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Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
JPMorgan Chase Paying $264 Million to Settle FCPA Charges
November 18th, 2016
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay more than $130 million to settle SEC charges that it won business from clients and corruptly influenced government officials in the Asia-Pacific region ...
Dollar Extends Weekly Surge on Yellen Commentary as Metals Drop
November 18th, 2016
Japan’s Topix climbing for a seventh day as yen languishes Fed Chair sees hike relatively soon, plans to serve full term The dollar extended its advance after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled an interest-rate hike could be imminent, ...
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Advances as UK Retail Sales Trigger Rush for Sterling
November 17th, 2016
Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Climbs after Forecast-Beating Retail Sales Results The Pound has been able to rise by 0.4% against the US Dollar today, primarily on account of the October retail sales results. On the month and the ...
Yellen: Rate hike ‘appropriate relatively soon,’ cites dangers in waiting
November 17th, 2016
Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Thursday made her strongest comments to date in favor for a policy tightening in December, telling Congress an increase could be “appropriate relatively soon.” The head of the U.S. central bank also cited the ...
Dollar stays near 13-and-a-half year peak; BOJ bond operation weighs on yen
November 17th, 2016
The dollar caught its breath on Thursday, after charging to a 13-1/2 year high against a basket of currencies on bets the Trump administration will adopt inflationary policies, while the yen sagged after a Bank of Japan bond-buying operation. ...
Forex broker fined for more than $35 Million
November 17th, 2016
Federal Court Orders IB Capital FX, LLC, Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi to Pay More than $35 Million in Restitution and a Civil Penalty for Soliciting at Least $50 Million from Members of the Public to Trade Forex, without ...
Broker sentenced in $3 million Ponzi scam
November 16th, 2016
A former Greenville broker accused of stealing from his clients in a long-running Ponzi scam was sentenced Tuesday to two years in a federal penitentiary. Claus C. Foerster, 56, of Spartanburg, defrauded clients of over $3 million while employed as ...
Asian Stocks Rebound Amid Dollar Retreat as Trump Shock Fades
November 16th, 2016
Zinc retreats from six-year high as yuan extends slide Major crude producers are holding talks to agree output cuts Asian stocks rose for the first time in four days and the dollar weakened versus most peers as investors questioned ...
SIX is new partner of ETH ZISC
November 15th, 2016
Data protection and security are of utmost importance to SIX as the main infrastructure provider for the Swiss financial center. In the constantly and rapidly changing world of IT, security requirements must be geared to changing situations and to ...
