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Banks Can’t Block Theflyonthewall.com Reports, Court Rules

June 20th, 2011 Comments off

Barclays Plc, Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley can’t use New York law to block Theflyonthewall.com, an online financial news service, from issuing immediate reports about changes in their stock ratings, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Short Seller Block Takes On Paulson in China

June 7th, 2011 Comments off

Carson Block is taking responsibility for billions of dollars in stock declines
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ECB Asks Court to Block Greek Swap Disclosure, Cites Market Risk

May 13th, 2011 Comments off

The European Central Bank asked the European Union’s General Court to dismiss a lawsuit seeking the disclosure of documents showing how Greece used derivatives to hide loans and triggered the region’s sovereign debt crisis.
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H&R Block Appoints William Cobb as CEO, Succeeding Bennett

April 26th, 2011 Comments off

H&R Block Inc., the biggest U.S. tax preparer, named board member William C. Cobb to be chief executive officer, replacing Alan Bennett, who is retiring.
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Russian Billionaire Owners to Block TNK-BP Dividend on Dispute

January 31st, 2011 Comments off

BP Plc’s billionaire partners in the TNK-BP oil venture plan to stop a $ 1.8 billion dividend payment as a dispute about the U.K. explorer’s alliance with Russia’s biggest oil company worsens.
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H&R Block Drops as U.S. Decision Scuttles HSBC Refund-Loan Deal

December 27th, 2010 Comments off

H&R Block Inc. fell more than 8 percent after saying an order by U.S. regulators bars a lending partner from offering tax-refund loans and that it’ll be hard to fully roll out alternative products in time for the 2011 season.
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H&R Block Says ‘11th-Hour’ U.S. Bar Ends HSBC Refund-Loan Deal

December 27th, 2010 Comments off

H&R Block Inc. said an “11th-hour” decision by U.S. regulators prevents a lending partner from offering tax-refund loans and that it’ll be hard to fully roll out alternative products in time for the 2011 season.
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CFTC Proposes 15-Minute Delay on Swap Block Reporting

November 19th, 2010 Comments off

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a 15-minute delay for reporting prices of block trades of standardized swaps available on exchanges or so- called swap execution facilities.
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