Law firm in Australia launches patented legal technology
April 21st, 2017
Australia’s leading independent law firm, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, has received a patent from IP Australia for a new optical character recognition (OCR) analysis technology. The technology identifies documents with low quality searchable text and will be used as part ...
Bitcoin to gain legal status in India, reports local media
April 21st, 2017
A televised news report from CNBC India on 20th April reveals that the Indian government is leaning toward granting legality to bitcoin and virtual currencies in the country amid regulations with taxes to be levied on adopters. Last week, ...
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 ...
Bose Headphones accused in lawsuit of spying on listeners
April 20th, 2017
A new class-action lawsuit claims high-end headphone company Bose has been tracking and distributing customers’ data without telling them. According to the complaint, filed late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, the headphone company’s Bose Connect app ...
Clearstream Monthly report: ECB’s QE continues to put pressure on securities financing industry
April 19th, 2017
The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision to stick to its bond buying program despite strong EU-wide economic growth has damped hopes in the market that interest rates will rise any time soon. This loose monetary policy can be felt ...
JPMorgan accused of fraud over tech company sale
April 19th, 2017
JPMorgan steered a technology company client to sell itself to BlackBerry at a knockdown price because it wanted to win lucrative future investment banking business from the smartphone pioneer, according to an investor lawsuit. The lawsuit filed on behalf ...
NZX joins UN Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative
April 19th, 2017
NZX today announced that it has joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange (SSE) initiative as a partner exchange. The SSE initiative provides a platform for exchanges to discuss environmental, social and corporate governance enhancements and stimulate discussions about ...
Spanish Customer Support
April 19th, 2017
Job Purpose: XTrade Maintenance is passionate about customer service and as part of our commitment to continually improving our customer experience, we now have an exciting opportunity for a Customer Support Officer to join our team based in Limassol. ...
Google reaches settlement in antitrust case in Russia
April 19th, 2017
In relation to an antitrust case in Russia, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) has issued an announcement to inform that its has reached a settlement with Google. According the announcement: On April 17, 2017, the ...
The Financial Conduct Authority publishes its Mission and Business Plan
April 19th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its Mission, which gives firms and consumers greater clarity about how the FCA prioritises its interventions in financial markets. Alongside the Mission, the FCA has published its Business Plan for 2017/18 and Fees ...
