Global award ceremony
July 29th, 2014
IronFX Global, has announced that it has hosted an award ceremony for the winners of the IronFX Live Trading and Introducing Broker (IB) competitions, which were held in the second quarter of 2014. Known as the biggest competitions in ...
