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r Jaffray and Sandler O'Neill join forces in a $485 million merger, Cisco snaps up fiber optics company Acacia Communications for $2.6 billion, and Virgin Galactic merges with a special purpose acquisition company held by Social Capital and Hedosophia to create a $1.5 billion company. Read full article » CAP

sition Delay In Forex-Rigging Suit A New York federal judge overseeing a foreign exchange market rigging suit against several big banks is allowing the U.S. Department of Justice to delay deposition for three months, defying protests from investors who argue that the agency has been seeking extension requests to stall prosec

its "Little Book of Wonders" which have included a getaway to ultra-luxury villas in the Maldives and even the possibility of a space holiday with Virgin Galactic? 10. In an SEC case last year, Barclays was cited for giving a spot in its coveted work experience program to the nephew of a key private client in

l 198 accounts under the Markom relationship of which 59 were U.S. dollar accounts. Why did it take so long to close the accounts and, as one former Justice Department official, why were the necessary questions about client identity not asked before money transfers were processed? REGULATORY ISSUES AT BARCLAYS WEA

his has led to onerous restrictions. Barack Obama's administration has sensibly repealed a law of 1999 that required all satellites to be licensed by the State Department as munitions under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). This could mean that most commercial satellites will be removed from ITAR by

es a Gulfstream G-IV executive jet to carry aloft a rocket which it fires off to put 45-50kg payloads into low-Earth orbit. NASA is also working with Virgin Galactic, a private space venture led by Richard Branson. Virgin Galactic has developed its LauncherOne, another air-launched rocket. It can be flown to a hig