Online media licensing undercuts Singapore's financial status: report Jun 7th, 2013 - 06:30h (CET +01.00) By Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch said on Friday that Singapore is undercutting its status as a financial centre by expanding media censorship to the web and urged the city-state's government to withdraw the new licen... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : online, media, licensing, undercuts, singapore's, financial, status, report, Top Keywords

Pay still excessive in Britain's financial services, say workers Jun 6th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Pay and bonuses in Britain's financial services sector remain excessive and encourage risk-taking, according to those working in it, undermining efforts by politicians and regulators to reform an industry blamed for its role i... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : still, excessive, britain's, financial, services, workers, status, report, Top Keywords

Brokerage firms debate value of Certified Financial Planner title Jun 3rd, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) By Jed Horowitz NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of Wall Street's biggest brokerage firms are at odds over the bottom-line returns of a three-letter credential they are vigorously promoting to their brokers. The CFP (for certified financial planner) ti... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : brokerage, firms, debate, value, certified, financial, planner, title, Top Keywords

Financial Ombudsman gets two million enquiries in 2012 May 29th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The Financial Ombudsman Service received over two million enquiries and complaints from customers of financial services companies last year, driven by cases relating to the mis-selling of loan insurance. The Ombudsman, which settle... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : financial, ombudsman, gets, million, enquiries, 2012, planner, title, Top Keywords

Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog May 22nd, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00) VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing.... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : vatican, releases, report, financial, watchdog, 2012, planner, title, Top Keywords

Exclusive: Financial sanctions delay North Korea's atom bomb work-UN May 15th, 2013 - 02:10h (CET +01.00) UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A combination of increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have not stopped Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program but appear to have signi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exclusive, financial, sanctions, delay, north, korea's, atom, bomb, workun, Top Keywords

U.S., UK want financial services as part of trade pact Apr 19th, 2013 - 00:10h (CET +01.00) By Doug Palmer and Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the UK aim to include financial services in a proposed free-trade agreement between America and the 27-nation European Union, the British ambassador to the United States sa... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : want, financial, services, part, trade, pact, atom, bomb, workun, Top Keywords

Congress quietly repeals plan for Internet financial disclosures Apr 12th, 2013 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress on Friday voted to repeal a plan to require Internet posting of a vast database of financial disclosures from congressional staff and many executive branch employees required by a new ethics-in-government law. Neit... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : congress, quietly, repeals, plan, internet, financial, disclosures, bomb, workun, Top Keywords

Financial workers sail through "fit and proper" tests Apr 12th, 2013 - 09:00h (CET +01.00) By Laura Noonan and Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial regulator has blocked just 30 out of a possible 227,000 applications to the sector's most risk-sensitive jobs in the six years since the banking crisis erupted. New fi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : financial, workers, sail, through, "fit, proper", tests, bomb, workun, Top Keywords

S&P sets new milestone, led by tech and financials Apr 10th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 climbing to a new all-time intraday record as investors scooped up technology and financial shares that recently lagged other sectors' gains. The S&P 500... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, sets, milestone, tech, financials, proper", tests, bomb, workun, Top Keywords