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Europe Stocks Rise With Italy Bonds After ECB; Euro Drops
June 5th, 2014
European stocks extended gains, Italian bonds advanced and corporate credit risk slid to a six-year low after the European Central Bank cut all three interest rates. The euro weakened, treasuries rose and commodities fell. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index ...
Sprint and T-Mobile near a deal
June 5th, 2014
Sprint Corp. (S) is nearing an agreement on the price, capital structure and termination fee of an acquisition for T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) that could value the wireless carrier at almost $40 a share, people with knowledge of the ...
Little Change for U.S. Stock-Index Futures Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures remained relatively unchanged, after equities climbed to a record, while investors awaited the European Central Bank’s decision on stimulus today and the monthly jobs report tomorrow. Sprint Corp. advanced 4.2 percent in German trading after people ...
China against Windows 8 Amid U.S. Spat
June 5th, 2014
China’s government took another step against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) by telling officials in one province not to use Windows 8 software, marking an escalation in the dispute with the U.S. over spying and hacking allegations. Jiangsu province, south of ...
Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck
June 5th, 2014
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced Germany’s flagship lender to delay the issue by several days. ...
Caution reigns as traders await Mr Draghi
June 5th, 2014
The euro is steady, benchmark bond yields nudging lower and bourses are mixed as investors wait to see if the European Central Bank will introduce a package of measures designed to tackle deflation concerns and boost the bloc’s economy. ...
Yen Rebounds as Most Asia Stocks Drop With Oil Before ECB
June 5th, 2014
Japan’s yen rebounded from a one-month low while Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures were little changed before a European Central Bank monetary-policy announcement. Most Asian stocks retreated with oil, and platinum dropped amid talks to end a South African ...
FINMA announces “Accounting – banks” circular
June 4th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has published today the definitive version of the new circular “Accounting – banks”. The new circular is based on the Banking Ordinance that has been adopted and fully revised by the Federal ...
The Perils of Silos in Risk Management
June 4th, 2014
Silos, or autonomous units, can exist in most organizations. It’s no surprise that risk management can be divided into “siloed” functions, and it’s commonly done. Among their advantages: Silos can enable risk management specialization by business unit. For example, ...
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 ...
