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Russia Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing
October 27th, 2014
Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a startup designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better chance of securing funding for his second company. ...
Mashreq Bank retail chief insists the bank does not cold call customers
October 27th, 2014
Mashreq Bank has insisted that it does not engage in cold calling of residents, according to the bank’s UAE head of retail banking. Despite the practice being outlawed by authorities in the UAE since 2011, there have been numerous ...
CoinCorner Now Accepts Debit and Credit Cards for Bitcoin Purchases
October 24th, 2014
British bitcoin exchange CoinCorner now allows clients to purchase bitcoin and some altcoins with debit and credit cards. The feature went live yesterday, making CoinCorner one of very few places in the British Isles to accept direct card payments ...
Microsoft sales lifted by the cloud
October 24th, 2014
Microsoft continues to look to the cloud as it releases first quarter earnings. Lifted by strong momentum in its Internet cloud-based offerings, Microsoft on Thursday said its fiscal first-quarter revenue jumped to $23.2 billion, topping Wall Street estimates. The ...
Australia 200 – Within Reach of Key 5400 Level
October 22nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
Gold – Surges to Five Week High Above $1255
October 22nd, 2014
Gold for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Over the last few days to finish out last week Gold ran into the previous key level at $1240 which has resisted and forced gold a little lower, however it has since surged ...
Tribunal analysis: Entrepreneurs’ relief dispute
October 17th, 2014
The key question, explored by the first tier tribunal in the case of Jeremy Rice v HMRC, is whether or not a significant change in a business can amount to a cessation of the existing trade and the start ...
Google’s revenue falls short despite curbing price declines
October 17th, 2014
Google Inc’s revenue fell short of Wall Street’s expectations as growth in Internet advertising slowed in the most-recent quarter, offsetting a modest improvement in ad pricing, sending its shares down about 3 percent. The total number of ads, or ...
Netflix plunges on subscriber data
October 16th, 2014
Netflix shares fall as subscriber gain momentum stalls Shares of Netflix fell 24% in after-hours trading after the company revealed that its third-quarter subscriber gain fell short of its estimates. Still, company’s $1.4 billion in revenue met Wall Street ...
IPO banks seek measure of success
October 14th, 2014
What is the best way to judge the success of an initial public offering? Investors in Rocket Internet probably have a view. They were left counting their paper losses earlier this month, after shares in the German technology company ...
