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Confie Seguros acquires two insurance brokerages
Confie Seguros acquired DeFranco Insurance Agency and Insurance Group of America. One of the fastest growing national providers of personal lines insurance, Confie Seguros, announced today its acquisition of two insurance brokerages, namely DeFranco Insurance Agency Inc of Niagara Falls, NY and Insurance Group of American Inc dba City Insurance of Palm Springs FL.
UAE banking rules criticized, government revision soon to come out
With vigorous criticism of the rules on banking exposure related to government related debt, the UAE central bank was forced to review the rules and study on how to lessen its harsh effects.
Financial advisers make use of social media for business
Social media is utilized by financial advisers to connect with managers and prospective clients. In a report by Zurich Financial Services Australia, the number of financial advisers using social media has increased.
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.
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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.
The Confederation of British Industry said they are campaigning for a reformed European Union for British interests.
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has called out the US leadership on its continued gridlocks in a speech held in Sydney, Australia.
Shares of Chinese technology companies remained high despite fraud allegations of NQ Mobile. A Bloomberg report said that fraud allegations hurled against NQ Mobile did not affect other Chinese companies.
Boming Cheng, the President of Citic Securities Co, said IPOs could resume again in China after a Chinese Communist Party meeting.
Several banks required to undergo Fed Reserve stress tests to determine capacity of capital cushions on hypothetical adverse conditions.
PricewaterhouseCoopers is set to assess the 'gogreen' policy and its implementation in the Indian telecommunications industry.
Hoteliers in UAE are in conflict as to the recommendation to impose a price ceiling on hotel rates. A hotelier in Dubai had called for the UAE tourism authority to introduce a ceiling on hotel rates to control the market.
Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, have caused Indians to loosen purse strings despite high inflation.
