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Asia Stocks Jump With Won After Weak U.S. Data; Glencore Surges
October 5th, 2015
Odds of 2015 liftoff pared as U.S. payrolls trail estimates Copper leads metals, commodities higher; China still closed Asian stocks jumped with emerging-market currencies and commodities after U.S.employment and factory reports came in well below estimates, undermining the case ...
EY recruits over 4500 people and breaks £2b milestone in the UK
October 2nd, 2015
8% growth takes revenue over £2b Record 95 equity Partners join the UK Partnership – over a third are women New office opens in Canary Wharf Growth reported across all service lines and regions Distributable profits up 6% from ...
UBS Unit to Pay $34 Million in Settlements Over Puerto Rico Bond Funds
September 30th, 2015
Settlements stem from former broker who had customers invest borrowed money in the funds A unit of UBS Group AG agreed to pay roughly $34 million in settlements with U.S. regulators regarding the sale of Puerto Rico bond funds ...
Investment Plan for Europe goes global: China announces its contribution to #investEU
September 29th, 2015
At the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue in Beijing today, China announced its intention to contribute to the Investment Plan, as well as closer cooperation with the EU on investment issues in general. Today during the High Level ...
Economic modelling of Brexit implications for legal services sector
September 29th, 2015
The legal services sector would be disproportionately disadvantaged compared to the whole UK economy if the UK were to leave the European Union, according to economic analysis commissioned by the Law Society. Oxford Economics extended their industry-leading Oxford Global Economic ...
Gulf businesses expect to keep hiring despite lower oil price
September 28th, 2015
Businesses operating in the Arabian Gulf have so far shrugged off the impact of lower oil prices on their hiring policies, with 80 per cent of them expected to take on new staff, according to new research released by ...
Document Reveals How Deutsche Bank Fires Traders With a ‘Thank You’
September 28th, 2015
E-mails show discussions on firing traders amid Libor scandal Internal script disclosed in filing to German regulators Deutsche Bank AG traders should be wary of calls that start with a thank you. “Thank you for making yourself available ...
Student group: Large legal firms are using graduates for “slave labour”, offering unpaid internships
September 24th, 2015
Concerns over ‘slave labour’ for legal graduates at law firms Large legal firms are using graduates for “slave labour”, offering unpaid internships and, in some cases, charging students thousands of dollars for practical legal training, a student group says. ...
Ultra-low Interest Rates: Dangerous or Just a Price?
September 22nd, 2015
Two recent reports start by observing that long-term interest rates have been at extraordinarily rock-bottom levels for several years now. But from that common starting point, the analysis of the reports heads in different directions. The Council of Economic ...
Greece’s election king still has it all to prove – The City View
September 21st, 2015
Hats off to Alexis Tsipras. In hindsight, we should not have believed that the Greek PM was facing a tough challenge in his bid for re-election. True, polls showed Syriza neck-and-neck with its nearest rival – the New Democracy ...
