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Asian shares fell on the last trading day before Christmas
December 23rd, 2016
Hong Kong, Chinese stocks among worst performers on tightening Crude oil drops as most government bond yields head higher Asian shares fell on the last trading day before Christmas as Chinese equities extended their losses amid concerns over rising ...
Lawsuit Accuses Google of Unlawfully Censoring its Workforce
December 22nd, 2016
An anonymous Google product manager is alleging in a lawsuit that the internet giant unlawfully censors current and former employees by imposing sweeping confidentiality policies that deter whistleblowing. The lawsuit was filed this week by a California labor law ...
SEC Charges Operators of Fake Day-Trading Firm With Defrauding Inexperienced Investors
December 22nd, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two men behind a phony day-trading firm with pocketing more than $1.4 million in deposits from hundreds of defrauded investors worldwide. The SEC alleges that Naris Chamroonrat of Bangkok, Thailand, recruited Adam ...
British Pound vs Dollar, Euro: The Only Way is Up in 2017 Forecasts Nordea
December 22nd, 2016
After one of the worst years in its history, the British Pound could make a comeback in 2017 according to Nordea Market’s FX Strategist Aurelija Augulyte. “2016 was a disaster for the GBP, as the unexpected Brexit vote knocked ...
CFTC Orders Goldman Sachs to Pay $120 Million Penalty for Attempted Manipulation
December 22nd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order today filing and settling charges against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (collectively, Goldman or the Bank). The Order finds that, beginning in January 2007 ...
Individual and his company charged in a commodity futures and Forex Ponzi-Style Scheme
December 21st, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, charging Defendants Derek Springfield and his company, Draven, LLC (Draven), both of Mesa, Arizona, with engaging ...
COMCO fines banks for participating in the EURIBOR cartel
December 21st, 2016
The Competition Commission (COMCO) has closed its investigation against certain banks related to interest rate derivatives in euro with an amicable settlement and imposes total fines of approximately CHF 45.3 million. COMCO reached the conclusion that between September 2005 ...
Trader and a trading company ordered to pay $2.5 Million Penalty
December 21st, 2016
Federal Court Orders Chicago Trader Igor B. Oystacher and 3Red Trading LLC to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty for Spoofing and Employment of a Manipulative and Deceptive Device, while Trading Futures Contracts on Multiple Futures Exchanges The Court’s Order Finds ...
Authorities Allege $1 Billion Fraud at Platinum Partners
December 20th, 2016
In June 2014, the founder of hedge fund Platinum Partners sent a panicked email to his partner. “It can’t go on like this,” wrote Mark Nordlicht, fretting about mounting requests from investors for their money back. “This is code ...
Major Economic Warning Sign: The Euro Is Heading For Parity With The U.S. Dollar
December 19th, 2016
The collapse of the euro is accelerating, and it looks like we could be staring a major European financial crisis right in the face early in 2017. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell all the way to $1.0366 at one ...
