The Traderszone Network

Pep Boys said activist investor Carl Icahn’s latest buyout offer was superior to the deal it accepted from Bridgestone.

Anonymous was at the forefront of the push to wear the Guy Fawkes mask, but the mask’s history goes back to the 1980s.

Adidas (ADSGn.DE) is not facing pressure from activist shareholders to offload more assets, like fitness brand Reebok, the German sporting goods group’s finance chief told the Financial Times. “I’ve never had a conversation where anyone has given me any pressure about anything,” the FT quoted Robin Stalker as saying in an interview published on Tuesday. A person familiar with the matter had told Reuters earlier this month that Egyptian tycoon Nassef Sawiris had formed a partnership with U.S.

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Belgian police arrested two people suspected of plotting an attack in Brussels on New Year’s Eve, federal prosecutors said.

Take a look at what wealth advisers and their ultra-high-net-worth clients expect for the year ahead and how they plan to invest.

Following yesterday’s budget (deficit) and the ‘sacrifice-the-people’s-comfort-for-the-death-of-US-Shale’ plan that we detailed here, it appears market concerns about Saudi Arabia’s forward-looking health are rising. As Bloomberg reports, USDSAR 12-month forwards jumped 250pts (the most since December 2007) to 725bps (the highest level since March 1999) implying expectations of a looming de-pegged, devaluation.

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A Russian ship left Iran on Monday carrying almost all of Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium, fulfilling a major step in the nuclear deal.