Well…. I’m being moved in my own company… that’s a shame!

I was just told to inform you that this blog will not longer be available and that its EXTREMELY interesting contents will be found from now on in FXstreet’s Social Network:

http://www.forexstreet.net/profile/FrancescRiverola

See you there!

Francesc

Power of social media must not be underestimated…. check it out

Francesc

Chrysler F&##ed Up on Twitter, Fires Social Media Employee
By Play This Magazine
If I say it once, it probably means I will likely have to say it again: Social Media campaigns and strategics that use a companies brand should always use internal resources. Chrysler has made another fine example of why it’s important to have the proper tools, and proper human resources to manage your brands social media. Today an employee of New Media Strategies (NMS) that managed Chrysler’s Twitter feed produced the following tweet, “chryslerautos: I find it ironic that Detroit is known as the#motorcity and yet no one here knows how to fucking drive” [Retweeted Source].

Hi everyone

Just on Friday we announced the launching of our Forex News service in Russian

http://www.fxstreet.ru.com/news/forex-news/

Today it is a pleasure to announce here the launching of the Forex News feed in Arabic

http://www.fxstreet.ae/news/forex-news/

Enjoy it!

Francesc

FxPro Announces Sponsorship of AS Monaco FC
FxPro Financial Services Ltd (FxPro), a leading global broker in FX and CFDs today announces it has agreed a deal to be the official partner of one of Europe’s most prestigious football clubs.
FxPro has recently signed agreements with AS Monaco FC, via Monaco Sportcom its marketing agency, to be official partner until the end of the 2011/2012 season. FxPro’s branding will be displayed on the team shirt and around the club’s historic Stade Louis II stadium.

Charts speaks by themselves…

Japan’s nuclear concerns and their impact on the Yen drove FXstreet.com to touch new highs in both visits and page views, while in unique visitors the site got closer to highs of May 2010.

Francesc

MAREX group reaches agreement to acquire Spectron Group
Marex Group Limited (”Marex”), the international broker of commodity derivatives, financial futures and foreign exchange, which is majority-owned by JRJ Group (”JRJ”) and its partners, Trilantic Capital Partners and BXR Group, today announces that it has reached agreement with Imarex ASA to acquire its 100% holding of Spectron Group Limited (”Spectron”) for approximately $154.1 million.
Operating from offices in London, Continental Europe, Asia and the US, Spectron is a leading global broker of wholesale energy and other commodity products. Spectron provides electronic and voice brokerage services for a diverse range of mainly Over-the-Counter (”OTC”) markets, including gas, power, environmental products, freight, crude oil and related products, coal, weather and metals. Spectron’s broad client base includes traders and risk managers within large oil and gas corporations, energy utilities, commodities firms, financial institutions and charterers. The transaction is subject to FSA approval in the UK and expected to close in the second quarter of 2011.

Mobile Currency Trading: There’s an app for that
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The days of haggling over the phone with your broker or hunching over your online brokerage account may become a thing of the past with the advent of mobile trading.
Investors are increasingly turning to their mobile phones and tablets to trade on-the-go in a new trend that is shaping the 24-hour trading cycle.

Leading Swiss Forex Broker MIG BANK Obtains Securities Dealer License
- MIG BANK, was the First Forex Broker to Obtain a Swiss Banking Licence at the End of 2009
- New Licence Will Allow MIG BANK to Pursue Strong Growth and Offer Additional Services Such as Futures and Options
- Further Expansion Planned in Switzerland
MIG BANK, the first Forex broker to have obtained a Swiss banking license in December 2009, has announced today it has been granted the Securities Dealer Licenseby the FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Regulatory Authority. Since its foundation in 2003, MIG BANK has been offering online Forex trading services to private and institutional clients and has become, within a short period, one of the global leaders in the area of online Forex trading.
Swiss financial institutions are required to have the Securities Dealer License in order to offer securities trading facilities other than FX, and this license now allows MIG BANK to expand its products portfolio and increase and diversify its trading volumes and revenues to products such as commodities, indices, options, futures, bonds and equities.

CFTC Charges Florida Resident Jeremy M. Globe and his Company, GlobeFX Club, Inc., with Making False Statements to the National Futures Association
Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging defendants Jeremy Munson Globe and GlobeFX Club, Inc. (GFC), both of Homestead, Fla., with making false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or omissions to the National Futures Association (NFA) during an NFA investigation and audit. Both Globe, a principal of GFC, and GFC were registered with the CFTC during the period covered by the NFA audit. On October 1, 2009, NFA permanently barred GFC from NFA membership.

Charles Schwab to acquire optionsXpress
By Forex Magnates
Innovator in online options and futures trading adds industry leading trading capabilities to nation’s largest independent brokerage.
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:SCHW) and optionsXpress Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ-GS:OXPS) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Schwab will acquire optionsXpress. Under the terms of the agreement, optionsXpress stockholders will receive 1.02 shares of Schwab stock for each share of optionsXpress stock. Based on Schwab’s closing stock price as of March 18, 2011, the transaction values each optionsXpress share at $17.91, resulting in a total transaction value of approximately $1.0 billion. Both companies will initially retain their separate brand identities, while benefitting from significant synergies and capabilities across their complementary business lines. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter, subject to optionsXpress stockholder approval and regulatory approvals, along with customary closing conditions.