Viva Industrials Trust had not done well in its share sale, according to Businessweek. A report by Businessweek said Singapore business and real estate trust (REIT) had opened poorly in the Singaporean stock exchange.
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SAC pleads guilty – pays USD1.2 billion in penalty
SAC Capital pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal charges amounting to USD1.2 billion in penalty.
HSBC shares rises on its sixth week at Hong Kong stock trading
HSBC experienced another rise in shares at the Hong Kong stock trading. Europe's largest bank in terms of market value, HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA), stocks rose on its sixth week in the Hong Kong stock trading.
GE embraces crowdfunding with OurCrowd partnership
GE Ventures entered the crowdfunding arena by partnering with the OurCrowd platform. GE Ventures embraced crowdfunding today by partnering with OurCrowd, an Israeli crowdfunding platform.
Deals of the day - M&As
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday: BlackBerry Ltd is abandoning a plan to sell itself and instead will replace its chief executive and raise about $1 billion from institutional investors, including its largest shareholder, the smartphone maker said.
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The European Central Bank's bets on easing euro zone rates pushed most of its government bonds up.
The 2013 Investec Private Equity study takes the observations of fifteen senior private equity executives and their views on the future of the market.
Some say the Euro is overvalued while others claim it is not. The founders of the Euro had dreamt of a superpower currency that can go head to head with the US dollar, to free Europe from US economic dependence.
JPMorgan Chase hiring practices now being reviewed by US, British and Hong Kong regulatory authorities.
Westpac CEO Gail Kelly reports a good 2013 and expects a better year for 2014. Westpac is set to increase its focus on growth for 2014, as it looks forward to another record making profit season.
Woori Finance Holdings Co.'s share values fell by nearly 3% to KRW12,000 per share. The share values of Woori Finance Holdings dropped to its lowest levels in nearly a month.
A CNBC report said that SAC Capital Advisors would plead guilty to securities fraud charges and pay a fine of USD 1.8 billion.
Boming Cheng, the President of Citic Securities Co, said IPOs could resume again in China after a Chinese Communist Party meeting.
Trim Tabs showed data that investors poured US$54.2 billion into equity mutual funds. Investors flooded US equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds with $54.
