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Two former top Société Générale Managers accused of a Libor Scheme
August 25th, 2017
U.S. authorities on Thursday charged two managers at French bank Societe Generale (SCGLY) with taking part in a scheme to manipulate the global U.S. dollar Libor benchmark interest rate. Danielle Sindzingre, 54, the bank’s former global head of treasury, ...
Production in construction down by 0.5% in euro area
August 22nd, 2017
In June 2017 compared with May 2017, seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector decreased by 0.5% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.2% in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the ...
Deloitte acquires creative agency Acne
August 18th, 2017
Deloitte has acquired Swedish-headquartered creative agency Acne, becoming part of the Big Four firm’s Deloitte Digital division Founded in 1996, Acne provides creative, strategic, digital, film and photography services for clients, particularly in the lifestyle and luxury retail sectors. ...
Dumb – And Dumber — Money Keeps Pouring In
August 11th, 2017
Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care ...
What the bitcoin cash is and is it worth anything?
August 3rd, 2017
Early yesterday morning bitcoin’s blockchain forked — meaning a separate cryptocurrency was created called bitcoin cash. The way a fork works is instead of creating a totally new cryptocurrency (and blockchain) starting at block 0, a fork just creates ...
EU Requires Belgium, France To End Port Tax Breaks
August 1st, 2017
Belgium and France must abolish corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports so as to align their tax regimes with European Union state aid rules, the European Commission has said. In a statement issued on July 27, the Commission ...
Bitcoin Cash a pivotal moment for Bitcoin
August 1st, 2017
A new digital currency is about to be created as the bitcoin blockchain is forced to split in two Members of the bitcoin community unhappy with its direction are forcing the blockchain to split. This will create a new, ...
Bitcoin Surged By $300 in the Past 24 Hours. Here’s Why
July 21st, 2017
After plunging for the majority of July, Bitcoin is clawing back toward its all-time high. The cryptocurrency jumped 15% to $2,628 in trading Thursday, adding about $316 over the course of 24 hours. For comparison, Bitcoin was trading at ...
Google hires numerous law firms to fight EU fines
July 11th, 2017
Google is surrounding itself with some of the top law firms in Europe in the wake of its record-breaking €2.4 billion ‘illegal’ anti-trust ruling fine and the threat of more penalities on the horizon. Google is taking no chances ...
EU fines Google €2.42 billion for manipulating search engine results
June 27th, 2017
Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market ...
