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U.S. authorities reportedly investigating Bitcoin businesses for connections to Silk Road
May 21st, 2014
Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. authorities are apparently renewing investigations into Bitcoin businesses and any potential connections to criminal activity. Specifically, renewed interest has surfaced in who else may have been connected to Silk Road, the shuttered online ...
BNP Falls as U.S. Probe Said to Cost More Than $5 Billion
May 21st, 2014
BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France’s largest bank, fell to a seven-month low in Paris on concern U.S. authorities will seek more than $5 billion from the lender to settle a probe into alleged violations of U.S. sanctions. The stock ...
China bans Windows 8 from government computers
May 21st, 2014
Government ties the decision to security concerns, though it’s unclear what will replace the still-widely-used Windows XP. The Chinese government has officially banned Windows 8 from use on all government computers, reports out of the country claim. The Xinhua ...
ASIC bans former Sydney trader
May 20th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Jeremy Kaviraj Nambiar, of St Ives, New South Wales, from providing financial services for eight years after an ASIC investigation found he created a series of fictitious trading entries and ...
Eastern dryness mars strong Australia crop outlook
May 20th, 2014
Dryness in eastern Australia is marring otherwise favourable prospects for US growers, and posing an “increasing risk” to a recovery in cattle prices, RuralCo said, as the farm services group unveiled a return to the black. The grain trading-to-farm ...
Solicitor struck off after bribery conviction
May 20th, 2014
A solicitor has been struck off following his conviction for bribery charges in the US. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) struck off Jeffrey Tesler last week (Tuesday 13 May). The SDT heard that Mr Tesler was jailed for 21 ...
The Greek Bond Dump
May 20th, 2014
Here’s a chart showing Greece’s 10-year bond yield during the past 10 days: Here’s what happened. On Thursday, speculation swept the markets that the government was about to levy a retroactive tax on profits made on trading Greek government ...
Marks and Spencer sees profits fall
May 20th, 2014
Marks and Spencer has reported a 3.9% fall in underlying annual profit to £623m, the third consecutive year its profits have fallen. The retailer also said that group sales rose by 2.7% to £10.3bn in the year to 29 ...
SRA publishes guidance for criminal legal aid contract applicants
May 19th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published guidance to support applicants tendering for criminal legal aid services contracts. The guidance covers key considerations firms need to keep in mind when applying for Own client contracts and Duty Provider Crime ...
ASIC reports on dark liquidity rule
May 19th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released the results of a review of rule changes affecting ‘dark trading’ and their impact on market quality. The meaningful price improvement rule and changes to block tier thresholds were introduced ...
