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China charges GSK-linked investigators for illegally obtaining private information
July 14th, 2014
Prosecutors in China have filed charges against British investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday, after the couple were detained last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. ...
Tech earnings may boost market in flux
July 14th, 2014
Move over, underperforming banking sector. This week, major players in the tech space will report second-quarter results, and it could be a boost to a direction-seeking market in flux. Analysts project the tech sector will have a 12.3% growth ...
UAE regulator approves new brokerage companies’ regulation
July 14th, 2014
The board of directors of the UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority, SCA, has approved a new regulation for brokers and amended two other regulations. The new 34-article regulation classifies brokerage firms into (1) those which engage in trading only ...
UK Construction Slowdown in May
July 11th, 2014
Britain’s construction sector has suffered its sharpest slowdown for more than a year after housebuilding activity stalled in May, in the latest sign the property market may be coming off the boil. Construction output dropped 0.8% over the three ...
Shares of tiny Facebook rival wannabe halted
July 11th, 2014
A little known company that’s turned into a strange sensation on Wall Street saw its shares get halted Friday. Cynk Technology, a company that claims to be building “social network business” that trades on the lightly supervised Pink Sheet ...
ayondo Opens Office in Singapore
July 11th, 2014
The ayondo group announced that it has opened an office in Singapore, the ayondo Asia PTE Ltd, following its strategist expansion worldwide. The holding company, which operated as an investment group under the name Next Generation Finance until April ...
Society warns against emergency data legislation
July 11th, 2014
Emergency surveillance legislation being rushed through parliament next week could end up being used for purposes beyond which it is intended, the Law Society has warned. The warning comes as MPs prepare to pass the Data Retention and Investigatory ...
PwC must face $1 billion lawsuit over MF Global collapse
July 11th, 2014
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers’ request to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the auditor of providing bad accounting advice that contributed to the October 2011 collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd, a brokerage run by former ...
India’s Infosys Battles Leadership Turmoil To Post Profits
July 11th, 2014
Indian software giant Infosys (NYSE: INFY), the country’s second-largest software services exporter, reported a jump in profits as well as in revenues in the June quarter, the company announced Friday. The Bangalore-based company reported a net profit of $480.2 ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD: Aussie Firm on Australian Housing Data
July 11th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for July 11, 2014 AUD/USD has edged higher in Friday trade, as the pair trades at the 0.94 in the European session. On the release front, there are no key events on the schedule. In Australia, ...