en_il-hotdailynews: 2014-12-23 Israel Business

Bank Leumi to pay $400 million settlement for clients' tax evasion
Jerusalem Post
Bank Leumi, Israel's second largest bank, will pay $400 million to settle two separate investigations into whether it helped its US clients evade taxes. The lender also fired some senior employees who engaged in misconduct and agreed to have an ...

Israeli bank, Bank Leumi, to Pay $400 Million to Escape Prosecution   The Cubic Lane
US fines Israeli bank $356 million in tax evasion case   AsiaOne
Israel's Bank Leumi Settles U.S. Tax Charges For $400M, Gives Depositor Names   Forbes
Patch.com
Charlotte Observer
Daily Beast
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Haaretz

Israeli billionaire loses damage suit against British NGO
Haaretz
Beny Steinmetz sought to block Global Witness from exposing evidence of corruption in obtaining mining rights in Guinea. By Reuters | Dec. 23, 2014 | 2:15 AM. submit to reddit. Beny Steinmetz. Photo by Ori Berkwitz. Text size. Comments (0). Print Page.
Victory for press freedom as billionaire fails legal bid to force anti-bribery group ...   The Independent
Steinmetz fails to secure corruption claim data   The Times (subscription)
Attempt to use data protection laws to silence Guinea mining critic defeated   The Guardian
euronews
Reuters
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Haaretz

Israel could revoke Leviathan licence
Upstream Online
Israel's antitrust authority said it may revoke an arrangement permitting an Israeli and a US company to develop Israel's largest natural gas field by branding them a cartel. The authority summoned representatives of Israel's Delek Group and Texas-based ...

Israel Threatens to Revoke Leviathan Gas Development Deal   Rigzone (registration)
Antitrust chief warns he may break up natural gas monopoly   Haaretz
Israel's Antitrust Chief Mulls Reopening Gas Deal as Shares Drop   Bloomberg
Globes
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U.S. CFTC Fines Deutsche Bank $3B Over Customer Fund Flaws
Fox Business
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday ordered Deutsche Bank to pay a $3 million fine over charges that it had failed to properly invest customer funds and had made other mistakes in the process. The bank also failed to keep accurate ...

CFTC Fines Deutsche $3M For Books And Records Violations   Law360 (subscription)
Deutsche Bank Securities Settles $3 Million Charges with US Regulator for ...   Forex Magnates
Deutsche Bank Unit to Pay $3 Million to Settle CFTC Charges   Corporate Crime Reporter
LeapRate
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Overseas Risks Could Delay Rate Hike to 2016, Ex-Fed's Kohn Says
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The U.S. economy's gradual improvement is being threatened by weaker economic growth prospects overseas, something that might force Federal Reserve officials to wait beyond next year before raising interest rates, according to former Fed Vice Chairman ...

Can The Fed Raise Interest Rates?   Forbes
AUD/USD - Unchanged as Aussie Struggling Close to 81   Action Forex
Dollar Keeps Its Strength As Markets Slow For Christmas   Investing.com
FX Empire
CountingPips
Business Standard
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Kiran Gems Participates in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Rapaport
Press Release: Kiran Gems, the world's largest manufacturer of diamonds, successfully participated in the national initiative Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, through conducting a cleanliness drive at Juhu beach in Mumbai on December 20. The company ...

Kiran Gems Workers Clean Up Mumbai Beach   IDEX Online
Kiran Gems puts up its efforts towards Swachh Bharat Abhiyan   Diamond World Magazine

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UPDATE 1-CBOE to pass regulatory duties to FINRA
Reuters
(Adds comments from CBOE, FINRA, lawyer, stock price). By Tom Polansek. CHICAGO Dec 22 (Reuters) - CBOE Holdings Inc, operator of the biggest U.S. stock options market, will cede regulatory duties to the securities industry's largest independent ...

CBOE Holdings Enlists Help of FINRA, Brokering New Regulatory Oversight   Forex Magnates
CBOE And C2 Enter Into Agreements With FINRA Involving Regulatory Services   MarketWatch
FINRA To Provide Regulatory Services for CBOE, C2   Traders Magazine
Yahoo Finance UK
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Construction of First Coca-Cola Factory in Gaza Begins
Shalom Life
Before Operation Protective Edge began in July, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) authorized an initiative from Coca-Cola Co. that will see its first factory in Gaza being built. On Monday, with Israel's approval, the construction ...

Construction of first Gazan Coca-Cola plant begins   Jerusalem Post

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