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Simmons enters South Africa with Fasken Martineau alliance
August 1st, 2014
Simmons & Simmons has gained a South African presence by allying with Canadian firm Fasken Martineau’s recently-acquired Johannesburg operation. Fasken Martineau merged with the 76-lawyer Johannesburg-based Bell Dewar in February 2013, which brought in expertise in mining, infrastructure, energy, ...
Amazon to invest $2 billion more in India
July 30th, 2014
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) announced that is planning to invest a further $2 billion in India just a day after the country’s largest e-tailer Flipkart attracted $1 billion of fresh funds, raising the stakes in a nascent but fast-growing e-commerce ...
Dryness causes Soybeans Advance to Two-Week High
July 29th, 2014
There has been an increase for soybeans within two weeks bearing that dry weather in parts of the U.S. will cut yields in the world’s biggest producer. Corn fell. Dryness in the southwestern Midwest will expand through Aug. 6, ...
UBS Wins Case Over Firing of Drug Analyst in Front-Running Probe
July 24th, 2014
A London judge said UBS AG (UBSN) had the right to fire a senior analyst who discussed rumors about a Sanofi drug with a friend at a hedge fund who may have bet against the company before publishing a ...
Watch what markets don’t do as world politics turns nasty
July 23rd, 2014
Like so much in the investment world of late, it’s what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in ...
Europe rebounds as Ukraine rebels hand over black boxes
July 22nd, 2014
European markets rode a global rebound in risk appetite on Tuesday helped by the first signs of cooperation from Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists over the downed Malaysian Airlines plane. After days of uncertainty, a train carrying the remains of some ...
IMF’s Lagarde warns on ‘upbeat’ Europe markets
July 18th, 2014
Markets might be too optimistic on the euro zone’s prospects, according to the Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who has warned that large amounts of debt, unemployment and low inflation could hit growth ...
UK banks face break-up threat as watchdog plans competition probe
July 18th, 2014
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s new competition watchdog said it plans to launch an 18-month investigation into services for small business customers and personal current accounts. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on ...
LVMH and eBay settle litigation over fake goods
July 17th, 2014
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and eBay Inc have settled a long-running court battle over the sale of counterfeit luxury goods on the U.S. company’s online auction website. The companies are implementing cooperative measures aimed at protecting intellectual property ...
S&P 500 Dividends Poised for Years More Growth
July 17th, 2014
Dividends paid by Standard & Poor’s 500 Index companies will climb almost as much in the next five years as they did during the last four, according to Rod Smyth, RiverFront Investment Group LLC’s chief investment strategist. The comparison ...
