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Brent Oil Drops to $100 on Demand Woes
September 3rd, 2014
Brent crude fell to its lowest level in 15 months on Tuesday, pressured by the prospect of slowing oil demand growth in China and Europe, while a strong dollar and ample supplies pressured U.S. oil prices. Oil prices on ...
Gold Drops to $1265 on Stronger Currency
September 3rd, 2014
Gold settled at its lowest level since mid-July on Tuesday, breaking through key support at August lows as the dollar hit a one-year high against the euro ahead of a European Central Bank meeting this week. In the 10 ...
Second Trial Approaching for Rowland, Ex-Connecticut Governor
September 3rd, 2014
The accusations are similar. The judge will be different. The last time John G. Rowland, the former governor of Connecticut, appeared at the federal courthouse here as a defendant in a criminal corruption trial, he received a sentence of ...
IMF: Ukraine May Need Bigger Bailout
September 3rd, 2014
Ukraine may need as much as $19 billion in additional funds from donors if its conflict with pro-Russian separatists continues during 2015, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. Nevertheless, it said the money planned under the program is ...
Switzerland, Estonia Agree Double Tax Pact Change
September 3rd, 2014
Switzerland and Estonia have signed a protocol to their double taxation agreement (DTA) to cut withholding tax rates and provide for the exchange of information on request. The protocol places a maximum tax withholding tax rate on dividends of ...
U.S. bank regulators set to adopt liquidity, swaps margin rules
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. bank regulators plan to adopt on Wednesday rules forcing big banks to hold more assets that they could sell easily in a credit crunch, a requirement that is closely linked to the experience of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. ...
Shell CEO says U.S. should export oil to stabilize global markets
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. policymakers should gradually lift the country’s decades-old ban on crude oil exports because allowing the shipments would make the global energy system and fuel prices more stable, the head of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) said on Tuesday. ...
Eurozone: Draghi’s new deal
September 3rd, 2014
About halfway through the speech, Mario Draghi stumbled. The European Central Bank president had reached a passage in his prepared remarks about the worrisome trend in inflation afflicting much of the continent. Few central bankers are more aware of ...
Bank Seizure Leaves Bulgarians Stranded
September 3rd, 2014
What seemed at first to be a short-term banking crisis is looking more like a chronic condition. But the name of the affliction probably does not matter as much to companies and consumers as the money, about $4 billion ...
U.S. Dollar Gets Stronger
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. dollar bulls are enjoying their moment in the sun after a trying start to the year, and analysts told CNBC the good times could continue. The greenback strengthened to a seven month high against the yen in early ...
