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OSB Daily Technical Analysis- Commodities
September 19th, 2014
OSB Daily Technical Analysis for September 19, 2014 Gold December 14 Gold fell below $1220 intraday and managed to close above for the day. Action suggests that the downward move might be preparing to take a pause at least for ...
SAP buys Concur in a $8.3 billion deal
September 19th, 2014
German software giant SAP SE (SAP +1.08%) agreed to buy Concur Technologies Inc., (CNQR +0.31%) which makes software to help employees manage their expense accounts, in a deal valued at $8.3 billion. Concur shareholders would receive $129 per share, ...
Scotland votes “No”
September 19th, 2014
Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence. With 31 out of the country’s 32 council areas having declared after Thursday’s vote, the ‘No’ side has an unassailable lead of 1,914,187 votes to ...
Accounts reporting abolition ruled
September 18th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has backed down over plans to remove the requirement for firms to submit accountants’ reports every year. Instead, the regulator has decided to require reports only if they have been qualified by the accountant for ...
Financial crisis a reason for late tax payment
September 18th, 2014
Sometimes bad economic news can be good news for taxpayers. A judge has ruled that the recession was a reasonable excuse for a family business to not pay a VAT bill on time. Scrimsign Micro Electronics, which makes electronic ...
Dark Pools need more transparent future as threats rise
September 18th, 2014
Off-exchange markets, accounting for more than 40 percent of dark-pool volume, have publicly disclosed rules of operation that were previously hidden. The private venues host 17 percent of trading in the $24 trillion U.S. stock market. They’re taking the ...
FRC updates UK Corporate Governance Code
September 18th, 2014
FRC has issued an updated version of the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). This significantly enhances the quality of information investors receive about the long-term health and strategy of listed companies, and raises the bar for risk management. ...
Russia Rules Out VAT, Personal Income Tax Changes
September 18th, 2014
Russia, which previously was said to be considering a new regional sales tax for introduction in 2015, has ruled out a change to the value-added tax regime, after the nation was reportedly considering a two percent value-added tax hike. ...
Australian firm pays $20,400 penalty for making misleading representations
September 18th, 2014
The Australian regulator has charged Invast Financial Services Pty Ltd (Invast), an Australian financial services (AFS) licensee based in Sydney, with the amount of $20,400 in penalties after ASIC issued two infringement notices for alleged misleading representations. ASIC was alert ...
SEC fines trading firm for violating net capital rule for broker-dealers
September 18th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a New York-based high frequency trading firm with violating the net capital rule that requires all broker-dealers to maintain minimum levels of net liquid assets or net capital. The firm’s former ...
