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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) just put a wet blanket on the Barclays Capital (LSE:BARC) Yule Log.  At about noon EST, FINRA levied a $3.75 million fine on the financial firm for its failure to properly maintain “electronic records, emails and instant messages.” Barclays is alleged to have violated SEC laws as well as […]

The higher you raise your flag, the more people will shoot at it.  Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) founder and CEO, has come to understand that there is a lot of difference between an on-campus, social media creation and the the megalith that Facebook has become.  Founded just ten years ago in a college dorm room, […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote and the FTSE100 correction has taken yet another leg down (that’s a 5.2% correction from the top). In fact the bad start to December is either here to scupper any […]

Medtech, a surgical robotics firm concerned with central nervous system procedures, has commenced a listing as part of compartment C of the Paris market operated by Euronext N.V. EnterNext, the NYSE Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the SME market, welcomed the new company, which will now benefit from its products and services. Medtech […]

EnterNext, the NYSE Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and developing the SME market, has welcomed thne composite and plastic injection molding specialist RocTool on its transfer from the Free Market to NYSE Alternext in Paris. Founded in 2000 in the French Alps, RocTool designs and markets rapid molding processes for composites, plastic injection and, soon, […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, Something different this week. Well, kind of. We’re halfway through November meaning just 5 shopping weeks until the big day. It also means market observers such as myself are busy updating their annual Santa Rally research showing off their […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, While we might have thought the surprise of the week was the ECB cutting interest rates to help counter falling inflation in the single currency region, make that three surprises now after US GDP and US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) […]

The Confederation of British Industry has today published its business vision for a reformed EU. After an in-depth study of the UK’s global future the CBI argues that with emerging markets become increasingly dominant that “the UK must maximise openness to global trade – and the best way of achieving this is as part of […]

The storms may be raging this morning, but Aggreko (LSE:AGK) is powering up the FTSE 100 with a 5.3% increase in its share price, a growth of 83.00 pence per share to 1,600.00. Normally, this is where I would say, as others already have, that the increase comes following Aggreko’s release of its interim results […]

Fitch Rating has affirmed Finland’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘AAA’, both with Stable Outlooks. The agency has also affirmed the Short-term foreign currency IDR at ‘F1+’ and the Country Ceiling at ‘AAA’. In a statement the ratings agency said that the affirmation reflects the following factors: –...