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Japan plans to finance foreign Coal Plants
July 29th, 2014
Following U.S’s and Europe’s negligence for supporting overseas coal projects, Japan has seize the opportunity to advance in this sector. According to the Wall Street Journal, on July 23, Japanese plans were set out in order to support coal-fired ...
Russia faces more sanctions from the U.S. and Europe
July 29th, 2014
The United States and Europe have unitedly decided to increase the economic sanctions against Russia since they fear that Moscow might be planning an invasion in Ukraine soon. After months in which European leaders resisted going as far as ...
Lloyds Banking Group charged with $370 million fine
July 28th, 2014
Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) has agreed to pay fines totaling $370 million to U.S. and British authorities investigating its part in a global interest rate rigging scandal and manipulating fees for a UK government lending scheme. The settlement ...
U.S. companies search for growth overseas
July 28th, 2014
Big U.S. companies are searching for corporate growth overseas for better financial opportunities. Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. all mined foreign countries to produce earnings or revenue that exceeded analysts’ projections in their ...
Gold for bitcoin could be the new trend
July 28th, 2014
A new possible obstacle for regulators, including India, is ‘gold for bitcoin’ trades which are becoming the new trend in the world of anonymous transactions, keeping warm the desire to invest in virtual currencies. This comes at a time ...
EUR/USD Below 1.3430 as traders earn from bullish turn
July 28th, 2014
The dollar was about 0.1 percent from the strongest level in eight months against the euro as investors raised bets it would climb versus the single currency to the most since November 2012. The U.S. currency maintained its biggest ...
Catalunya Banc gets advise from Bakers and Garrigues on €1.2bn sale to BBVA
July 28th, 2014
Baker & McKenzie has advised state-owned Spanish lender Catalunya Banc on its sale to Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) for €1.2bn. BBVA won the mandate to buy the bank in a competitive auction run by the Spanish Bank Resturucturing ...
USD/HKD remains bullish as HKMA Buys $690 Million
July 28th, 2014
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank bought $690 million on July 25 to defend the city’s 31-year-old peg to the U.S. dollar as it expects demand for the local currency to continue. “Having regard to the on-going listings, mergers ...
Tax fraud in Catalonia advances talks
July 28th, 2014
Jordi Pujol, the patriarch of Catalan politics, has admitted conducting tax fraud by hiding money offshore. Mr. Pujol, 84, founded Catalonia’s governing party, Convergence, and was its leader from 1980 to 2003. During that period, he acted as a ...
CySec: Withdraw of CIF authorisation
July 25th, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority, has issued an announcement that following previous announcements dated 21 February 2014 and 31 March 2014, on a meeting held on July 7, 2014 has decided to ...
