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U.S. judge rejects BP bid to oust Gulf spill claims chief

11/11/2014(0)
BP Plc has failed to persuade a federal judge to oust the administrator overseeing payouts to businesses and individuals claiming damages arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil ... Read More
cyber crime

Banks accused of failing to report true scale of cybercrime

10/11/2014(0)
Treasury Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie is to question banks over allegations that they may be under-reporting instances of bank fraud because they don’t want to frighten people. Tyrie made ... Read More
DIFC

The UAE’s pressing need for legislative reform

10/11/2014(0)
There is no doubt that, in the past 15 years, the UAE has managed to build what is, by any standards, the most developed infrastructure, the highest quality of ... Read More
chase

The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare

10/11/2014(0)
She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn’t take it anymore. “It was ... Read More
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Putin Ally Denies Knowledge of U.S. Money Laundering Investigation

07/11/2014(0)
A commodities firm under investigation by federal prosectors on suspicion of money laundering and improper oil trading said on Thursday that it had no knowledge of the inquiry and called allegations ... Read More
singapore

Singapore Returns Up to $9 Billion to Banks in Rate Probe

07/11/2014(0)
Singapore’s central bank gave back as much as S$12 billion ($9.3 billion) that it took from 19 lenders last year as a penalty for trying to manipulate benchmark interest ... Read More
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BofA triples third-quarter loss due to forex legal expense

07/11/2014(0)
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) tripled its third-quarter loss to $232 million, in a revision that added legal costs related to global investigations into foreign exchange trading at major banks. ... Read More
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Texas man charged in first-ever bitcoin Ponzi scheme

07/11/2014(0)
In the first federal securities case involving a Ponzi-scheme using the digital currency, a Texas man was charged Thursday in New York with defrauding investors of millions of dollars ... Read More
deutsche-bank

BofA Executive’s Job Said Held Up by Deutsche Bank Probe

06/11/2014(0)
Deutsche Bank AG (DBK)’s examination of how employees handled deals with the world’s oldest lender is preventing Michele Foresti from starting his new job at Bank of America Corp. (BAC), ... 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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