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Deutsche Bank Legal on Potential Report of Legal Costs
October 13th, 2014
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK) fell in Frankfurt trading on a report that the company may have to boost provisions for legal costs by 30 percent. The shares declined as much as 1.4 percent to the lowest in more than ...
Revenue & Customs set to miss target for prosecution of tax evaders
October 13th, 2014
Tax authority set a target of 1,165 people a year by 2014/15, but analysis of the last tax year shows it prosecuted just 795. HM Revenue and Customs has fallen behind in its pursuit of criminal prosecutions for tax ...
Stocks, oil flounder on growth anxiety, China data little help
October 13th, 2014
Asian stocks stumbled to seven-month lows on Monday, while crude oil prices were pinned near a four-year trough as promising trade numbers out of China failed to cheer a market still worried about faltering global growth. “European equities look ...
U.S. banks ramp up credit card lending but margins may suffer
October 13th, 2014
As traditional Wall Street money makers like stock and bond trading suffer, banks are growing increasingly willing to invest in less glamorous operations: their credit card businesses. JPMorgan Chase & Co, (JPM.N) Citigroup Inc (C.N) and other big banks ...
Ruble Risks Betrayal at Home in Nation’s Rush for Dollars
October 13th, 2014
More Russians are beginning to keep their cash in dollars and euros as the ruble tumbles to records amid central bank efforts to maintain control over the pace of the decline. The number of people with foreign-currency holdings rose ...
Italy on Sale to Chinese Investors as Recession Bites
October 13th, 2014
Clotilde Narzisi and Luca Soliman have run the Caffe Orefici, 200 feet from Milan’s iconic Duomo Cathedral, for 10 years. Forced to sell their business because of high taxes, they say their only hope now is to leave it ...
Australia 200 – Falls to Eight Month Low at 5120
October 13th, 2014
Australia 200 for Monday, October 13, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
FCA warning against unauthorised firms
October 13th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulator, has issued a warning against “B2S Forex” (www.b2sforex.com) and “National Debt Assistance” (www.nationaldebtassistance.co.uk/ www.nationaldebtassistance.co.uk/gov). The warning recommends that the public exercises extreme caution when dealing with these companies, since are not permitted ...
Emerging markets enter slow growth era
October 13th, 2014
Growth in emerging markets is slowing to its lowest ebb since the aftermath of the financial crisis due to a combination of China’s fading dynamism, a sputtering performance in eastern Europe and Latin America’s slowdown. Evidence that emerging economies ...
Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks
October 13th, 2014
There are rising concerns in Europe over negotiations to liberalise trade with the United States. The project, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, aims to remove a wide range of barriers to bilateral commerce. Demonstrations were taking ...