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Starr Gets Boost From U.S. Documents in AIG Bailout Case

25/11/2014(0)
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s argument that the U.S. sought to evade a shareholder vote on its 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc. (AIG) may get a boost from a ... Read More
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Credit Suisse ordered to pay $1.8 billion to finalize U.S. guilty plea

24/11/2014(0)
A U.S. judge on Friday accepted Credit Suisse’s (CSGN.VX) guilty plea to end a criminal case accusing it of helping wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes, and ordered the bank ... Read More
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HSBC says target of French tax fraud probe

24/11/2014(0)
HSBC Private Bank, the Swiss subsidiary of British banking group HSBC, said Friday (Nov 21) it had been placed under formal investigation as part of a French tax fraud ... Read More
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UK banks face break-up threat as competition probe launched

06/11/2014(0)
Britain’s big banks could be broken up after the country’s competition watchdog launched a full-blown investigation into services for small business customers and personal accounts because of a lack of competition. It marks ... Read More
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SAC’s Martoma wins delay of nine-year insider trading prison term

05/11/2014(0)
Mathew Martoma, a former portfolio manager at billionaire Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors LP hedge fund, won an order Tuesday to delay the date he would begin serving ... Read More
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