Bondholders and large depositors in a failing bank face taking losses from the start of 2016, European Union negotiators have agreed, a European Parliament lawmaker said on Wednesday.
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GLG Partners Inc agrees on $9 million settlement with regulator for coal mine purchase
GLG Partners, a London-based hedge fund, agreed to settle claims that it overvalued the purchase of a mining asset in 2008 in a deal worth about $9 million, Bloomberg reported.
Mircrosoft-Nokia merger a go after Indian court lifts asset freeze order
Despite releasing the local assets back to Nokia Oyj, the Delhi High Court clarified that the Finnish company will still be liable to any remaining tax bills from the local mobile phone plant that Microsoft will be acquiring.
Saputo extends takeover bid for Warrnambool by another week
Saputo Inc., Canada's biggest dairy company, has extended its bid for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Co. by a week to next Friday. Saputo is up against Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Ltd. and Bega Cheese Ltd. for the Australian dairy firm, according to a Reuters report.
Norway says Bitcoins aren't real money
Bitcoins suffered a blow in Norway as the government declared that it was not real money. It will be treated as an asset and be subject to a capital gains tax, Bloomberg reported.
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The Luxembourg-based General Court declared on Wednesday that Cisco's antitrust concerns regarding Microsoft Corp's takeover of the largest Internet video and voice messaging provider Skype was unfounded.
The over 900 pages of preamble and regulations regarding the Volcker Rule appeared to have excluded market-making activities of Wall Street banks, said a Bloomberg report.
The row that occurred between 23andMe Inc and the Food and Drug Administration has led to stricter oversight of the genetic testing industry, according to a Bloomberg report.
A joint statement on Tuesday revealed that Micron Technology will be paying Rambus at $10 million in royalties per quarter for a seven-year period for the former's use of the latter's DRAM memory patents.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India or SEBI has tightened its control on mutual funds, causing frustration in asset managers, according to a Reuters report.
JPMorgan Chase has filed an application for a payment system that is similar in many ways to the controversial Bitcoin, according to a Financial Times report.
Australia gave its approval to China state-owned coal firm Yanzhou Coal Mining Co to move towards a 100% ownership in Yancoal Australia, a Bloomberg report said.
Bart Chilton, member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the Volcker rule on proprietary trades will most likely take in effect before 2015, as said in a Reuters report.
The role of private equity firms in Sweden are now under close scrutiny as the country rethinks its pioneering educational reforms that are emulated worldwide, a Reuters Insight report said.
