Financial Markets

US Federal Judge Rules Bitcoins Are “A Form Of Money”, Can Be Regulated

Securities and Exchange Commission gets a green light to investigate Bitcoin companies

11 years ago

Mt. Gox BitCoin Exchange “Hosted On Thousands Of Servers All Around The World”

The world’s largest BitCoin exchange partners with Akamai for speed and security

11 years ago

Former Apple Store Workers Demand Compensation For Bag Searches

Ex-employees claim they lost up to $1,400 a year because the searches were conducted off-the-clock

11 years ago

Russian Authorities To Investigate Google’s Tax Practices

A Russian lawmaker accuses Google of tax avoidance, while a different investigation looks at data transfers possibly related to PRISM

11 years ago

Seagate Quarterly Revenue Down Almost A Quarter

Results still beat analyst expectations, yearly revenue remains high and the company is optimistic

11 years ago

UK Audience Technology Start-Up Affectv Secures £2 Million Funding

The company will bring its mix of mathematics and marketing to Europe and Asia

11 years ago

US Shields Its Digital Companies Against Tax Reform

The White House could resist closing loopholes in international tax law

11 years ago

G20 Countries Plan To Change Tax Rules In The Next Two Years

A draft plan from OECD will attempt to solve the issue of tax havens

11 years ago

HTC Sees Slump Despite HTC One Success

HTC’s second quarter results contain some positives, but are below expectations

11 years ago

MasterCard The First To Lift “Banking Blockade” Against WikiLeaks

For the first time since the diplomatic cable leaks in 2010, Wikileaks officially accepts credit card donations

11 years ago

BitCoin London: BTC Wins Friends But Alienates Regulators

Experts say it is much easier to run a BitCoin business in Europe than the US

11 years ago

PayPal To Take Its Payment Platform To Space

PayPal Galactic initiative will look at the challenges facing the electronic payment industry in Earth's orbit and beyond

11 years ago

The DEA Seizes Drug Dealer’s BitCoin Cache

In the first operation of its kind, federal agents seize virtual currency from a Silk Road trader

11 years ago

Oracle Hooks Up With NetSuite For More Cloud Collaboration

Larry Ellison calls in Deloitte to help with services for the combined technologies

11 years ago

‘Capital On Stage’ Tries To Galvanise Venture Model In London

Investors pitching to start-ups - you certainly don’t see that every day

11 years ago

California Mistakes BitCoin Foundation For A Currency Exchange

Financial regulators in California send a “Cease and Desist” letter to a non-profit organisation

11 years ago

IT Life: Providing Payments On Point

Jon Marchant, CIO of PayPoint, tells TechWeekEurope even financial institutions are no longer afraid of the cloud

11 years ago

Mt. Gox Suspends Withdrawals In US Dollars

The virtual currency exchange assures users that taking a time-out will let it process transactions faster in the future

11 years ago

Tech Club: What Has Tech City Ever Done For IT?

Are start-ups making things better for IT people? We're discussing the issue in London's Tech City next month

11 years ago

Demo Europe: VCs Get Their Pick Of Hungry Start-ups

Eric Doyle watched start-ups compete for venture cash in the first Demo Europe, in Moscow

11 years ago

LeWeb 2013: British Tech Industry ‘Needs UK To Stay In The EU’

Tech City's Joanna Shields and Level39's Eric van der Kleij talk up the multicultural backbone of the UK tech industry

11 years ago

Google Is Dodging Taxes In The UK, Says Ex-Employee

Yet another whistleblower claims Google has not been paying its fair share of tax

11 years ago

Gmail Integrates Google Wallet For Payments

A new Gmail feature allows users to send up to $10,000 via an email message using Google Wallet

11 years ago

Bloomberg Apologises Over ‘Inexcusable’ Access To Client Information

After a complaint from Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg says it is sorry it let workers access data on clients to guide…

11 years ago

Google To Once Again Testify On Tax Practices In The UK

Google says it is not selling anything from the UK, even though it has plenty of sales staff here

11 years ago

Canadian Government Intends To Tax Bitcoins

A statement from the Canadian tax agency reveals it is keeping a close eye on the virtual currency market

11 years ago

Government And Tech City Launch ‘Future Fifty’ SME Programme

TechCity's Joanna Shields and George Osborne want to help 50 firms to IPO every year

11 years ago

Bitcoin Value Crashes To $105 After ‘Panic Sale’

According to Mt Gox, too much demand led to the temporary price crash

11 years ago