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AMF publishes draft recommendation on quarterly and interim financial disclosure
November 5th, 2014
In anticipation of the transposition of the revised Transparency Directive into national law, the AMF is publishing a draft recommendation to accompany the abolition in 2015 of the obligation to produce quarterly financial information. The revised Transparency Directive (2013/50/EU) ...
Merkel Toughens Position on Britain’s E.U. Demands
November 4th, 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, under mounting pressure from anti-European populists, continued to insist on new measures limiting the right of Europeans to live and work there. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has indicated that she is prepared ...
Ukraine and Russia Reach Deal on Natural Gas Supplies
October 31st, 2014
The agreement, under European Union auspices, ends a standoff over payments for gas Ukraine had already consumed, and terms for future deliveries. Russian and Ukrainian officials reached an agreement on Thursday night to resume Russian deliveries of natural gas ...
Russian Cheese, Anyone? Imports Hard to Replace in Moscow
October 30th, 2014
Nikolai Borisov, the proprietor of three Italian restaurants in Moscow, has been forced to take Gorgonzola cheese and Parma ham off his menus after PresidentVladimir Putin banned some food imports in August. “You can make pizza using Russian cheese, ...
Trio of Russian state-owned banks take EU to court over sanctions
October 29th, 2014
Three Russian major state-owned institutions – Sberbank, VTB and Vnesheconombank – have announced that they have filed lawsuits with an EU court to contest sanctions the European Union imposed on them in late July. The first to announce its ...
Russia Brain Drain Saps Talent as Sanctions Hit Financing
October 27th, 2014
Artem Kulizhnikov, founder of a startup designed to help musicians annotate music, is packing his bags to leave Moscow in December. His destination: Dubai or Singapore, where he sees a better chance of securing funding for his second company. ...
EU Reaches Trade Deal With East African Community
October 22nd, 2014
The European Union has said the conclusion of a new trade deal with the East African Community (EAC) means that EAC countries no longer have to worry that their improving economic status will lead to the loss of full ...
Gas Deal Eludes Russia and Ukraine, but talks will continue
October 22nd, 2014
The standoff between the two countries, in which Russian gas deliveries have been halted over Ukraine’s unpaid gas bill, has Europe worried about its winter supplies. Russian and Ukrainian officials meeting on Tuesday failed to reach a deal that ...
EU to fine JPMorgan, UBS, Credit Suisse over Swiss franc Libor rigging
October 21st, 2014
European Union antitrust regulators are set to fine JPMorgan (JPM.N), UBS (UBSN.VX) and Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) collectively over $115 million for rigging Swiss franc Libor benchmark interest rates, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Royal Bank of ...
Forex-Rigging Fines Could Hit $41 Billion Globally: Citi
October 21st, 2014
The cost for banks to settle probes into allegations traders rigged foreign-exchange benchmarks could hit as much as $41 billion, Citigroup Inc. (C) analysts said. Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) is seen as probably the “most impacted” with a fine ...