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    Citibank charging two different currency rates for credit card use same day

    April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Prabhudev Konana traveled to Paris in December and used his Citigroup Inc. credit card to pay hotel and restaurant bills. When he got home to Austin, Texas, he was upset to see two different currency exchange rates for charges made the same day, one 3.6 percent higher...
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    Supplemental Liquidity Providers - NYSE exchange rule 107 B

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (Release No. 34-58877; File No. SR-NYSE-2008-108) October 29, 2008 Self-Regulatory Organizations; New York Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change for a Six-Month Pilot Program to Establish a New Class of NYSE...
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    The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading

    Let´s wait and see how they are going to liquidate their desperate long postions in let´s say 6 weeks time when S&P is approaching new lows...:D
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    Traders who made billions

    Commodity Corp offered every newcomer 3 million USD AUM for 3 month. Expected 3 month return : 4 % after fees. If trader kept up with the expected performance, Commodity Corp would have offered 10 million USD next year. After 2 years of positive track record they offered to increase stake up to...
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    The real reason treasuries are falling

    There are also some other priviliges : In conclusion, if you do not receive a salary, consultancy fees or similar income in Croatia, the tax situation is very favorable. The following income is tax-free: - Interest payments - on loans, investments, deposits with financial institutions...
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    Obama says financial sector to shrink

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The financial sector will make up a smaller part of the U.S. economy in the future as new regulations clamp down on "massive risk-taking," President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Saturday. Obama, whose young administration has spearheaded a raft of...
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    The real reason treasuries are falling

    Tax Free Yachting In Croatia http://www.escapeartist.com/OREQ9/Living_In_Croatia.html
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    Elizabeth Warren: Goldman Needs to Return Money It Got from AIG

    Change the rules ? Isn´t it standard US approach in the finance industry ? Mark-to-market changed. All of a sudden NOBODY is talking anymore about level 3 assets. Nobody mentioning anymore SIV´s, off balance sheet risks. Mainstream media has shifted the "focus" to positive mainstream newsflow...
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    Results of U.S. bank stress tests to be released Thursday: report

    ...with all their "little" Ex Goldman hedge fund alumnis around....no wonder RenTech and others are running against an off balance sheet armada of Ex Goldman "intraday liquidity providers"...:mad:
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    Fed to launch program bolstering commercial real estate loans in June

    WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve announced Friday it will take a key consumer-lending program and expanded it to help jump-start the commercial real-estate lending industry. The program, which will be launched in June, will provide government five-year loans to investors so they...
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    J.P. Morgan trims EPS outlook for several banks

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Analysts at J.P. Morgan Chase on Friday trimmed their 2009 and 2010 earnings estimates for several large banks, citing higher credit costs, lower net interest income and falling fee income reflected in first quarter earnings results. ... "We expect credit...
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    Results of U.S. bank stress tests to be released Thursday: report

    I strongly recommend to split GS. This company is unbearable with regards to competition. Whoever runs over 200 million USD VaR per day, needs to be monitored not only closely by market regulators, there need to be consequences immediately.
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    ES Journal Archive (2009 - 2010)

    Strangle 865 / 885.00 might be a good idea. Some vola breakout will occur...
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    Results of U.S. bank stress tests to be released Thursday: report

    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department will release bank stress test results on Thursday, later than previously planned, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday on its Web site. Regulators are expected to disclose potential loss estimates for the...
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    UK Bankers Slammed for 'Astonishing' Financial Mess

    Bankers have made an "astonishing mess of the financial system" and UK banks such as HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland have been "the principal authors of their own demise", a report by an influential committee of MPs has concluded. The Treasury Select Committee, which has been investigating...
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    Citigroup selling Nikko Cordial unit for $7.9 bln

    Citi said Friday that it is selling its Japanese domestic securities business, conducted principally through Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. in a deal worth around 774.5 billion yen ($7.9 billion). Citi said the deal is expected to generate around $2.5 billion of...
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    BlueCrest teams up with Merrill Lynch for new CTA Ucits fund

    Alternative asset manager BlueCrest Capital has teamed up with Merrill Lynch to launch a Ucits version of its trend-following Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) strategy. The new BlueTrend UCITS Fund will be available to institutional and retail investors in UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy...
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    Trading Technologies Launches X_TRADER® 7.6

    I want all Asian Exchanges added ! Sout Korea, Honkong, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, India, And these, too : http://www.bcsf.com.ar/ http://www.bmf.com.br/portal/portal.asp http://www.m-x.ca/accueil_en.php http://www.safex.co.za/ http://www.rts.ru/?tid=541
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    London's `Twin Pillars of Doom' May Spark Hedge Fund Exodus to Switzerland

    LOL ! You made some experience with the Swiss police, what ?
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