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WhoTrades wants to be No 1 in Latin America

International Finance DeskFebruary 11, 2015

by International Finance DeskFebruary 11, 2015

The global online broker will leverage the reliability of its operation and advanced technologies February 11, 2015: WhoTrades Ltd., a leading global brokerage, winner of the prestigious Foreign Exchange Awards in the Best Deals Execution category and an ambitious player on the brokerage services market, is once again making its presence strongly felt by way...

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Americans being served cards with chips

International Finance DeskNovember 4, 2014

by International Finance DeskNovember 4, 2014

Following several breaches, US companies are forced to offer credit cards with greater security features Tom Groenfeldt November 4, 2014: The US is the last country with paved roads to adopt EMV, said Thad Peterson, senior analyst at the Aité Group, passing along a quip he had heard. That’s changing — almost all the new...

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Uruguay’s presidential election goes to run-off

International Finance DeskOctober 27, 2014

by International Finance DeskOctober 27, 2014

abare Vazquez of the leftish Broad Front and Lacalle Pou from the conservative National Party won the first round Kamilia Lahrichi Oct 27,2014: The two contenders who won Uruguay’s first round of the presidential election on October 26 will not bring about any radical economic change for this small country wedged between two regional heavyweights –...

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Bolivia’s Evo Morales wins a third consecutive term

International Finance DeskOctober 17, 2014

by International Finance DeskOctober 17, 2014

Left-leaning president, an Aymara Indian and a former coca farmer, becomes the longest serving leader and incumbent head of state in the Andean country Kamilia Lahrichi October 17,2014:Since his first election in 2005, Evo Morales has propelled economic growth in what was once one of the worst performing economies in Latin America, and enacted redistributive...

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CFOs looking after more than just finance

International Finance DeskOctober 17, 2014

by International Finance DeskOctober 17, 2014

Nowadays, companies expect them to have the ability to manage volatility, navigate complexity among other things Suparna Goswami Bhattacharya October 17, 2014: When someone mentions “CFO”, the first thing to hit the mind is – a guy managing finance in a company. However, with time, the role of the CFO has evolved. Today if you...

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Islamic State: America’s new nemesis

International Finance DeskSeptember 30, 2014

by International Finance DeskSeptember 30, 2014

The recent turn of events in the Middle-East has raised several pressing questions such as the reason for the US authorising air strikes in Iraq this August Sharan Lal September 30, 2014: The gruesome beheading of two American journalists and a British aid worker in the months of August 2014 and September 2014 have once...

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There is no escaping the cyber threat

International Finance DeskAugust 4, 2014

by International Finance DeskAugust 4, 2014

China is notorious for its cyber attacks on companies for commercial gain. But is China the only culprit, which sectors are being targeted and how can companies protect themselves from powerful nation-states? Tim Ring Aug 4, 2014: The fear of economic cyber espionage is now so great that companies rate cyber security as one of...