1. New York begins to deal with first Ebola diagnosis "We want to state at the outset, there is no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed," Mayor Bill de Blasio said after the first New York case of Ebola was diagnosed Thursday...
The pendulum seems to have swung. After 12 months in which investment bankers have ruled the roost and gone about extolling ‘integrated origination verticals’, the investment banking pipeline is looking a bit less pumped than it was...
KCG Europe, the firm that emerged from the tie-up between Knight Capital and high frequency trader Getco last year, has seen through on promises to invest in people to an extent throughout 2014...
Credit Suisse’s third quarter results are out. Inexplicably, the Swiss bank is deferring its full financial release until October 31st, but in the meantime there’s still plenty to go on. Credit Suisse’s current investment banking staff will be pleased to hear that pay is up...
You’ve been searching in Singapore or Hong Kong for a new banking job and you’ve finally found what you think is a perfect fit. You face one big problem, however: your CV is what recruiters like to call “too choppy” because you have changed companies too often in the recent past...
Although the majority of headlines throughout yesterday concentrated on the Chinese GDP figure of 7.3% being slightly higher than the 7...
The Shanghai Money fair exposition has been acting as a catalyst for innovation and change in the Asian region for over 10 years; a unique driver, with a main focus on progress and collaboration reflecting China's emerging economy...
Editor's note: Timothy Stanley is a historian and columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph. He is the author of the new book "Citizen Hollywood: How the Collaboration Between L.A. and D.C. Revolutionized American Politics." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author...
After a massive surge in popularity in 2013 and the first half of 2014, bitcoin has been largely absent from the news headlines lately. However, over the past few months, the number of mainstream retailers that accept bitcoin has grown considerably...
Bill Gross appears to be at peace with the next chapter of his career. In Mr. Gross’s first public appearance since his abrupt departure from Pimco last month, he and Janus Capital Group Inc...
Philip Rosedale is telling me about his new company, but I can’t stop myself from looking down at my hands. With palms up, I watch with fascination as I slowly wiggle my fingers and form the “OK” sign. I curl my hands into fists as I reach my arms out in front...
Big Macs are becoming a big 'nyet' in Russia. Officials are continuing their crackdown on McDonald's (MCD) by forcing the closure of nine restaurants and investigating roughly half of the country's 446 locations...
Revenue Up 6%, Topping Expectations (By DANIEL HUANG) E*Trade Financial Corp. reported its third-quarter earnings Tuesday, announcing an 83% growth in profits as new customers and assets offset slower trading activity. E*Trade reported profits of $86 million, up from $47 million a year ago...
Europe's banks will find out whether they have passed their health checks this Sunday when the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) announce the results of two separate tests on the financial industry's ability to withstand economic shocks...
The main challenge that an online forex broker faces is how to detect fraudulent customer behavior in real-time without damaging its approval ratio for genuine customers, and providing the right balance between ease of use for the customer and security for the merchant...
(by FRASER CAIN) Consider this. The Universe is enormous. There are as many as four-hundred billion stars in our galaxy: the Milky Way. And there are more than one-hundred-and-seventy billion galaxies in the observable Universe...
(by ELIZABETH HOWELL) “One of the main things we’re focused on is the notion of existential risk, getting a sense of what the probability of human extinction is,” said Andrew Snyder-Beattie, who recently wrote a piece on the “Great Filter” for Ars Technica...
Last year, the total trading volume for the month of September reached $260 billion for Alpari group, meaning that the group suffered about $43 billion drop compared to 2013, coming out at a yearly 16.5% decrease...
The decrease in market making profits can also be attributed to lower average volatility, higher global M&A activity and a trading error that resulted in a loss of approximately $16 million during the quarter. Interactive Brokers Group, Inc...
Hedge funds increased the level of assets under management according to an industry report. Investors added net inflows of $18 bln during the three months of July to September thus taking the total AUM to $2.82 trln...
