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Perseus Wins Red Herring Top 100 North America - Joins The Ranks Of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, Palo Alto Networks And eBay, All Previously Honoured In The Past

Date 19/05/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks announced today the honour of being selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America winner for 2014. The award recognizes the leading private companies from North America and celebrates their innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

Crowdfunding Growth Outstrips Moore’s Law By A Factor Of 10

Date 19/05/2014

A mass of new data has revealed that global crowdfunding is growing exponentially, doubling every two months, and outstripping Moore’s Law of computing power by a factor of ten.

Rick Ketchum, Chairman And Chief Executive Officer, FINRA Annual Conference Welcome Remarks, Washington, DC, May 19, 2014 - Restoring Investor Trust In The Markets

Date 19/05/2014

Good morning. It's my pleasure to welcome you to another FINRA Annual Conference. It's good to have you here and to see so many of you again.

For the next few days, all of us are going to have opportunities to talk about the issues facing firms. And I look forward to being part of many of those conversations.

Montréal Exchange Closed - Market Holiday

Date 19/05/2014

The Exchange's offices and markets are closed today, May 19, 2014 (Victoria Day).

ECB And Other Central Banks Announce The Fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement

Date 19/05/2014

The European Central Bank, the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, the Deutsche Bundesbank, Eesti Pank, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of Greece, the Banco de España, the Banque de France, the Banca d’Italia, the Central Bank of Cyprus, Latvijas Banka, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg, the Central Bank of Malta, De Nederlandsche Bank, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, the Banco de Portugal, Banka Slovenije, Národná banka Slovenska, Suomen Pankki – Finlands Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank today announce the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA).

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Welcomes Banking Standards Review Report

Date 19/05/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority today welcomed thereport of the Banking Standards Review into how standards can be raised in behaviour and competence across the banking and building society sector.

Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index

Date 19/05/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), and CRD Analytics today announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 19, 2014.

Egyptian Exchange: The 1st DealOof Block Trading Mechanism Worth 2.1 Billion EGP On 6.5% Of CIB

Date 19/05/2014

EGX witnessed today, the first deal of Block Trading Mechanism.  The deal is worth 2.1 billion Egyptian Pounds on  6.5% of the shares of Commercial International Bank - Egypt sold by Actis to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd "Fairfax".  Shares were priced at 36.34 EGP per share & volume of deal reached 58.54 Million shares.  

ADX Achieves 99% In Disclosure Compliance

Date 19/05/2014

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it has succeeded in achieving a compliance rate of 99% regarding the disclosure of the 1st quarter financial statements of its listed public joint stock companies within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the financial period.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission: C.L. Management Services Limited And Its Director Fined $1.5 Million For Unlicensed Activities

Date 19/05/2014

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today fined C.L. Management Services Limited (C.L. Management) and its sole owner and director Ms Clarea Au Suet Ming a total of $1.5 million for unlicensed activities. Au was also sentenced to a total of six months’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months and ordered to pay the Securities and Future Commission’s (SFC) investigation costs.