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KPMG says EU bank reforms should be shelved

21/08/2014(0)
Audit firm KPMG has written to Europe’s largest lenders saying a European Commission plan to separate banks’ consumer and investment-banking arms should be shelved, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. ... Read More
Indian currency of different denominations are seen in this picture illustration taken in Mumbai

IFC issues $2.5 billion rupee-denominated bonds

20/08/2014(0)
The World Bank’s private-sector financing arm on Wednesday launched $2.5 billion, rupee-denominated, bonds in the Indian market to fund infrastructure projects, after raising $1 billion in offshore bonds for ... Read More
Bank-of-England

Two Bank of England officials voted August rate rise

20/08/2014(0)
Bank of England policymakers broke ranks over interest rates for the first time in three years this month, when two unexpectedly voted to tighten policy and revived speculation about ... Read More
oil

Oil Companies Turning Away From The Middle East

20/08/2014(0)
The violence and cutthroat politics of the Middle East, combined with declining oil and gas production levels, has triggered a subtle but significant shift away from what has long ... Read More
Real estate in Russia

Rich Russians in U.K. Think About Sanctions, but Keep Buying Mansions

20/08/2014(0)
A lunchtime crowd of around 60 real-estate agents and property developers tucked into champagne, caviar and canapés last week at a new six-bedroom mansion in St. George’s Hill, a ... Read More
yen

Japan trade deficit grows

20/08/2014(0)
Japan’s trade deficit rose in July from the month before to a wider than expected 964 billion yen ($9.4 billion), though exports were higher for the first time in ... Read More
citigroup

Citigroup considers sale of Japan retail unit

20/08/2014(0)
Citigroup Inc is considering the sale of its Japanese retail unit and has approached about 10 banks, according to a source, as the U.S. banking company struggles to turn ... Read More
oil

Oil prices drop and investment in Canadian oil sands is risky

20/08/2014(0)
A new study says the recent increase in global oil production and the ensuing drop in price may threaten the profits of energy companies that have invested in Canadian ... Read More
greece

Greek Stock Recovery dims as Europe Turmoil Flattens ASE

19/08/2014(0)
The curtain is coming down on Greece’s star turn with international equity investors. Among the best-performing Europe gauges in 2013 after the government carried out the world’s biggest-ever debt ... Read More
Microsoft logo at the 2014 Computex exhibition in Taipei

Microsoft Cloud Service Azure Experienced Global Outage

19/08/2014(0)
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)’s Azure cloud-computing service, a critical part of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s plan to remake the software company, experienced a major global outage yesterday that lasted ... Read More
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