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McDonald’s falls victim of US-Russian economic war
August 22nd, 2014
Having closed several McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow, Russia’s Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection (Rospotrebnadzor) launched unscheduled inspections of the restaurants of the chain in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia. On August 20, it was reported that the federal ...
Gold – Drops Sharply to Support at $1275
August 22nd, 2014
Gold for Friday, August 22, 2014 Over the last few days Gold has been easing lower back towards the medium term support level at $1290 however in the last 24 hours it has fallen sharply back to the previous ...
Shares, stocks and corporate news overview
August 22nd, 2014
European markets are set for a lower open this morning ahead of a long weekend here in the UK. The day will be fairly low-key with no major economic data being released, and investors have turned their attention to ...
Judge scolds Argentina, but no contempt order
August 22nd, 2014
Nation’s plan to evade legal orders, failing to make required payments to U.S. bondholders is illegal. According to a federal judge in Manhattan, Argentina’s plans to evade his orders by failing to make required payments to U.S. bondholders is ...
BofA settlement targets distressed borrowers
August 22nd, 2014
Bank must provide about $7 billion in aid to mortgage borrowers over four years. Bank of America’s $16.65 billion settlement with the federal and state authorities, targets low-income homeowners and distressed mortgage owners who were hit by the foreclosure ...
Futures edge higher ahead of Jackson Hole meeting, data
August 21st, 2014
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Thursday, ahead of a flurry of economic data and the start of the meeting of top central bankers and economists in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Policymakers are due to discuss the labor markets ...
Free Money for Germany is Bad News for Euro
August 21st, 2014
When investors are willing to lend money to Germany for two years for free, at a zero interest rate, you know the euro project is in trouble again. Germany yesterday sold 4.04 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of notes that ...
U.S. regulators step up warnings to banks for poor risk-spotting
August 21st, 2014
U.S. regulators are sending some of the biggest global banks verbal warnings as they crack down on the firms’ poor grasp of their own weaknesses, and push for rapid improvements in risk assessment, according to two sources familiar with ...
Asian Stocks Fall After HSBC China Manufacturing Drops
August 21st, 2014
Asian stocks outside Japan fell for the first time in nine days after a private gauge of Chinese manufacturing dropped more than economists forecast. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index slid 0.8 percent to 509.13 as of 2:23 ...
ECB bank audit to cover consultants in cash
August 21st, 2014
The European Central Bank and eight national regulators, including the eurozone’s five largest economies, will spend up to €487.7m on fees to external advisers for the comprehensive assessment, a screening of the region’s 128 biggest lenders. Policy makers hope ...