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Credit Suisse profits down 34 percent
April 16th, 2014
Swiss bank Credit Suisse says net profit fell 34 percent in the first quarter as bond-market woes hurt earnings at its investment banking business. Profit fell to 859 million Swiss francs ($979 million) from 1.303 billion francs in the ...
How about… A Global Tax on the Superrich?
April 14th, 2014
Bill Gates washes his own dishes, as we learned this year from his Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, but he’s certainly not trying to save money. The world’s richest person is doing everything in his power to decrease ...
Exclusive: Microsoft, Apple diverge on bankrolling big patent buyer
April 11th, 2014
Patent buyer Intellectual Ventures has persuaded Microsoft and Sony to invest in its latest acquisition fund while Apple and Intel, which invested with IV previously, declined to participate, according to people briefed on the fundraising. The investment decisions by ...
FASB Provides Guidance on Reporting Discontinued Operations
April 11th, 2014
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued new guidance on representing when a company or organization discontinues its operations. Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued ...
Europe Stock Futures Follow Asia Down on Tech; Lira Falls
April 11th, 2014
European index futures and emerging-market currencies slid as a gauge of Asian stocks dropped the most in three weeks amid a selloff in technology shares that’s cut demand for riskier assets. Nickel extended its longest rally since 2010. Contracts ...
Bank of England on bank rate
April 10th, 2014
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting on 9 April voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves ...
Ukraine Mounts Security Push as Russia Warns on Civil War
April 9th, 2014
Ukrainian authorities sent security forces to Kharkiv to clear the country’s second-biggest city of separatists as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of using “special forces and agents” to spark unrest. An “anti-terrorist operation” was under way ...
Reputation: The Hardest Risk to Manage
April 8th, 2014
GlaxoSmithKline’s unfolding bribery scandal is an object lesson in how a direct hit to its reputation can devastate a company’s finances. Protecting an organization’s reputation is the most important and difficult task facing senior management teams and boards of ...
Vivendi Selling SFR to Altice in $23 Billion Deal, Hard-Fought Win for Drahi
April 7th, 2014
Billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice (ATC) SA won the bidding contest for Vivendi SA (VIV)’s French phone unit, beating a government-backed offer from Bouygues SA (EN) by agreeing to a deal valued at more than 17 billion euros ($23 billion). ...
Gold Holds Gains as Investors Assess Pace of Stimulus After Data
April 7th, 2014
Gold held the biggest one-day advance in more than three weeks as U.S. jobs data that trailed analysts estimates damped speculation that the Federal Reserve will step up the pace of stimulus reduction. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at ...
