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Bank Overseer PwC Faces Penalty and Sidelining of Regulatory Consulting Unit
August 18th, 2014
The giant consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers occupies a position of trust on Wall Street, acting as a shadow regulator of sorts that promises the government an impartial look inside the world’s biggest banks. But the firm – hired and paid ...
West TX Oil Drops to 97.30 on Pressure
August 13th, 2014
Brent crude slipped below $103 a barrel on Wednesday to trade near its lowest level in more than a year as ample supplies countered any disruption risks posed by lingering tensions in Iraq and Libya. It was the fourth ...
Standard Chartered faces further US fine
August 6th, 2014
Standard Chartered warned it could face more US fines over its money-laundering controls as it reported a 20% fall in half-year profits. US regulators have identified new problems with the bank’s surveillance system, the bank said. It faces a ...
New York Governor involved in BNP deal to get $1 billion more for NY state fund
July 31st, 2014
Only days before U.S. authorities reached a landmark $8.97 billion settlement with BNP Paribas over the bank’s dealings with countries subject to U.S. sanctions, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo intervened to ensure the state government got a much bigger ...
Russian Billionaires in ‘Horror’ as Putin Risks Isolation
July 21st, 2014
Russia’s richest businessmen are increasingly frantic that President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions and are too scared of reprisal to say so publicly, billionaires and analysts said. If Putin doesn’t move to end the ...
Indonesia Ex-Central Banker Gets Jail for Bank Bailout Graft
July 17th, 2014
Former Bank Indonesia deputy governor Budi Mulya was sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption, the latest high-profile conviction that shows how policy making in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy is undermined by graft. Mulya was handed a 500 ...
U.S. sanctions set to slow Rosneft’s dollar debt, not oil deals
July 17th, 2014
President Barack Obama aimed a direct blow at Russia’s economic heart on Wednesday with sanctions on Rosneft, the flagship oil giant that generates more than 4 percent of the world’s crude and over 8 percent of the country’s GDP. ...
Brent Oil down near $107.50 on Renewed Supply Worries
July 14th, 2014
Brent oil bounced off of three-month lows on Monday to near $107 a barrel as the potential for renewed supply disruptions put a floor under prices that have been tumbling since the last week of June. Brent lost $2.01 ...
World Sets New Oil Production and Consumption Records
July 11th, 2014
Last month BP (NYSE: BP) released the Statistical Review of World Energy 2014. This report is one of the most comprehensive sources of global and country level statistics on production and consumption of oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear power ...
Commerzbank may pay $600 million-$800 million to settle U.S. probe
July 10th, 2014
German lender Commerzbank AG is expected to pay between $600 million and $800 million to resolve investigations into its dealings with Iran and other countries under U.S. sanctions, sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty, previously reported to ...
