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As U.S. hearings loom, Takata faces long slog in air bag crisis
November 20th, 2014
Takata Corp (7312.T) faces a long battle to gauge the fallout from a fast-moving air bag crisis as recalls mount up, adding to the costs for the loss-making Japanese auto partsmaker. Two U.S. Senators have called a news conference on ...
ASIC takes civil action against LM founder and former directors
November 20th, 2014
ASIC has started legal action against LM Investment Management Ltd (LMIM) founder, Peter Charles Drake, and former directors, seeking financial penalties and banning orders following the collapse of the Gold Coast-based fund manager. ASIC’s civil penalty proceedings in the ...
RBNZ releases Brighter Money designs
November 20th, 2014
New Zealand’s banknotes are getting brighter and better, with the RBNZ today unveiling more vibrant and secure banknote designs which will progressively enter circulation later next year. The Bank today also launched a Brightermoney.co.nz website which contains basic information about the ...
ASIC shuts down unlicensed FX business and removes its director from the industry
November 20th, 2014
ASIC has taken action in the NSW Supreme Court to permanently shut down unlicensed foreign exchange (FX) business, Vault Market Pty Ltd (Vault Market), and to remove its sole director, Mr MD Anamul Amin, from the financial services industry. ...
Yahoo to replace Google as default search engine on Firefox in US
November 20th, 2014
Yahoo will replace Google as the default search engine on the Firefox web browser in the US, signalling Yahoo’s resolve to regain some of the ground that it has lost in the most lucrative part of the internet’s ad market. The ...
Technical Analysis: Indices – Nov 20
November 20th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 SPX has broken off 2050 line but a revered around 2045 level. A break over 2060 next will target 2100 but a lower leg to 2040 will send SPX back into the 2020-2050 ...
FCA fines RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank Ltd £42 million for IT failures
November 20th, 2014
The FCA has taken this action against the Banks for failing to put in place resilient IT systems which could withstand, or minimise the risk of, IT failures. The actual cause of the IT incident was a software compatibility ...
Technical Analysis: Commodities– Nov 20
November 20th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 XAU/USD (GOLD) has been moving around 1188 – 1200 level and made no new attempts at all. A break over 1205 will target 1240 next and a lower leg under 1175 will target ...
Technical Analysis: Currency pairs – Nov 20
November 20th, 2014
Technical Analysis for November 20, 2014 EUR/USD attempts to cross over 1.257 line but failed and it has formed double top at 1.257 level. A break over 1.258 will target 1.257 next and this will bring further heavy bullishness in ...
Islamic finance body AAOIFI to revise four standards, eyes sukuk
November 20th, 2014
The Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) will revise four of its standards in the first half of next year while expanding its guidance for Islamic bonds, the industry body said. Earlier this month, AAOIFI issued ...
