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Billionaire Hedge Funders Made Money the Old-Fashioned Way

May 7th, 2014 (0)
So Institutional Investor’s Alpha put out its 2013 hedge fund compensation ranking today, and I guess we should talk about it because rich people got paid money and that is fun to gawp at. The obvious thing to say ...

From The “Silicon Cape” To The “Silicon Savannah,” African Tech Hubs Are Booming

May 5th, 2014 (0)
New research shows incredible growth in tech hubs around Africa. These support centers for app developers, hackers and entrepreneurs are just part of a massive technological renaissance in the region, where the population has “leapfrogged” into the mobile age. ...

Russia Knows Europe Sanctions Ineffective With Tax Havens

May 5th, 2014 (0)
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your assets safe. “You can rely on our legal system!” the ...

Oil price increases as Ukraine fear outweighs China data

May 5th, 2014 (0)
The price of oil climbed above $100 a barrel Monday as escalating tensions in Ukraine outweighed a fourth month of contraction in China’s manufacturing. Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery was up 34 cents to $100.10 a barrel at ...

Court case on streaming TV threatens to cloud our online equality

May 5th, 2014 (0)
American Broadcasting Services v Aereo could potentially be viewed as a human rights issue rather than a copyright dispute It is a very big court case about a tiny object. The American broadcasting industry is ferociously interested in its ...

White House seeks legal immunity for firms that hand over customer data

May 2nd, 2014 (0)
Obama administration asks legislators drafting NSA reforms to protect telecoms firms for complying with court orders, Guardian learns The White House has asked legislators crafting competing reforms of the National Security Agency to provide legal immunity for telecommunications firms ...

A Case of Piketty Fever at the OECD

May 2nd, 2014 (0)
The French economist Thomas Piketty has become something of a rock star with his recent book on inequality, and now the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development has embraced his data and ideas in a freshly-issued report. The think ...

Energy Future Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Delaware

April 29th, 2014 (0)
Energy Future Holdings Corp., the Texas power company Henry Kravis and David Bonderman took private in 2007 with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the biggest-ever leveraged buyout, filed for bankruptcy after reaching a deal with stakeholders to cut billions ...

The Euro’s current strength is a powerful deflationary factor: ECB’s Noyer

April 29th, 2014 (0)
The euro’s current strength is a powerful deflationary factor and low inflation is likely to persist in the euro zone for some time, European Central Bank policymaker Christian Noyer said on Monday. Spare capacity and deleveraging by companies and ...

Apple-Samsung $2 Billion Patent Case Over Google Hits Last Round

April 28th, 2014 (0)
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. head toward the conclusion of their second U.S. patent trial with one last chance to make a case to jurors on whether the $2 billion case is actually a proxy war over Google ...
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