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European Commission Widens Oil Price Manipulation Investigation

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May 17, 2013
TEST6european commission

The European Commission (EC) widened its investigation regarding oil price manipulation in the region from three major companies to include a smaller niche trading house, according to a report from Reuters. Sources familiar with the action of the European Commission cited that regulators are investigating Argos Energies, a Dutch trading house. The company is an independent player in the Western European energy market and serves as a wholesaler and provides logistics services for oil...
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European Commission Raids Oil Companies In Price Manipulation Probe

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May 14, 2013
TEST6European Commission

The European Commission carried out raids at the offices of several oil companies including Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B), BP plc (NYSE:BP) (LON:BP) and Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO) of Norway that are involved in pricing oil, biofuels and refined products. The antitrust officials were concerned that the companies might have colluded to report manipulated prices to a price reporting agency. The Commission officials said that these firms may also have prevented other companies from participating...
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Laffer Curve and Corporate Tax Rates: Time to Revisit?

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May 3, 2013
TEST6Tax

Twitter is serendipitous to me.  I don’t track it all day long, or I would never get anything done.  Usually, I keep it off, unless I am sending off tweets.  But I accidentally saw a tweet from Cardiff Garcia of FT Alphaville. regarding a presentation done by Brad DeLong.  Here it is: CardiffGarcia Cardiff Garcia 1 May This slide from @delong‘s presentation made me belly-laugh (via http://bit.ly/ZmqeKq ): pic.twitter.com/beZcJs8Rwk So I looked, and here is...
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Possibly the Best Performing Hedge Fund in the World

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May 1, 2013
TEST6snapshot of quarterly report for Q1 2013

Sverre Rørvik Nilsen, a financial consultant in Oslo notes that Norwegian Warren Short Term Trading (WST) is one of the best performing hedge funds in the world. With restrictive regulatory requirements and uniformly long-only focused investor community, Norway is not considered a hotbed for hedge funds. Though there are only a handful of hedge funds managed out of Norway, the Warren Short Term Trading has returned over 46 percent since its inception in November...
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Dear Mr. Buffett: The Case for Veidekee from ABG Sundal

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April 28, 2013
TEST6Veidekke

Dear Mr. Buffett Please find attached our analysis on the Norwegian construction company, Veidekke. Having read through your thoughts on investment, we are certain you will find this company attractive. “Demonstrated consistent earnings power (future projections are of no interest to us, nor are ‘turnaround’ situations)” . Veidekke has earned a pre-tax profit every year since inception in 1937. “Businesses earning good returns on equity while employing...
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Undervalued Countries Around the Globe Based on Valuation Metrics

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April 23, 2013
TEST6Value Investing Net-Nets

  Value investing – the concept of buying stocks when they are inexpensive – has been around for decades. It is not an easy model to follow as investors need to sort through the stocks that are underpriced because their earnings potential is being underestimated or the stocks that are inexpensive for a reason, such as ineffective management and a maturing product market. Several investment analyses providers – including MSCI and Thomson – have...
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Why the Boston Bombing Succeeded [ANALYSIS]

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April 23, 2013
TEST6Boston bombing

When seeking to place an attack like the April 15 Boston bombing into context, it is helpful to classify the actors responsible, if possible. Such a classification can help us understand how an attack fits into the analytical narrative of what is happening and what is likely to come. These classifications will consider such factors as ideology, state sponsorship and perhaps most important, the kind of operative involved. In a case where we are dealing with...
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Amazon Expands Its Appstore To Nearly 200 Countries [LIST]

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April 17, 2013
TEST6amazon-apps

Amazon, at the moment, offers Appstore only in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. Today, Amazon has announced in a press release that the company is planning to introduce the Appstore to “nearly 200 countries”, including Australia, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Asia and more. An exact time frame of the launch is absent at the moment, but Amazon has instructed app developers to start submitting their apps...
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Governments Cracking Down on Tax Evasion

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April 8, 2013
TEST6EU Tax

Is large scale tax-evasion coming to an end? It most certainly has caught the attention of the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble that Luxemburg is intensifying its international cooperation with tax authorities in other countries. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Luxemburg’s Finance Minister Luc Friedens tells the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: ”We want a stronger cooperation with the foreign tax authorities.” In an interview with Deutschland Radio Wolfgang Schäuble said to the report: …..That is nothing new, but...
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Evernote Partners With Deutsche Telekom

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March 25, 2013
TEST6Evernote

Evernote, a company that develops apps that allows users to remember everything, communicate effectively and complete their work using mobile devices announced its partnership with Deutsche Telekom AG (FRA:DTE) (PINK:DTEGY) (ETR:DTE) to provide a free premium service for 18 months. According to the company, the 60 million mobile, broadband and fixed-line subscribers of Deutsche Telekom AG (FRA:DTE) (PINK:DTEGY) (ETR:DTE) will be able to  upgrade to Evernote premium service for free and test the product...
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European Stock Market Currently Trades at EV/EBITDA of 6.4

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March 17, 2013
TEST6European-market-valuation

Cyprus announced a bailout plan over the weekend and the response has been lukewarm to say the least. Futures are down significantly and while there is no data about Cyprus specifically we assume that the country and Greece (considering the close ties) are taking the biggest beating. European markets open in about eight hours.We thought it would be a good time to look at market valuations in European stock market. We are looking at...
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