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Illegal Bitcoin IPO Actually Worked Out Pretty Well for Investors
June 4th, 2014
Today the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down a bitcoin investing scam that, as bitcoin investing scams go, is disappointingly un-scammy. A very bitcoiny guy named Erik Voorhees1 started some very bitcoiny companies called SatoshiDICE and FeedZeBirds,2 and he ...
Google shows good faith but those wanting to be forgotten must wait
June 2nd, 2014
In announcing its willingness to implement the EU court of justice decision on the “right to be forgotten”, Google is making the best of a bad job. Although the ruling delivered in Luxembourg on 13 May left it with ...
Juniper, Nintendo, ‘Geaux,’ Google: Intellectual Property
June 2nd, 2014
Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR)’s 2011 infringement case against Palo Alto Networks Inc. involving Internet security systems has been settled, according to a May 28 court filing. In the initial complaint, Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper had accused Palo Alto Networks of ...
Market Chatter- Corporate finance press digest
June 2nd, 2014
The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media: * Japanese insurer Dai-ichi Life Co is in advanced talks to buy Protective Life Corp of the United States in a deal that could be worth over $5 billion, a ...
New revenue guidance: Six things to consider
May 30th, 2014
The release Wednesday of a long-awaited new revenue recognition standard had financial statement preparers settling in to read hundreds of pages of text, as standard-setters celebrated the achievement of producing that text. Members of the US Financial Accounting Standards ...
Facebook seeks to buy WhatsApp
May 28th, 2014
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has asked the European Union to review its plan to buy Internet messaging service WhatsApp. The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday that instead of risking long-term delay to individual country review of the deal, that ...
Nasdaq Nears 13-Year High as Technology Goes From Hated to Loved
May 28th, 2014
Technology stocks are back. A four-day rally in the Nasdaq 100 Index has pulled the gauge within 0.1 percent from erasing a 7.5 percent selloff from earlier this year. Exchange-traded funds that buy computer and software shares absorbed $1.1 ...
European Central Bank comes down against Bitcoin
May 27th, 2014
Yves Mersch, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaking at the Bargeld-symposium of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt, has come down firmly against Bitcoin. Whereas, this will probably not come as much of ...
AMF updates the list of unauthorised websites offering binary options trading
May 23rd, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is publishing a new updated list of websites offering binary options trading, for which no authorised investment services provider could be clearly identified. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is once again warning ...
Wall Street Finds New Subprime With Brokers Pitching 125% Loans
May 22nd, 2014
Doug Naidus made his fortune selling a mortgage company to Deutsche Bank AG months before the U.S. housing market collapsed. Now he’s found a way to profit from loans to business owners with bad credit. From an office near ...