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Nomura Misses Goal of Returning to Profit Abroad
April 28th, 2015
Nomura Holdings Inc. missed its goal of returning to profit outside Japan last fiscal year, people with knowledge of the matter said. The pretax loss in Europe, the Americas and Asia for the year ended March was due to ...
Greeks Add Pressure on Tsipras to Compromise as Talks Resume
April 27th, 2015
Greece resumed efforts to break a deadlock with its creditors as weekend polls showed a majority of the country’s people want the government to make compromises needed to release funds for its economy. Two opinion polls published over the ...
Nasdaq to settle Facebook IPO lawsuit for $26.5 million
April 27th, 2015
In a first for a U.S. stock exchange, Nasdaq OMX Group on Thursday agreed to pay $26.5 million (17.60 million pounds) to settle a class-action lawsuit involving its bungling of Facebook Inc’s $16 billion initial public offering, the plaintiffs’ lawyers said. ...
Blocked Bitcoin Websites Fight Government Censorship in Russian Court
April 27th, 2015
Bitcoin websites blacklisted by the Russian government brought their case before a judge today in an attempt to overturn a decision that has restricted domestic access to their domains. Members of bitcoin news website BTCsec.com and exhibition company Smile Expo were reportedly in ...
Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
Dollar on defensive after more weak U.S. economic data
April 27th, 2015
The dollar started the week on the defensive on Monday after more disappointing U.S. economic data reinforced expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates any time soon, while concerns about Greece‘s debt talks pressured the euro. ...
Switzerland, France Discuss Tax
April 24th, 2015
French President François Hollande has met with the head of Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, to talk tax. The meeting was held during Hollande’s state visit to Switzerland, the first by a French President since 1998. The ...
EU, US trade negotiators get an earful from critics
April 24th, 2015
Opponents of controversial US-EU trade talks came out swinging at a public comment period Thursday, arguing the emerging agreement was a bad deal for consumers and the environment. Critics of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) included ...
Dollar regains footing, Kiwi falls on RBNZ comments
April 23rd, 2015
Dollar broadly firm, US housing data beats expectations Euro hurt by concerns over Greece BOE minutes less dovish than expected, wrong footing markets Swiss franc under renewed pressure The U.S. dollar held firm on Thursday after strong U.S. housing ...
i-Swap and ICAP Information Services launch ‘i-Swap History’
April 22nd, 2015
New product contains 4 years of historical over-the-counter Euro swap data ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that ICAP Information Services (IIS), the market data business ...
