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Australia 200 – Receives Solid Support from 5400 Level
August 11th, 2014
Australia 200 for Monday, August 11, 2014 After being on quite a roll for several weeks throughout July, the Australian 200 Index has fallen sharply over the last couple of weeks returning back to more familiar territory between the ...
Technical Analysis AUD/USD – Trying to Recover Back Above Key 0.93 Level
August 11th, 2014
Technical Analysis AUD/USD for Monday, August 11, 2014 The Australian dollar is trading in a very small trading range between 0.9270 and 0.9280 after dropping so sharply in to finish out last week from above 0.9350 down to a ...
SRA approves first council ABS licence
August 8th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has granted a first alternative business structure licence to a local authority. Buckinghamshire Law Plus Limited will be licensed to undertake litigation and probate services, among other reserved activities. The entity, which has been planned ...
Canada, EU Complete Free Trade Agreement Text
August 8th, 2014
Officials have finalized the text of the delayed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. An agreement in principle was reached in October 2013, but it has since proven difficult to resolve the remaining technical ...
Accountant accused for client’s NIC oversight
August 8th, 2014
Self-employed Sean Murphy has been accused of not paying any Class 2 National Insurance contributions from 1995 until 2012 because he had not told the then Department of Social Security of his self-employment. The trial will rule as Murphy ...
Lloyds Sued by 220 Investors Over HBOS Takeover ‘Folly’
August 7th, 2014
Lloyds Banking Group Plc (LLOY) was sued by 220 investors who said they were misled into supporting a 2008 takeover of HBOS Plc that prompted a 20 billion-pound ($34 billion) bailout from the U.K. government. Britain’s biggest mortgage lender ...
Hong Kong Plugs Captive Insurance To Mainland Companies
August 7th, 2014
The Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Au King-chi, outlined Hong Kong’s plans to promote captive insurance for Mainland Chinese companies. Au said that, as “financial co-operation between Hong Kong and the Mainland has all along been ...
Wylys Call SEC $750 Million Trial Demand a Miscalculation
August 7th, 2014
The lawyer for Samuel Wyly and the estate of Charles Wyly told a judge they shouldn’t have to pay regulators as much as $750 million after being found liable for using a web of offshore trusts to hide stock ...
Standard Chartered faces further US fine
August 6th, 2014
Standard Chartered warned it could face more US fines over its money-laundering controls as it reported a 20% fall in half-year profits. US regulators have identified new problems with the bank’s surveillance system, the bank said. It faces a ...
Goldman, Deutsche Bank Said Near Deal for National Bank of Greece Buyout Firm
August 6th, 2014
The private-equity units of Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank are nearing an agreement to purchase the buyout arm of National Bank of Greece SA. Goldman Sachs Asset Management and DB Private Equity are in talks to pay Greece’s largest ...
