Martin Shkreli's $5 Million Bail Was Secured With His E-Trade Account
Last December, Martin Shkreli, who was arrested for securities fraud in pharmaceutical company was released on bail. Court document shows his $5 million security bond was secured with $45 million E-Trade account.
Jan 11, 2016 6:58 AM EST
Scientists found that century-old Alexander Keith's found at Halifax Harbour is in fact beer
The 125-year-old bottle of Alexander Keith's found at the bottom of the Halifax Harbour last year is confirmed by scientists as drinkable beer.
Oracle billionaire sold controlling interest in his Hawaiian Island Air
Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison's Ohana Airline Holdings LLC will sell a controlling interest of Island Air to venture capital investment company PacifiCap.
McDonald’s gets a multi-color makeover as CEO pushes the company to be a modern, progressive burger company
McDonald’s launched a new makeover for its packaging using bold, bright colors on cups, boxes, and bags that will become more appealing to customers.
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Philippine Peso, this week’s least loser among emerging Asian market
The Philippine peso is the least loser among emerging-market in Asia this week, thanks to the remittance from its overseas workers and outsourcing industry, which shielded it from the Chinese economic slowdown and increase in US interest rates.
Jan 10, 2016 10:02 PM EST
Tax refund to take longer due to IRS tighter security against fraud
Taxpayers who would file their tax return beginning January 19 will have to wait until March 1 to get their tax refund due to the tighter security the IRS will implement to prevent tax frauds.
Jan 10, 2016 9:58 PM EST
IRS Fines 8 Million Americans, 0.3 Million of Them From Low Income Group
IRS has fined some 8 million people and 1.4 million households are forecast to fall prey of fines due to ignorance on new healthcare law. Commonly criticized as the Obama Care Law, the new law instructs all Americans to go through insurance net. But mainly due to ignorance about mandatory submission of tax returns and moreover legally remain exempted from tax net, have fall victim to count fine for $210 each.
Jan 10, 2016 9:50 PM EST
HSBC and JPMorgan Well Ahead In ARAMCO IPO Race
State owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (ARAMCO) is possibly going for an IPO aiming to raise funds for $1 trillion to $10 trillion. Some shares of the IPO may be awarded among the local banks and investors following ARAMCO’s action plan. However, experience in banking operations in the kingdom is believed to play the key role for selection which put HSBC and JPMorgan well ahead in the IPO grabbing race.
Jan 10, 2016 9:45 PM EST
5 US airlines hike base fares
The US-based five airlines - Delta, Southwest, American, United and Virgin America have raised base fare on domestic travel. The hike is effective for corporate, leisure and discounted fares. Airlines are bullish on margins as business travel is expected to be stable even leisure travel takes a dip. The five airlines control 80 percent of the US domestic travel. Airlines are set to post surge in operational profits owing to lower fuel costs.
Jan 08, 2016 4:56 AM EST
Stocks tumble on China instability amid further devaluation of Yuan
The instability in Chinese economy, after the dragon country devalued Yuan for eighth time, has created tremors across the global bourses. All the sectors fell in the range of 0.4 percent to 1.8 percent on the Wall Street. Safe haven yellow metal gained four percent in 2016. Chinese CSI 300 index fell 7%.
Jan 07, 2016 7:04 PM EST
Ford upbeat on self-driving cars, to invest $4.5 billion
Ford Motor is investing about $4.5 billion in developing electric vehicles. Contrary to unconfirmed news that Ford and Google working together on developing driverless cars, Ford Motor President Mark Fields didn't mention about this association in his speech at CES-2016. Fields is very keen on exploring the $5.4 trillion transportation services segment.
Jan 07, 2016 5:03 AM EST
Watch out for gold, oil, airlines in 2016
The year 2016 is expected to be positive for gold, oil and airlines segments. The sluggish real growth will propel gold prices. After declining for 18 months, oil price technically may make a rebound. Lower fuel costs and rising passenger traffic propel airlines to make more profits this year.
Jan 07, 2016 4:58 AM EST
PMorgan replaces KCG with Virtu Fin as market maker
JPMorgan Chase & Co has replaced KCG Holdings Inc with Virtu Financial Inc as its market maker. Virtu from Wednesday onwards takes care of JPMorgan Chase's stock on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). JPMorgan was disappointed with the role of KCG Holdings on 24 August 2015 as the stock markets witnessed mayhem pulling several stocks lower.
Jan 07, 2016 4:10 AM EST
Disney kicks off 2016 with $3-billion bond issue
Walt Disney, Ford Motor and Deere & Co are leading the corporate bond sales, which began on positive note in 2016. The US companies sold $1.621 trillion in debt in 2015 as the majority of American corporate firms preferred to take zero rate advantage before Federal Reserve announcing the rate hike. Yields on investment-grade bonds rose to four-year high of 3.71 percent in December 2015.
Jan 07, 2016 2:14 AM EST
Intel Introduces Augmented Reality (AR) World Through X- Ray Visioning Daqri Smart Helmet
Intel’s 3D RealSense Camera empowers Daqri Helmet to represent an augmented reality world at the stage of Consumer Electronics Show, 2016. Through unveiling the smart helmet, Intel is believed to surpass Microsoft in the race towards augmented reality world. The X- ray visioning smart camera is scheduled to become available for purchase from the first quarter of this year.
Jan 07, 2016 12:56 AM EST
Weakened Yuan Triggers Drop in Futures and Stocks in U.S., Europe and Asia
Yuan that keeps weakening have dropped Asian stocks dropped and plunge of futures in Europe and U.S.. On Wednesday trading Yuan hit five year low against US dollar.
Jan 06, 2016 8:07 PM EST
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