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Why The Bitcoin Price Dropped Today
September 19th, 2014
Normally in the Bitcoin world sudden price fluctuations ranging from $10-$30 can be attributed to market manipulation by large holders of the virtual currency. However, when the price changes greater than $30 in a short period of time there ...
Commodities Suffer at Hands of Fed
September 19th, 2014
Commodities dropped to the lowest level in more than five years after the Federal Reserve raised its outlook for interest rates, bolstering the dollar and reducing the appeal of raw materials as a store of value. The Bloomberg Commodity ...
SEC probing Goldman Sachs internship
September 19th, 2014
U.S. regulators are investigating a Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) internship for the brother of a former official at Libya’s sovereign wealth fund and perks allegedly offered by the bank to the fund, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
China fines GSK $489 mln and jails executives
September 19th, 2014
China has fined British pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L 3 billion yuan ($488.8 million) for paying out bribes in what is a record penalty for China, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday. A court in Changsha has also ...
BNP Paribas hires ex-U.S.Treasury official for compliance job
September 19th, 2014
BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) has hired a former top official at the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions office, people familiar with the matter said, part of the French bank’s effort to build up its compliance department after its record settlement over ...
European Court decides to cut rate VAT on digital books
September 19th, 2014
The European Court of Justice has agreed that a reduced rate of value-added tax may be applied to books that are provided in digital form. The case concerned a publishing company that sought a preliminary ruling from the Finnish ...
Citigroup Tells Appeals Court of Its Argentina Quandary
September 19th, 2014
Citigroup has found itself in an awkward position: It must decide between defying a New York court order or a sovereign government, a move that it says would result in “grave sanctions” from Argentina. “We’re going to obey, and ...
Oracle CEO Ellison steps down
September 19th, 2014
Larry Ellison announced Thursday he has agreed to step down as CEO of Oracle, the software powerhouse he co-founded. Mark Hurd and Safra Catz, co-presidents of Oracle, will take the role as CEO. Catz will handle all manufacturing, finance ...
OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Indices
September 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 19, 2014 S&P 500 Clear push above the 2000 level for the December 14 S&P 500 contract. Recent correction is likely over and new up leg appears to be in motion. Higher ...
Home Depot reports 56 million card details likely stolen in breach
September 19th, 2014
Home Depot Inc (HD.N) Thursday said some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyberattack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at the home improvement chain was larger than last year’s unprecedented breach at Target Corp ...
