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J.P. Morgan to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Most Lehman Claims
January 26th, 2016
Deal doesn’t resolve all of failed investment bank’s claims against J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay the remnants of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. $1.42 billion in cash to settle most of the failed investment bank’s ...
Greece Reaches Tsipras Anniversary Facing Pension Battle
January 25th, 2016
Bonds sink ahead of tough negotiations over pension reform Government wants speedy end to bailout review with creditors Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is marking the one-year anniversary of his election on Monday as Greece finds itself once again with ...
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Cut Chiefs’ Pay
January 25th, 2016
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have both cut the pay packages of their chief executives after a year when Wall Street was challenged by increased regulation and market turmoil. Goldman Sachs, the most closely followed firm on Wall Street, said on Friday ...
Japan’s Annual Trade Deficit Narrows as Energy Import Costs Fall
January 25th, 2016
The value of imports fell in 2015 while exports edged up China’s slowdown, low global growth curb shipments abroad Japan’s annual trade deficit narrowed almost 80 percent from a record as energy import costs fell and the weaker yen ...
Global Stocks Enter Bear Market: One-Fifth Of All Worldwide Stock Market Wealth Is Already Gone
January 25th, 2016
It’s official – global stocks have entered a bear market. On Wednesday, we learned that the MSCI All-Country World Index has fallen a total of more than 20 percent from the peak of the market. So that means that ...
China, Iran Agree to Expand Trade to $600 Billion in a Decade
January 25th, 2016
China and Iran mapped out a wide-ranging 25-year plan to broaden relations and expand trade during the first visit by a Chinese leader to the Islamic republic in 14 years. President Xi Jinping met with his counterpart Hassan Rouhani ...
S.Korean antitrust agency probes Volkswagen over emissions ads
January 22nd, 2016
South Korea’s antitrust regulator is probing Volkswagen AG over its advertising claims on emissions from its cars, an official at the agency told Reuters on Friday. The Fair Trade Commission official said a probe is under way without elaborating. ...
Asia markets surge; Nikkei climbs to close 5.88% higher
January 22nd, 2016
Major Asian markets surged Friday, tracking the rally in European and U.S. equities overnight, getting a boost from a slight uptick in oil prices and comments from the European Central Bank (ECB). In Japan, the Nikkei jumped by 941.27 points, or 5.88 percent, ...
FTSE and European markets edge higher ahead despite Asia decline
January 21st, 2016
UK and European stocks wavered early on 21 January before gradually edging into the black, as they successfully shrugged off a disappointing session in Asia, where equity markets fell across the board. Midway through the session, London’s FTSE 100 ...
Saudi Arabia Said to Ban Betting Against Its Currency
January 21st, 2016
Central bank said to give directive at Jan. 18 Riyadh meeting Riyal forwards jump to highest in at least 2 decades in Jan. Pressured by plunging oil prices and costly wars in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia moved to ...
