Facing redundancy in New Zealand? Send in the clowns
An employee of a New Zealand advertising company hired a professional clown to sit with him as his support person at a redundancy meeting in...
Atlantia shares plunge as investors await Edizione board meeting
Shares in Atlantia fell sharply on Monday ahead of a board meeting of its top investor Edizione, which a source said was expected to discuss...
Iran seizes vessel in Gulf for allegedly smuggling diesel fuel: ISNA
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized a vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 250,000 litres of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates, Iran’s semi-official...
Iraq says U.S. does not believe Iraqi territory used to launch attack on Saudi
Iraq said on Monday it had been told by the United States that Washington did not suspect an attack on Saudi Arabia had been launched...
Oil soars, stocks dip after Saudi supply shock
Oil prices hit four-month highs on Monday after attacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia fueled worries over the impact of an oil shock on...
Stablecoins harbor big risks, tough rules needed: Coeure
Stablecoins such as Facebook’s planned Libra are untested and pose serious risks, the European Central Bank’s Benoit Coeure said on Monday, pledging a tough regulatory...
Out-of-whack Credit Suisse security puzzles volatility traders
A small, unexplained aberration in a highly specialized corner of the vast U.S. equity and derivatives market is causing a buzz among traders already on...
Factbox: TVIX – The No. 1 volatility-linked exchange traded product
The price of a popular exchange-traded note that tracks stock market volatility has gotten out of sync with its underlying futures, evoking memories of a...
No need yet to abandon German balanced budget over climate plan: finance minister
The German government has other potential options for funding a planned climate package before it need consider sacrificing its “black zero” balanced-budget policy, Finance Minister...
Spain’s acting PM Sanchez rejects center-right’s conditions for backing him: source
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected conditions set out by center-right leader Albert Rivera to back him in a vote to form a government,...