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Russia faces wave of bankruptcies if interest rates don’t fall
January 13th, 2015
The pressure is building on Vladimir Putin: Russia will be hit by a wave of bankruptcies unless it cuts interest rates very soon, a top financial official warned Monday. Anatoly Aksakov, president of Russia’s regional banking association and deputy ...
Jones Trading Selects Speakerbus’ voice collaboration solutions for financial trading
January 13th, 2015
Speakerbus, a specialist provider of voice collaboration solutions for financial trading, today announces Jones Trading, one of the most preeminent securities firms in the U.S, as a new customer of its iSeries solution to deliver an enterprise-wide hoot ‘n’ ...
Clive Palmer case in court: dense legal wrangling with a cast of hundreds
November 27th, 2014
Big money, big legal teams and a big call to make against a larger-than-life tycoon turned political phenomenon. But at the end of another round of labyrinthine legal argument, the accusations against Clive Palmer made by his former Chinese ...
Investing: Can you retire on $1 million?
October 24th, 2014
Probably. But you have to be smart about your investments and your withdrawals. some tips. If you read any financial advertising, you know that your savings are inadequate, and you’re likely to freeze to death in the dark a ...
U.S. stocks slide allows short sellers to smile again
October 15th, 2014
The stock market’s long-suffering short sellers finally have something to smile about. Investors who make a living betting that stock prices will fall are in a position to profit handsomely as the U.S. equity market sinks, with its biggest ...
Europe groups fear being caught in US tax crackdown
September 22nd, 2014
European multinationals have launched a rearguard effort in Washington to prevent them becoming unintended victims of a US crackdown on tax-driven international mergers. As the Obama administration finalises plans to curb “tax inversion” deals, big European companies that typically ...
U.S. SEC charges Houston adviser with not disclosing fund payments
September 3rd, 2014
A Houston-based investment advisory firm steered clients to certain mutual funds without disclosing that it was receiving payments from the broker who offered those funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a civil fraud complaint on Tuesday. ...
Merkel unhappy with Draghi’s apparent new fiscal focus
September 1st, 2014
A German news magazine reported on Sunday that Chancellor Angela Merkel is unhappy with European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi for apparently proposing a greater emphasis on fiscal stimulus over austerity in order to boost growth in Europe. Draghi ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
Vanishing euro zone inflation seen intensifying ECB policy headache
August 29th, 2014
If euro zone inflation falls deeper into the ‘danger zone’ as expected on Friday, it will at the very least complicate the European Central Bank’s plans to wait and see whether its recent policy move to ignite the euro ...
