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Gold Versus Bitcoin: The Pro-Gold Argument Takes Shape
November 24th, 2017
Sound money advocates who love the concept of cryptocurrencies but don’t want to abandon precious metals have been trying to clarify their thoughts of late. Risk Hedge just helped, with a comprehensive statement of the pro-gold position. The following ...
American law firm Sedgwick is to close after some 85 years in business
November 23rd, 2017
The closure follows a raft of lawyers exiting the firm in recent years, most recently a defection to UK law firm Kennedys. ‘We have concluded that the best way to allow our lawyers to continue providing great service to ...
Malta: Paradise Papers leave locals polarized
November 17th, 2017
In the wake of the Paradise Papers leaks, many locals in Malta feel frustrated and are calling on the European Union to come to the rescue. “A term my friend came up with — we are political orphans. We ...
FCStone Financial Ordered To Pay A Penalty
November 17th, 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an order filing and settling charges against FCStone Merchant Services LLC (FCStone Merchant) for entering into multiple noncompetitive trades and against INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (FCStone Financial), a registered Futures Commission Merchant ...
Clients are ‘biggest competitors’ to law firms
November 16th, 2017
Clients are the biggest competitors to law firms and are taking work from them, a top European marketer says. Andrea Miskolczi, chief business development and marketing officer at Wolf Theiss, says inhouse teams are investing in technology and, with ...
Bitcoin’s value rose $10 billion in just 12 hours after a dramatic sell-off
November 14th, 2017
Bitcoin rallied more than 11 percent in just over half a day on Monday, following a dramatic plunge in the cryptocurrency over the weekend. The digital currency started trading at $5,857.32 on Monday and rose nearly 15.6 percent to ...
The man who predicted the 2008 financial crisis is skeptical about bitcoin
November 9th, 2017
The man who predicted the 2008 financial crisis is skeptical about bitcoin. Nouriel Roubini warns the cryptocurrency will become so regulated it will “find its end.” “In my opinion, there is a gigantic speculative bubble related to the bitcoin ...
US Law Firm Received The Largest Fine Ever Profession’s Regulatory Body
November 9th, 2017
US law firm Locke Lord has received the largest fine ever levied by the profession’s regulatory body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. The firm has to pay £500,000 after accepting four allegations of misconduct, including acting with a lack of ...
What are the ‘Paradise Papers’ and why should you care?
November 7th, 2017
Little more than a year after the “Panama Papers” leak, the “Paradise Papers” are shedding light on who is investing huge amounts of money in offshore tax havens. What are the so-called Paradise Papers? The leak is a trove ...
What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
November 2nd, 2017
Initial coin offerings have come out of nowhere in 2017 to become the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Programmers have raised over $3.2 billion this year by selling their own virtual currencies to investors. That is 3,000 ...
