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Ex hedge fund manager unable to persuade judge
August 12th, 2014
Samuel Israel, former hedge fund manager who faked his suicide after his involvement in a $450m fraud has failed last week to persuade a judge to shorten his 22-year sentence or set him free on the basis that prison ...
SEC pursues brokerage firm and CEO
August 11th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a Bahamas-based brokerage firm and its president for enabling a fraud that was halted when the SEC charged the hedge fund manager at the center of the scheme. The SEC alleges ...
How Bond Traders Profited Off U.S. Wage of $24.45 an Hour
August 11th, 2014
Yields on 10-year Treasuries (USGG10YR) hit a three-week high, suggesting traders were bracing for evidence the long-awaited pickup in wages would materialize and provide the catalyst for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. While the economy rebounded last ...
Yen Falls as Russia Eases Ukraine Tension
August 11th, 2014
The yen fell versus 14 of its 16 major peers as concern eased about tensions in Ukraine after reports last week that Russia’s warplanes ended drills and the nation is seeking to mediate between Kiev and rebel forces. The ...
Former CEO of ConvergEx Subsidiary faces SEC’s charges
August 8th, 2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed charges to the former chief executive officer of a broker-dealer subsidiary of ConvergEx Group LLC for deceiving brokerage customers with hidden fees to buy and sell securities. SEC claims that the ...
The Global Economy’s Groundhog Day
August 8th, 2014
In the movie “Groundhog Day,” a television weatherman, played by Bill Murray, awakes every morning at 6:00 to relive the same day. A similar sense of déjà vu has pervaded economic forecasting since the global economic crisis began a ...
Pfizer faces lawsuits over Lipitor
August 8th, 2014
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is facing a large amount of lawsuits from women who claim that the firm was aware that its anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor was causing possible serious side effects. The number of lawsuits has tremendously risen during the ...
Arab Bank Plc in trial in the U.S. for financing Hamas
August 8th, 2014
Arab Bank Plc ARBK.AM faces accusations that it provided material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. The bank will go under trial next week in New York making it the first financing case in the United States. The Jordan-based ...
Hyundai pays $17.35M fine for brake recall delay
August 8th, 2014
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that a $17.35 million fine was charged to Hyundai due to its delayed respond to report a brake defect in 2009 for 20012 Genesis luxury sedans. NHTSA reported six crashes while the ...
Are banks looking at a shrunken future?
August 7th, 2014
Amid the hundreds of billions of bad-credit write-downs and the multibillion- dollar settlements with government watchdogs since the 2008 financial collapse, it’s easy to lose sight of what good shape banks are in. The leftover business from the crash ...
