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SEC Says Investor Accused of Fake Gold Bid Fled to China
June 12th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the man behind a fake $750 million bid for Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV) profited from selling an undisclosed stake in the mining company and has fled the country. Luis Chang and ...
Commodities markets summary
June 4th, 2014
ENERGY US oil prices edged higher in quiet trade, a day ahead of a key weekly report on US petroleum inventories, while Brent prices slipped in London. The US benchmark futures contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in ...
SAC Prosecutor Tells SEC Cohen’s Case Should Be Delayed
May 29th, 2014
An administrative proceeding filed against SAC Capital Advisors LP founder Steven A. Cohen by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be put on hold because prosecutions of his former employees aren’t fully resolved, the government told an agency judge. ...
Soft Futures market outlook
May 23rd, 2014
Wheat futures once again started firm, but whether they will end that way… There may be some cause to hope that the trend which set in on Tuesday, of strong starts followed by weak closes, may come to an ...
SEC’s Insider-Trading Case Against Obus Revived on Appeal
May 20th, 2014
Wynnefield Capital Inc.’s Nelson Obus traded on confidential information to make $1.3 million for his hedge fund and confessed to it twice, a lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a civil trial of Obus and ...
Credit Suisse Said Close to Guilty Plea, $2.5 Billion Accord With U.S.
May 16th, 2014
Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) is close to reaching an agreement to plead guilty and pay about $2.5 billion to the U.S. Justice Department and regulators to resolve investigations into whether it helped Americans evade taxes, three people familiar ...
Investors May Have Gained Early Word on Fed Policy, Study Finds
May 14th, 2014
Some investors may have gotten early word of changes to Federal Reserve policy between 1997 and 2013 and profited by trading before the policy shifts were publicly announced, according to Singapore-based researchers. Trading records show abnormally large price movements ...
Asia shares rise, shrug off slower China growth
April 16th, 2014
Shares rose Wednesday in Asia as positive sentiment from strong corporate earnings outweighed Ukraine’s crisis and slower economic growth in China. The Nikkei jumped 2.5 percent to 14,347.41 as a weaker yen boosted exporter stocks and Softbank Corp. shares ...
Oil falls to near $103 ahead of Ukraine meeting
April 15th, 2014
The price of oil fell to near $103 a barrel Tuesday ahead of talks aimed at defusing tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark U.S. crude for May delivery was down 92 ...
GM Down 14% Shows Barra Challenges From Recalls to China
March 27th, 2014
Less than three months into her tenure as General Motors Co. chief executive officer, Mary Barra has more than recalls to worry about. GM shares are down almost 14 percent since Barra took the helm Jan. 15 through yesterday, ...
