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Asia Stocks Rise as Copper Slips Amid China Stimulus Talk
March 24th, 2014
Asian shares rose, with the regional index rebounding from its biggest two-week decline since June, and the yen fell. Nickel slid after a seventh weekly gain as a preliminary Chinese manufacturing gauge unexpectedly fell, while gold and silver retreated. ...
CySec: warning
March 21st, 2014
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) the Cypriot financial regulatory authority has issued a press release warning the investors that the companies: ‘Mercuria Technologies Ltd’ (http://www.optionsmarter.com) ‘Frontiers Group Investment Ltd’ (http://frontierforex.com/) Are not permitted to provide investment and ...
India’s Bonds Snap Two-Week Gain as Fed Signals Rate Increase
March 21st, 2014
India’s 10-year bonds capped the first weekly decline in three on concern fund inflows into high-yielding assets will slow after the Federal Reserve signaled U.S. interest rates will be raised. The Fed cut its monthly debt purchases by $10 ...
ESMA consults on major shareholders disclosures
March 21st, 2014
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the revised Transparency Directive relating to the notification of major shareholdings and the indicative list of financial instruments subject to notification ...
U.S. Index Futures Rise as S&P 500 Heads for Weekly Gain
March 21st, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures advanced, indicating that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will rise for a second day as it heads for its biggest weekly jump in a month. Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. surged 37 percent in early ...
Putin Clears Crimea Annexation as Ukraine Signs EU Pact
March 21st, 2014
Russia completed the process of annexing Crimea and the European Union signed a political pact with Ukraine, escalating the worst standoff between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation approved by lawmakers ...
Take Cover Against Tax Season Violence
March 21st, 2014
The threat of violence against professional tax return preparers is real. According to an item in the Minneapolis StarTribune on February 28, a man accompanying a female client to a meeting at Tax City Tax Service, a tax preparation ...
IRS Already Received Over Half of Expected Tax Returns
March 21st, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it has already received more than half of the tax returns it expects to receive during 2014, even though the filing deadline is nearly a month away. The IRS said it has received ...
Bank of Malta: Zecchino
March 21st, 2014
On 25 March 2014 the Central Bank of Malta will issue a gold coin depicting the zecchino. The coin has a face value of €5. The zecchino was a gold coin first minted in Venice in 1284 and derived ...
Avoid Those Rose-Colored Dividends
March 21st, 2014
Don’t let investor communication objectives stand in the way of making sound dividend policy decisions during a downturn. Although there are numerous dividend-related metrics, including dividend yield and dividend-payout ratio, any thorough discussion of dividend policy should focus heavily ...
